NASCAR has indefinitely suspended driver Daniel Dye, 22, after he mocked another racer using what he described as a &#8220;gay voice&#8221; during a livestream.
The <a href="https://x.com/LostSchemes/status/2033933092109303947">video</a> that circulated on social media Tuesday shows the Kaulig Racing driver altering his voice to imitate fellow driver David Malukas.
“As soon I start doing a David Malukas gay voice I get a gold, so let’s keep it going,” Dye can be heard saying in the clip.
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Malukas, a 24-year-old Team Penske driver, has frequently been pictured on social media with his girlfriend, Kamila Jurkus, and has not publicly identified as gay. 
Dye issued an apology later Tuesday, saying he chose his words “poorly” and understood why they upset people. 
“I have some close friends in the LGBTQ+ community who I would never want to feel less of themselves because of what I said,&#8221; Dye wrote. &#8220;That’s exactly why I should hold myself to a higher standard.”
Dye said he is “committed to learning from this.” 
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NASCAR has not provided a timeline for Dye&#8217;s reinstatement.
Brad Moran, managing director of the NASCAR Cup Series, said Dye must complete a customized program before being considered to return.
“They are all one-on-one and customized to fit every situation,” he <a href="https://www.nascar.com/videos/franchise/tuned-in/nascar-official-explains-process-for-dyes-return/">said</a> during an interview with Sirius XM. 
“Once he gets through the program, and the folks that hold and manage the program are comfortable that there were some good lessons taught, and he understands the severity of what these things can do to folks, once that happens, he gets put back in for reinstatement,” Moran added.
This is the second time Dye has been suspended.
At age 18, Dye was arrested at a Daytona Beach racing event and charged with felony battery after punching a classmate, resulting in a ruptured testicle, per <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nascar-daniel-dye-suspended-david-malukas-livestream-3e6730a5d383fa2a8d8a2368a0c71e22">Associated Press</a>.

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NASCAR Suspends Daniel Dye For Mocking Fellow Driver With ‘Gay Voice’

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Sports

A Democrat Senate candidate, looking to court the votes of working and middle-class families in Iowa, held a campaign event at a Leftist bookstore that once promoted a 14-year-old “drag queen” and routinely stocks sexually explicit books parents don’t want their kids to access at school. 
Zach Wahls, running for the seat currently held by Senator Joni Ernst, hosted an event at the Ames-based Dog-Eared Books, a bookstore that remains a haven for leftist ideology. The bookstore has promoted &#8220;Drag Queen Story Hour&#8221; for children and called for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 
At the event, Wahls and his wife, romance novelist Chloe Angyal, <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/zachwahls/event/900039/">discussed</a> “the art of storytelling, the demands of public service, and the intersection of writing and advocacy.” They also discussed how their “parallel careers as authors have shaped their approach to politics, family, and the urgent work of building a better Iowa.” 
While Wahls has portrayed himself as a moderate seeking to work across partisan lines, Dog-Eared Books was a fitting venue for the Senate hopeful. Wahls has a documented history of advocating for leftist politics, though he <a href="https://zachwahls.com/meet-zach-wahls/">pledges</a> to &#8220;always put Iowa families first, no matter what.&#8221;
In September 2021, Dog-Eared Books <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSLAH9D2No/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D">promoted</a> a teenage boy “drag performer” who goes by the stage name Lonika LaBelle Knight.
“Lonika is a 14 years old drag queen with almost three years of experience under her belt. She nabbed the title of Miss Mason City Youth Pride and performs regularly at Lefty’s Live Music and The Garden Nightclub,” the bookstore posted on Instagram. “She can dance, twirl and capture the attention of everyone in a room with sass and class!”
That same performer returned in June 2023 for “a drag storytime” aimed at children. The bookstore <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CtutfoTOBKa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D">posted</a> on Instagram that the event would “feature movement activities alongside a picture book reading so kids can engage both their minds and bodies.”
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Dog-Eared Books has <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dogearedbooksames/posts/pfbid02BxtSgY7jjQf3xq9kxo8q3KXhW4FtBvdBSeUSyz6AnxJfhcxuJJYZitqkKwVtrcrbl?rdid=zAKdxXXuBuAuZWKp">hosted</a> a “Tattoos for Palestine” fundraiser, <a href="https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/lists/LFoOMjVaW1e0">maintains</a> a “Books for Fighting Fascism” list that includes a book by leftist Senator Bernie Sanders, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dogearedbooksames/posts/pfbid02WFRj6eM98T5tm8Y4768j5HYFWWSoSFMHY1ZxGdRbQ3CnGPrufAEN5sgrVv5TrjWHl?rdid=bBddJGdRmSsMAYxS">called</a> for ICE to be abolished, and has a “You Can’t Read That At School” book <a href="https://dogearedbooksames.com/lists/LJuzFSmrJNY0">selection</a>. That section includes books like “Let’s Talk About It,” a graphic novel that contains explicit depictions of sex. 
The bookstore also released a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqI36acNBXW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D">statement</a> slamming Iowa Republicans when they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iowa-bans-transgender-procedures-on-minors-trans-identifying-students-from-using-public-facilities-opposite-of-biological-sex">voted</a> to pass a law shielding kids from transgender procedures. It also <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq_nWwqNk1-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D">raised</a> over $3,000 for the Iowa Trans Mutual Fund, a <a href="https://www.iowatransmutualaidfund.org/aboutus">group</a> that provides grants to Iowans seeking &#8220;gender-affirming care.&#8221; 
As a state senator, Wahls has vehemently opposed laws aimed at protecting kids from transgender surgeries and cross-sex hormonal procedures. He <a href="https://x.com/ZachWahls/status/1633580068696907778">claimed</a> that there was “blood on the hands” of Iowa Republicans who supported the law. His opposition was based on questionable evidence that claimed children would be more likely to commit suicide if they weren’t given transgender procedures. 
Wahls, who <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzzDOzKagHA">rose</a> to prominence after discussing his experience of being raised by a lesbian couple, has close connections to <a href="https://oneiowa.org/">One Iowa</a>, an activist group &#8220;rooted in intersectional advocacy for LGBTQ Iowans.&#8221; Wahls toured with the group to promote gay marriage back in 2012 and even <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPV-fDydoKI&amp;t=417s">presented</a> an award to them.
One Iowa <a href="https://oneiowa.org/resources/medicalcareban/">offers</a> to help gender-confused kids access cross-sex hormones from out-of-state providers and schedule surgeries outside of Iowa. The group pushes girls to find breast binders to compress their chest so that it looks more masculine and other gender-confused kids to pursue “voice therapy.” The radical organization <a href="https://x.com/OneIowaAction/status/1493686950959714309?s=20">praised</a> Wahls for supporting male participation in female sports. 
Despite his links to the far-Left, Wahls’ <a href="https://zachwahls.com/issues/">campaign website</a> portrays him as a moderate focused on cutting costs and combatting political corruption. Wahls <a href="https://zachwahls.com/issues/">claims</a> to support securing the border by hiring thousands more Border Patrol agents and immigration judges, and wants to ensure “secure” elections. He also says he wants to “restore abortion access,” pass paid family and medical leave, and a path to “legal status” for illegal aliens “who’ve been here for years, are working, and haven’t committed crimes.”

