Miami: Advocates decry DaBaby's return to Rolling Loud
NBC News reported March 4 on HIV and LGBTQ advocates' criticisms of Rolling Loud, after the organization invited rapper DaBaby to its Miami music festival, just months after he, during a live performance in July, made disparaging, ignorant comments about Gay people and those living with HIV/AIDS.

The rapper has released apologies since then, meeting virtually with LGBTQ advocacy groups and promising to use his platform to raise awareness. But three of the groups told NBC News that DaBaby, despite seeming receptive and apologetic during the meetings, has yet to follow up on those commitments.

Deondre B. Moore, director of US partnerships and community engagement at the Prevention Access Campaign, said, "It feels as though the meeting and taking time to meet with us was all just smoke and mirrors. None of the things that he talked about doing or following through with have come to fruition. For us, it's kind of a slap in the face."

Texas: State appeals block on Trans investigation
Reuters reported on March 3 that Texas has appealed a restraining order issued by a Travis County District Court Judge Amy Clark Meachum, which temporarily blocks the state from investigating the parents of a Trans girl for providing her with gender-affirming medical treatments.

Gov. Greg Abbott has called the treatments "child abuse," directing the state's Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to conduct investigations into similar cases.

According to the lawsuit, which was filed by the ACLU and Lambda Legal on behalf of the Trans teen's family, the mother is an employee of the DFPS, and was placed on leave after asking how the governor's directive would affect her family.

Judge Meachum states in her order that the family faces "imminent and ongoing deprivation of their constitutional rights, the potential loss of necessary medical care, and the stigma of being the subject of an unfounded child abuse investigation."