World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females unti...
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Drag queens are out, proud and loud in a string of coal towns, from a bingo hall to blue-collar bars
In red communities across America, lawmakers are pushing to restrict drag performances and, in some cases, broader trans...
An Iranian masterwork opens with its director behind bars
After being arrested for creating antigovernment propaganda in 2010, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi was banned from m...
Judge denies bail for Rushdie's attacker, bars interviews
A judge has refused to grant bail to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared t...
Voters say 'yes' to early closing time for South Beach bars
Last call could come three hours earlier in Miami Beach, where voters fed up with nighttime violence chose yes to rollin...
Review: Writer explores gay bars as revolutionary spaces
Jeremy Atherton Lin’s “Gay Bar” takes readers on a cross-continental adventure through the gay bars that have shaped his...
Judge bars Kanye West from appearing on Arizona’s ballot
A judge has barred Kanye West from appearing on Arizona’s Nov. 3 ballot
Bars reopening in New Orleans. Will tourists come?
Bars are being allowed to reopen in party-loving New Orleans after a long shutdown prompted by coronavirus fears