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Democrat Senate Hopeful Campaigns At Bookstore That Pushed Teen 'Drag Queen'

2026 Midterms

Iowa

Senate

Transgender

Psychologists, counselors, and social workers in Texas can be penalized just like doctors for helping facilitate children&#8217;s sex changes, according to an opinion clarifying the state&#8217;s ban on sex-rejecting interventions.
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (TBHEC) asked Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton if mental health providers met the criteria of “health care provider” described in the state&#8217;s child sex-rejection ban, <a href="https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB14/id/2756089">S.B. 14</a>, suggesting the care provided by mental health professionals fell outside the outlawed interventions.
“The agency respectfully seeks clarification as to how such providers are impacted by S.B. 14, given that the prohibited activities and services are exclusively medical in nature and fall outside the scope of practice for mental health professionals,” the council wrote in a July 2025 <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/request-files/request/2025/RQ0605KP.pdf">letter</a>. 
“Any radical facilitating the ‘transitioning’ of our kids is committing child abuse. The law is clear that these radical procedures are illegal and in no world should Texans’ tax dollars be used to permanently harm children,” Paxton told The Daily Wire. &#8220;This opinion should send a clear warning that there will be consequences for any medical professional, whether a doctor or a therapist, who is illegally ‘transitioning’ Texas kids.”
The <a href="https://bhec.texas.gov/">TBHEC</a> helps regulate and uphold professional standards within the state&#8217;s behavioral health and social service professions.
Paxton unequivocally said mental health professionals fell within the criteria of the ban in an <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2026/kp-0518.pdf">opinion</a> published on February 27, 2026.
“The unambiguous definition of ‘health care provider’ does not require a prescription pad or scalpel,” Paxton stated in the opinion. “S.B. 14 codified more than a prohibition on providing certain surgeries and prescriptions.” 
Paxton further clarified that the Texas <a href="https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB14/id/2756089">ban</a> on child sex-rejection forbids the use of public money to fund any individual or organization that “provides or facilitates” the gender transition of minors.
The TBHEC told The Daily Wire the professionals they help regulate are “expected to comply fully with Texas law.” 
“S.B. 14 prohibits certain medical procedures for minors in Texas. The question before us was whether the technical statutory definition of ‘health care provider’ included behavioral health professionals,” Darrel Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, told The Daily Wire. 
“Out of deference to the statutory framework and the Attorney General’s role in interpreting state law, we sought formal clarification to remove any ambiguity. The opinion confirms what many would reasonably assume; that licensed mental health professionals are health care providers under the statute. This does not change the law or our responsibilities. Our licensees are expected to comply fully with Texas law,” Spinks stated. 
The council&#8217;s letter mentioned the pending Supreme Court case, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-to-hear-challenge-to-colorados-gender-identity-censorship-law">Chiles v. Salazar</a>, where Christian counselor Kaley Chiles is challenging Colorado’s law banning so-called conversion therapy. The Colorado <a href="https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1129_signed.pdf">law</a> prohibits counselors from “attempts or purports to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity,” which Chiles argues violates her freedom of speech and pushes children towards sex-rejecting medical interventions. 
“The court is examining whether the regulated practice of mental health counseling is conduct or speech,” wrote the TBHEC. “Circuit courts are split, as the Third and Eleventh Circuits treat mental health counseling as speech and not conduct, while the Ninth and Tenth Circuits treat it as conduct and not speech. Given the significance of the question before the court, which may have far reaching implications, this case may be something you want to consider in your opinion.” 
Paxton addressed these concerns in the opinion footnotes, writing, “You also imply that your questions may intersect with the First Amendment, referencing Chiles v. Salazar … But Chiles concerns a statute that is markedly different from the framework at issue in your request.”   
However, Paxton wrote his office generally did not comment on pending litigation and would offer “no speculation on the scope of the Court’s eventual holding in Chiles.” 
Mental health providers play a pivotal role in the sex-rejecting medical intervention pipeline by providing psychological assessments that are often required to obtain sex change surgeries, such as a double mastectomy, the opinion noted. 
“The multidisciplinary path to medically transitioning children often starts with mental ‘health care,’” the opinion states. “Mental health professionals serve as the ‘clinical gatekeepers whose assessments and recommendations initiate the interventions’ prohibited by S.B. 14.”
Many insurance companies and surgeons require a recent mental health assessment and surgery recommendation <a href="https://transcare.ucsf.edu/surgery-referral-assessment-requirements">letter</a> in order to move forward with sex-rejecting surgery.
The quality and clinical practice surrounding these assessments were heavily criticized in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 2025 <a href="https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2025-11/gender-dysphoria-report.pdf">report</a> on the treatment of gender dysphoria. 
