California lawmaker undaunted by 2nd bomb threat
Gay California lawmaker Sen. Scott Wiener has revealed in a statement released on Twitter that he has received a bomb threat for the second time this year, although he implied it was far from the first threat of violence he had received since taking office.

Wiener accused Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and "others in the MAGA conspiracy ecosystem" of inciting violence. Greene previously called him a "communist groomer" on Twitter. Kirk accused him of releasing "pedophiles" from jail, without context or explanation.

The threat against Wiener included striking similarities, also calling him a "pedophile" and a "groomer," in line with the surge of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric flowing from right-wing media and politicians across the country.

Greene's communications director, Nick Dyer, told NBC News that Wiener was "ridiculous," without elaborating.

"I will always fight for the LGBTQ community — and for the community as a whole — and will never let these threats stop that work," Wiener wrote.

Memphis hospital defends delay on gender-affirming care
A week after the American Civil Liberties Union accused the organization of halting gender-affirming care due to a new policy, a hospital under Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has stated that it has not changed its practices "regarding the treatment of Transgender and/or Nonbinary patients."

"In recent weeks, some care providers voiced questions about patients receiving gender-affirming procedures at a facility affiliated with our health system," said spokesperson Rachel Powers. "This resulted in a temporary pause to review current practices."

The ACLU wrote a letter on behalf of 19-year-old Chris Evans, whose surgery was canceled less than a week before the procedure's scheduled date.

"Ending medically necessary healthcare for one particular group of people based on sex, whether by formal written policy or simply in practice, is discrimination and violates federal law," said ACLU attorney Lucas Cameron-Vaughn. "We will evaluate whether we need to file a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights once we have a response from the hospital."

"We understand the physicians are moving forward with getting the patients rescheduled before the end of the year," Powers said.