Paige Lavender

@paigelav.huffpost.com

News Director at HuffPost. WVU, AU grad. #PoynterWomenLeaders alum. (she/her)

I spoke with 4 queer couples about what the 10th anniversary of the Obergefell ruling means to them. After Dobbs, legal experts are worried about conservative efforts to push religious freedoms challenges to undermine marriage equality and LGBTQ rights overall. www.huffpost.com/entry/10-yea...

10 Years After Marriage Equality, Queer Couples Are Worried

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled to give LGBTQ couples nationwide the right to marry. But 10 years on, the wave of optimism that followed the decision has changed.

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Breaking: Supreme Court Gives Trump A Win With Ruling Against Planned Parenthood The 6-3 ruling was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, with Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor dissenting.

Supreme Court Gives Trump A Win With Ruling Against Planned Parenthood

The decision is a win for the Trump administration, which has made it a priority to actualize the GOP’s long-held goal of defunding Planned Parenthood.

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Tomorrow is the Dem primary for NYC mayor. It's now a tight race between Andrew Cuomo & Zohran Mamdani. It'll be interesting to see if New Yorkers take into account Cuomo's multiple scandals, including several allegations of sexual harassment substantiated by state & federal investigations.

The ‘Democratic Party’s Own Donald Trump’ Is Getting Another Chance

As Andrew Cuomo emerges as the front-runner in New York City's mayoral race, several women who accused him of sexual harassment just three years ago say they feel betrayed and forgotten.

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Do read this from Nathalie Baptiste: The Supreme Court Is Getting Involved In The War On Books The high court will decide whether public schools requiring students to read books with LGBTQ+ themes is a violation of their religious freedom. www.huffpost.com/entry/scotus...

This Supreme Court Decision Could Reshape Public Education For Decades To Come

The high court will decide whether public schools requiring students to read books with LGBTQ+ themes is a violation of their religious freedom.

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