Leor Sapir, PhD, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and co-author of the HHS report, explained how gender clinician assessments often focus on achieving teens&#8217; sex-rejection goals rather than examining their gender dysphoria. 
“Gender clinicians have abandoned the assessment model pioneered by the Dutch and replaced it with ‘readiness assessments’ designed to help kids clarify and pursue their ‘embodiment goals,’” Sapir told The Daily Wire.   
“Importantly, gender clinicians freely acknowledge that these goals can shift, with some claiming that this is not a failure of treatment but rather part of a teen&#8217;s ‘gender journey.’ And increasingly, the gender-focused specialists in the mental health field have come to view assessment in the traditional sense as a form of harmful gatekeeping, or even ‘conversion therapy.’ “ 
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Mental health assessments performed by gender clinicians have recently been scrutinized in detransitioners&#8217; lawsuits. 
Fox Varian, a female detransitioner, successfully sued her psychologist and surgeon and was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shocking-details-emerge-in-landmark-2-million-trans-malpractice-judgment">awarded $2 million</a> for harm caused by a double mastectomy she received at age 16.  Psychologist Dr. Kenneth Einhorn recommended and pressured Varian’s mother to sign off on the surgery, saying the gender-confused teen would commit suicide without it, according to reporting from independent journalist Benjamin Ryan for the <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender">Free Press</a>.
Arguments in the case centered around a letter sent by Einhorn to Varian’s surgeon recommending she receive the double mastectomy, which Varian’s legal team argued was inaccurate and improper, according to reporting from <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/surgeon-psychologist-defend-approval-of-teen-gender-surgery-at-trial-5971471?lwpw=k_3a6luJl_-CKlybsxi5TcsF1XMIfeLvxAWJ_opV_QjuH3SoPr-dweybn_1R_4jnUcku1lvvVrkIBDi4KGrrtXa48JW6iWemlCp6rSMUQ0lVHv3817gNdnxMqZTK8d2Nmvvm64G934EWxturDVNPiSs7aFEUdDDgJsypHaol">The Epoch Times</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-supreme-court-case-could-help-destransitioners-seek-justice">Soren Aldaco</a>, a woman who struggled with gender confusion throughout her adolescence and underwent a double mastectomy at 19 that she later regretted, sued her mental health providers, alleging they negligently wrote a surgical recommendation that granted her access to the mastectomy, <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/second-court-of-appeals/2024/02-24-00217-cv.html">court documents</a> show.

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A Nashville charter school threatened a first-grade teacher with termination after he refused to read an LGBTQ book about same-sex marriage to his class, according to a legal advocacy group.
KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary issued a “Final Warning” to Eric Rivera, a Christian first-grade teacher, after he declined to read a book featuring a same-sex married couple and child in the language arts curriculum, despite having no previous disciplinary history, according to First Liberty Institute.
Rivera requested a religious accommodation after discovering the LGBTQ book in the curriculum, according to a demand <a href="https://firstliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Eric-Rivera-FINAL-Demand-Letter62_Redacted.pdf">letter</a> First Liberty sent to KIPP Nashville on behalf of Rivera.
&#8220;Mr. Rivera asked a colleague to read the book to his class of first-graders, while he remained in the classroom to observe — a substitution that Mr. Rivera believed would be workable and accepted,” the demand letter said.
School officials denied his request, summoned him to the principal’s office, and threatened his job, the demand letter claims.
The “Final Warning” letter accused Rivera of failing to meet the “expectation” of teaching the curriculum “with fidelity” and said that as a result of his conduct, students would “miss content aligned with the scope of the unit” — even though a substitute teacher was still teaching the curriculum to students.
“[T]he principal indicated that the belief in same-sex marriage is so fundamental to the language arts unit that Mr. Rivera could not possibly be permitted to teach any portion of the unit, and therefore had to be removed from the first grade classroom,&#8221; according to First Liberty&#8217;s letter.
The school’s letter concluded with a further threat of disciplinary action, including termination, and stated, “A copy of this unsatisfactory notice is being placed in your personnel file.”
“Requiring a teacher violate their religious beliefs in order to keep their job is blatant discrimination that violates the Civil Rights Act,” <a href="https://firstliberty.org/media/nashville-first-grade-teacher-banished-from-classroom-after-asking-accommodation-from-pro-same-sex-marriage-book/">said</a> Cliff Martin, Senior Counsel at First Liberty Institute. “Our client cares deeply about his students and simply has a religious objection to teaching certain lessons and asked for a simple religious accommodation. The school has sent the message that anyone who has a traditional view of marriage is unfit to teach first grade.”
First Liberty accused the school of potentially violating Tennessee law by failing to disclose two books listed in the &#8220;LGBTQ+ Books&#8221; category on Amazon to parents.
&#8220;Both of the books to which Mr. Rivera objected require parental notification under Tennessee law, and to our knowledge, none was given. Accordingly, based on our understanding of KIPP’s practices, KIPP should review whether it is in compliance with its obligations to parents under Tennessee and federal law,&#8221; the letter said.
First Liberty’s letter to the school on behalf of Rivera demands that KIPP remove the &#8220;Final Warning&#8221; from Rivera&#8217;s personnel file, cease religious discrimination, and commit to accommodating religious employees who object to reading materials that conflict with their faith.

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A Manhattan hospital that has performed countless procedures on gender-confused children in recent years announced on Tuesday that it officially ended its youth gender clinic following the Trump administration&#8217;s move to pull federal funding.
Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone Health, which has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospitals-clinics-are-promoting-services-to-gender-nonconforming-kids-here-are-47-of-them">offered gender procedures</a> for children since at least <a href="https://nyunews.com/news/2025/02/02/nyu-langone-gender-affirming-care/#:~:text=NYU%20Langone%20Health%20is%20a%20leading%20institution,two%20patients%20under%20the%20age%20of%2019.">2020</a>, cited the &#8220;current regulatory environment,&#8221; along with the &#8220;recent departure&#8221; of its medical director, for its &#8220;difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program,&#8221; The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/nyregion/nyu-hospital-transgender-youth.html">reported</a>.
NYU Langone previously <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220828054900/https://nyulangone.org/locations/child-study-center/gender-sexuality-service">stated</a> on its website that it prescribes &#8220;gender-affirming medical interventions, including puberty suppression, gender-affirming hormone treatments, and gender-affirming surgery&#8221; for gender-confused children. The hospital&#8217;s <a href="https://nyulangone.org/locations/child-study-center/gender-sexuality-service">website</a> no longer mentions gender surgery for children and focuses on &#8220;mental health services.&#8221;
Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospitals-across-u-s-stop-transitioning-children-after-trump-signs-order-protecting-kids">signed</a> an executive order to protect children from irreversible gender procedures by threatening to strip federal funding from hospitals that perform the procedures. Following Trump&#8217;s order last year, NYU Langone began winding down its &#8220;Transgender Youth Health Program,&#8221; canceling appointments for children, including two 12-year-olds who were supposed to start puberty blockers, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospitals-across-u-s-stop-transitioning-children-after-trump-signs-order-protecting-kids">reported</a> at the time. However, some parents told the Times that the hospital kept appointments for children who were already on puberty blockers or hormone therapy.
Last June, the FBI set up a <a href="https://x.com/FBI/status/1929587710894739567">tip line</a> for Americans to report &#8220;any hospitals, clinics, or practitioners&#8221; that &#8220;mutilate&#8221; children &#8220;under the guise of gender-affirming care.&#8221; The Trump administration <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/nyregion/transgender-care-lawsuit-trump.html">reportedly</a> served subpoenas to multiple hospitals last year, including NYU Langone, seeking more information on their youth gender clinics.
In December, the Trump administration began implementing the president&#8217;s executive order to protect children by proposing rules to strip federal funding from hospitals that continue to perform gender procedures on children.
Democrats have pushed back against Trump&#8217;s effort to go after hospitals and doctors that promote gender procedures for children. In response to Trump&#8217;s crackdown on hospitals performing gender procedures on children, New York joined a coalition of Democrat-led states that sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop the federal government&#8217;s investigation into hospitals and doctors that perform the life-altering procedures on children.
President Trump&#8217;s executive action to protect children from the harmful procedures followed numerous Republican-led states banning the so-called gender-affirming treatments and procedures for minors. Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and many other states took action to protect children beginning in 2023, shortly after Daily Wire host Matt Walsh&#8217;s documentary &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman">What is a Woman?</a>&#8221; exposed the dangers of gender procedures.
After &#8220;What is a Woman?&#8221; became one of the most-watched documentaries of the year, Walsh held a rally in Nashville and met with state leaders in multiple states to advocate for ending &#8220;child mutilation.&#8221;
Thanks to recent laws passed by Republican-led states and the efforts of President Trump, the tide has turned in the debate on gender procedures for children. The Trump administration and advocates for protecting children from gender procedures celebrated another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-fight-is-not-over-major-medical-org-rejects-transgender-surgeries-for-kids">major win</a> earlier this month when the American Society of Plastic Surgeons acknowledged that &#8220;evidence did not support genital procedures or removing the breasts of young girls who identify as boys.&#8221;

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Trump Flex Delivers Another Major Victory Protecting Kids From Gender Mutilation

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Hospitals

New York

transgender surgery

Trump Administration

Go woke. Go broke. The saying is becoming so commonplace that it almost bears no significance.
But in some instances, a brand that’s already going broke suddenly decides to go full throttle on woke. That’s exactly what outdoor retail store Eddie Bauer did in recent years, and now, the operator of the century-old store has <a href="https://apnews.com/article/eddie-bauer-bankruptcy-retail-1f4168dca0060353b3766f0924d9c7da" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> for bankruptcy, marking the third bankruptcy filing for Eddie Bauer in the past 20 years.
The jump into LGBT craziness probably wasn’t the main reason behind Eddie Bauer’s downfall, but the company’s wokeness didn’t help it return to its former glory.
In 1920, 21-year-old <a href="https://www.historylink.org/File/1671" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eddie Bauer</a> set up shop in downtown Seattle, focusing on repairing broken tennis rackets before he started making his own golf clubs and fishing tackle, and in the 1940s, he developed his first jacket. The business also made jackets and sleeping bags for American troops during World War II.
Bauer soon got into more clothing retail and expanded his operations. He was a good old-fashioned American entrepreneur, who built a successful business through hard work and good ideas.
Fast-forward 100 years, and Bauer’s company was arguing for America to “<a href="https://www.eddiebauer.com/blogs/blog/get-outdoors-but-make-it-gay?srsltid=AfmBOopr2XmLsdAxNsHxYboEbJCnJ8m55NHR44cPajIhwpcA8zrkTpPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get outdoors, but make it gay</a>.” Yes, that is a real article published on Eddie Bauer’s website in 2022, written by lesbian freelance journalist Erica Zazo.
“Nature has always been an escape for me and my wife. Since Mother Nature does not discriminate, we’ve been able to fully explore ourselves and our partnership in the outdoors without the societal pressures, influences, and impact that often harm LGBTQ people,” Zazo wrote.
In 2023, Eddie Bauer’s website featured an <a href="https://www.eddiebauer.com/blogs/blog/the-one-thing-you-can-do-today-to-bring-more-people-to-the-outdoors?srsltid=AfmBOop-58dBARPqwbVWqlfx9ec7X_o6FSYIqa-6gUqYT6OixySgNH00" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> lamenting the lack of LGBT “representation” in “the outdoors.”
“If we love nature and want everyone to experience its many benefits, we need to make sure everyone feels welcome in outdoor and rural spaces,” the article written by “community leader” Mikah Meyer stated.
Another 2023 <a href="https://www.eddiebauer.com/blogs/blog/venturing-out-with-perry-cohen?srsltid=AfmBOoomyzsWRDgCGq7heauu8m9GXu1SZztEc1b_SAOXLubqPsLT2uMf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> published on the website highlighted an organization that led “backpacking trips for queer and trans people.”
It’s not clear what made Eddie Bauer so concerned about the supposed homophobia of the great outdoors, nor is it clear from those articles how going on a hike or fishing is harder for LGBT people. What is clear is that Eddie Bauer fully adopted LBGT talking points.
Eddie Bauer’s operator blamed declining sales and industry challenges, such as the recent tariff policies, for its struggles. That’s probably partly true, but going full woke as a storied outdoor retail company likely didn’t help.
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Some LGBT advocates and media have celebrated the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics as a “<a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/swedish-skier-elis-lundholm-will-make-history-as-the-first-out-trans-athlete-in-a-winter-olympics/">major milestone</a> in trans sports.”
Elis Lundholm, a woman who identifies as a transgender man, will compete for Sweden at the Milan-Cortina Olympics as part of the ski team. But here’s the interesting part: Lundholm will take part in the women’s category, not the men’s. 
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The skier began identifying as a transgender man five years ago and <a href="https://www.aftonbladet.se/senastenytt/ttsport/sport/a/j0BoeL/identifierar-sig-som-man-moter-kvinnor-i-os">told</a> the Swedish outlet Sportbladet that she “has never had a problem competing as a woman.” 
Social media users pointed out the implications of Lundholm remaining in the women&#8217;s category, which is based on biological sex under current rules.
“Lundholm is female, identifies as trans, uses he/him pronouns and has not gone through medical transition, competes in the female category,” British professor Jon Pike <a href="https://x.com/runthinkwrite/status/2018270959677968618">posted</a> on X.
“Lundholm is a walking/skiing refutation of the claim that it’s unreasonable to require TiM [Transgender identifying Male] athletes to compete in their sex category,” he said. “It’s said that this is the equivalent of ‘banning them from sport.’ Lundholm competes in the correct sex category, even though this is not the category into which Lundholm identifies, and has ‘no problem with this.’”
Most social media commenters didn’t have an issue with Lundholm competing with other women, noting how the only thing that could make competition unfair is if she had been using testosterone.
Last summer, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee changed its policy to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning men from competing against women, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-olympic-committee-bans-men-in-womens-sports">reported</a>. The committee posted an update stating that it would “&#8230;ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment,” consistent with the executive order.
This change followed years of controversy in the world of sports. 
In the 2024 Summer Games, Imane Khelif of Algeria, a boxer who had failed gender tests, dominated the women’s welterweight division and won the gold medal. Khelif’s success in Paris drew outrage across the globe. 
In 2021, trans-identifying man Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand competed against women in weightlifting in the Tokyo Games. Chelsea Wolfe, a man who identifies as a woman, was also at the Tokyo Olympics as a reserve cyclist for the U.S. women’s BMX Freestyle team.

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Super Bowl organizers tapped singer Brandi Carlile to perform“America the Beautiful” at the big game on Sunday, and the vocalist said she viewed that as a good opportunity for her to represent “the queer community.”
The 11-time Grammy Award winner did an <a href="https://variety.com/2026/music/news/brandi-carlile-america-the-beautiful-super-bowl-interview-1236655795/">interview</a> with Variety to discuss singing the patriotic song at the game. Unlike many other recording artists who have made headlines recently for trashing America, Carlile indicated that she still loved this country. But she also said that she believes the song “America the Beautiful” has an underlying message about radical change, which as an LGBT activist, she fully supports.
“I have my own moral code, my own moral imperative, that I have to answer to at the end of the day, as a wife and mother, and I believe in my ability and responsibility to do this, and that’s why I’m here,” she told the outlet of deciding to sing at the Super Bowl despite ongoing political tensions. 
“And the throughline to being queer and being a representative of a marginalized community and being put on the largest stage in America to acknowledge the fraught and tender hope that this country is based on, it’s something you don’t say no to. You do it.”
“I think if we’re gonna save this country as a people, we have to be reminded on some level that deep down we love it,” she added.
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“America the Beautiful” was written by American author and poet Katharine Lee Bates in 1893. The interviewer pointed to a line of the song which he suggested could be a call to change the country in a certain way.
“&#8217;God mend thine every flaw…&#8217;,” he began, prompting Carlile to respond,
“&#8217;… Confirm thy soul in self-control / Thy liberty in law&#8217;! Yeah. I don’t want to put words in her mouth; she was beyond brilliant. But it almost feels like she was feeling the way about the country when she wrote it that I’m feeling today singing it. Just this fragile hope, love and belief in where it could be, and acknowledging where it’s been, and acknowledging that we’re not there yet.”
The singer also said Bates was “totally gay.” Though this has been the speculation of some scholars due to her close female friendships, there is no definitive proof that Bates was part of any same-sex romantic relationships.
“I feel motivated by the fact that she was very likely gay, and a woman relying on her intellect in a time when that was difficult for women to do so, and living with a partner who was doing the same thing,” Carlile told Variety. “And still choosing … to still love America and to still believe that it could get to a place of goodness. I won’t say greatness, because that feels a little, you know, patriarchal. But goodness. And I believe the same thing.”

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Zohran Mamdani and his new handpicked fire commissioner will begin their time in office on Thursday. The new fire chief, Lillian Bonsignore, is a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, but whether she has what it takes to lead America’s biggest fire department is yet to be seen.
Nevertheless, Mamdani is excited about Bonsignore becoming the first openly gay FDNY fire chief.
&#8220;I am proud Lillian will make history too as the first openly gay person to head up the department,&#8221; the mayor <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/mamdani-names-new-fdny-chief/6434650/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week.
Despite Mamdani saying that he was proud to pick a fire chief who is gay, Bonsignore said that she found it a little “odd” to be celebrated for being a gay woman.
“It’s kind of odd that the thing I get celebrated for the most – people are always like, ‘Wow, you’re a woman and you’re gay’ – are the two things I put the least work into.”
Bonsignore argued that while she doesn’t have any actual firefighting experience, she understands “what firefighters need and I can translate that to this administration who’s willing to listen.&#8221;
“I know the job!” she said.
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Bonsignore worked 31 years for Emergency Medical Services and served as the FDNY’s EMS Operations chief during the COVID pandemic. She retired in 2022 and will be coming out of retirement to serve as the FDNY’s chief.
“It was a little hard [to come out of retirement], it’s a hard decision, but I’m looking forward to it, I’m happy to do it,” she said.
The previous FDNY commissioner, Robert Tucker, announced that he would step down from the position shortly after Mamdani won the mayoral election. Tucker’s final day on the job was December 19.
&#8220;Look, it&#8217;s a complicated, emotional decision to leave. But ideologically, there&#8217;s no doubt that the mayor and I disagree on some very fundamental things to me,&#8221; Tucker said.
It seems that Tucker saw the writing on the wall. Leftism and identity politics now reign supreme in NYC.
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Fans are overwhelmingly disappointed by the penultimate episode from season five of the hit Netflix series &#8220;Stranger Things.&#8221; 
Complaints about the episode titled &#8220;The Bridge&#8221; range from bad acting to tired plot lines, but the scene catching the most attention is the awkward moment when one of the main characters, Will (Noah Schnapp), decides to come out as gay to his friends before gearing up to battle the show’s mythical monster villain, Vecna.
“Woke ruins EVERYTHING,” one X reaction <a href="https://x.com/JonnyRoot_/status/2004745807090589752">said</a>. “Netflix decided to RUIN their most popular show of all-time, Stranger Things, by focusing their final season on Will coming out as a homosexual, promoting the propaganda that Will’s superpowers are because he’s ’embraced his sexuality’ &amp; the villain telling Will that his friends won’t like him if they find out he likes dudes.”
“How did Stranger Things go from such a great show to the only way they could defeat Vecna is if Will tells everyone he’s gay first,” another person agreed.
During the scene in question, Will gathers his friends together and admits, “I don&#8217;t like girls.” They proceed to form a group hug and seemingly downplay the upcoming battle to save the world. Will explains that the monster convinced him to keep his sexual identity hidden all this time. 
Season five of the series initially had a 73% rating on Rotten Tomatoes before the release of the latest episode. Now it’s <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/stranger_things/s05">dropped</a> to 56%. The episode also has a <a href="https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?count=250&amp;series=tt4574334&amp;sort=user_rating,asc">record-low</a> 5.4/10 rating on IMDb, which is even lower than the notoriously despised season 2 episode, “The Lost Sister.”
Schnapp had an emotional reaction to the scene he revealed during an <a href="https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/stranger-things-5-noah-schnapp-will-coming-out">interview</a> with Tudum. 
“I was really nervous to see how [the Duffer Brothers] would write it, because it was obviously so important for me. And I remember when they sent out the script for Episode 7 for that scene. I read it alone in my room, and I was crying, and it really resonated with me,” the actor said of his character coming out. 
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“I texted them, and I was like, ‘This is great. This is awesome.’ I didn’t know if they were ever gonna write that story for Will. They could have just left it up in the air, so getting to finally see it happen was amazing.”
The “Stranger Things” actor, who is also gay, said he felt the scene on a personal level. “I hope it touches everyone — not just queer people — and makes them feel emboldened and empowered to be who they are and be proud of who they are,” he told Tudum. “That goes back to the heart of our show: What makes you unique is your superpower.”
The two-hour series finale of “Stranger Things” premieres on Netflix and in select theaters on New Year’s Eve.

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A Utah state employee accused Republican Governor Spencer Cox of engaging in &#8220;reprehensible censorship” for ordering a review that included flagging content related to radical gender and racial ideology in state documents, according to emails viewed by The Daily Wire. 
An employee with the Utah Department of Health attacked Cox, accusing him of &#8220;dehumanizing&#8221; minorities and saying more should be done to “push back” against the review, emails obtained by Do No Harm show. The employee made the comment amid a sensitive content review that directed officials at Utah’s Department of Health to go through content and watch for words like “anti-racism,” “environmental justice,” “gender identity,” “LGBTQ(IA+),” “Racism,” “transgender,” “white privilege,” “white fragility,” abortion, and more. 
The call to &#8220;push back&#8221; was apparently made during a staff meeting and passed along by public information officer Charla Haley, whose job is to communicate with the public about what’s happening at the health department, to other employees in the Utah Department of Health in an email on January 10, 2024.
&#8220;Why isn&#8217;t more being done to push back against the Sensitive Content Assignment issued by the governor&#8217;s office?&#8221; the quote shared by Haley read. &#8220;This effort to remove references to health equity, race, gender identity, ethnicity, and sexual orientation is reprehensible censorship that invisibilizes communities who have already experienced disproportionate negative health outcomes from systemic oppression. It is dehumanizing and will further marginalize diverse people in Utah, including employees and Partners.&#8221; 
Utah Department of Health and Human Services Director Mike Grass said in an email to The Daily Wire that Haley passed the message along to other employees &#8220;who had some questions.&#8221; It was not clear what the questions were.
&#8220;With respect to the comment sent by Charla Haley, this was simply a direct quote written by an employee made during a staff meeting. She passed it along to three staff members who had some questions,&#8221; the Utah Department of Health told The Daily Wire. 
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Kurt Miceli, the medical Director of Do No Harm, said the comment showed that there were political ideologues embedded in Utah&#8217;s Department of Health and Human Services. 
 “What Do No Harm has uncovered makes it clear that there are political ideologues in Utah’s DHHS who are interested in pushing an agenda, not science,&#8221; he said. &#8220;These activists within Utah’s DHHS should stop pushing their political agenda and spend more time helping the people of their state.”
A few hours after passing along the quote attacking the governor, Haley sent an email to another health department employee telling them to pull &#8220;concerning&#8221; handouts &#8220;for the time being.&#8221; 
“So, you might want to go through some of your handouts that might be concerning and pull them for the time being. Your disease reports should be fine for now and we can review them and rebrand them after the 15th,” she wrote. 
Grass told The Daily Wire that the reference to rebranding had to do with a merger, and the department was not trying to hide DEI-focused materials.
&#8220;DHHS is compliant with the governor’s directive. DHHS materials were not rebranded to hide references to DEI activities; however, materials were revised to comply with the governor’s directive and the department’s internal policies,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Additionally, the department’s efforts to rebrand and the references to rebranding were necessary due to the merger between the Utah Department of Health and the Utah Department of Human Services in July 2022. After the merger, the department’s website continued to contain documents with old logos. The rebranding comments simply referred to making sure they all had the new logo.&#8221;
Grass said those conducting the review were &#8220;instructed to watch for certain words&#8221; and &#8220;the context in which those words were used during the review process.&#8221;
&#8220;The use of those words alone did not necessarily result in revisions to particular materials,&#8221; he said. 
In another email sent to a health department employee in February 2024, Haley shared a rant from someone named “Mikey” who she said was “definitely in touch with his emotions.” In the rant, “Mikey” said that parents should allow their kids to identify as transgender. 
“The LGBTQIA+ community does not want your children. They want to give a safe space for your child when you decide they are no longer your child because they came out as gay or trans. YOU, as a parent, are a failure if you feel that is the only acceptable response to your child telling you what has been plaguing their minds the most,” the person wrote. 
In another email from April 16, 2024, obtained by Do No Harm, a then-health department employee, Andrea Hood, discussed editing an LGBT-focused resource to get it through the content review process. 
“I was wondering if we want to edit this resource for parents and submit it through the DHHS ‘sensitive topics’ review process,” she wrote. “What are your thoughts? I created it to go with Inclusive Spaces training but I think it could be useful on its own. I&#8217;m open to making adjustments to it if there are pieces that might be particularly scrutinized we can brainstorm how to do that.”
The resource pushed parents to get involved in politics and embrace their kids&#8217; gender expression.
The resource said that using “chosen name &amp; pronouns,” supporting “gender expression,” encouraging “inclusive practices,” and being “active in the legislative process,” would “increase the likelihood of your LGBTQ+ child having a healthy and happy future.”
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The resource also said to “speak up when you hear stereotypes about LGBTQ+ people,” and “talk with your religious leaders to help your congregation become more supportive of LGBTQ+ people.”
The inclusive practices the resource said to support included “including pronouns on enrollment forms,” “name and pronoun change procedures,” “LGBTQ+ professional development for staff,” “sports participation for transgender and gender non-binary youth,” “inclusive curricula,” and “affirming clubs (Gender &amp; Sexuality Alliances).”
The resource told parents to use their children&#8217;s chosen pronouns, not their biological ones, and to &#8220;correct&#8221; themselves when they &#8220;make a mistake.&#8221; 
“Listen to your child to understand what being transgender or gender nonbinary means to them, and what it feels like,” the resource said, adding, “Try to use their chosen name and pronouns, and correct yourself in the moment when you make a mistake.”
The resource also claimed that studies “found that youth who have parental and school support to transition socially have significantly better mental health outcomes than youth without that support.”
Cox&#8217;s office did not respond to requests for comment on the emails. 
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Utah’s Department of Health has<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/utah-lawmakers-are-getting-terribly-flawed-information-on-transgender-procedures-watchdog-warns?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Utah+Lawmakers+Are+Getting+%E2%80%98Terribly+Flawed%E2%80%99+Information+On+Transgender+Procedures%2C+Watchdog+Warns"> been criticized</a> for producing a “terribly flawed” report on the science behind transgender procedures for kids. The report, which was sent from the department to the Utah legislature, significantly misrepresents the scientific record and glosses over the danger of transgender procedures, Do No Harm said in a memo last week. 
The report also came alongside recommendations from the Utah Department of Health, which Miceli said silently supported undoing protections for kids from transgender procedures. 
The recommendations are all contingent on the moratorium being lifted, Miceli said. These included things like setting up a board to oversee the moratorium, creating specific standards of care, and limiting those who prescribe transgender procedures to “demonstrated experts.”
Utah’s Department of Health also <a href="https://dhhs.utah.gov/public-health-training-hub/self-paced-trainings/">maintains</a> a “self-paced” training page on the topics of “advancing health equity,” “an anti-racist imperative for public health data,” and “How to be Anti-Racist in the Everyday Practice of Public Health.”
“Each day, we have opportunities to fight racism and bias in our work in public health. From our hiring practices to microaggressions that occur in internal meetings to the data we collect to the policies we influence, enact, and enforce — racism and bias impact all facets of public health. Studies show that this ultimately causes a negative impact on health outcomes and hinders our efforts to reduce racial inequities in health,” the course description says. 
In January 2023, Cox signed legislation placing a moratorium on doctors giving kids cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers and banning transgender surgeries. That came after he previously vetoed a bill keeping males out of female sports.

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The controversial Netflix series “Boots,” about a gay Marine, was canceled after just one season on the streaming platform.
Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2025/12/boots-canceled-netflix-the-pink-marine-miles-heizer-1236649503/">reported</a> that the decision was not “straightforward” as it had good reviews from both critics and viewers. The outlet noted that Sony Pictures extended the options on several key actors in the hopes of continuing the series. Networks are usually unable to pick up anything canceled by Netflix due to exclusivity agreements. 
But in the end, it wasn’t enough. Producer Brent Miller said he was disappointed over the cancellation but was “so grateful that we were able to make the show,&#8221; adding that he &#8220;couldn’t be more proud of the show we made.”
In October, the Pentagon came out against the Netflix series, calling it “woke garbage.”
Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson released a statement on the series, saying a person’s sexuality is not relevant in this administration’s effort to strengthen our military.
“Under President Trump and Secretary [Pete] Hegseth, the U.S. military is getting back to restoring the warrior ethos. Our standards across the board are elite, uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn’t care if you’re a man, a woman, gay, or straight,” a statement from Wilson said, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woke-garbage-pentagon-blasts-new-netflix-series-about-gay-marine">reported</a>.
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Wilson confirmed that officials “will not compromise our standards to satisfy an ideological agenda, unlike Netflix whose leadership consistently produces and feeds woke garbage to their audience and children.”
“Boots,” which stars Miles Heizer and Vera Farmiga, premiered on October 9 and consistently ranked in Netflix’s top 10 viewed charts. The series is critical of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” military policy from the 90s that required recruits to keep their sexual identity secret. The show is based on the book “The Pink Marine” by Greg Cope White.

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