News + Politics
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Conservatives Are Increasingly Labeling LGBTQ Americans As “Groomers”
As debate rages over LGBTQ content in schools, conservatives are increasingly attacking opponents and LGBTQ people as "groomers."
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Trans Woman Verbally Attacked On Green Line Metro
A transgender woman says she was verbally attacked by a man over her gender identity while riding a Green Line Metro train last Saturday. Saoirse...
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Family Charged with Hate Crimes for Assaulting, Blinding Gay Man
Florida prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against three members of a Ukrainian immigrant family accused of beating a gay man so severely that he...
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4 Men Punched Outside Gay Club In Providence
A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with assault for allegedly punching four men and shouting homophobic slurs outside a gay club in Providence,...
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Mother Claims LGBTQ Child Sexually Assaulted at Ballou High School
D.C. police are investigating a complaint from the mother of an LGBTQ student at Ballou Senior High School in Southeast D.C., who claims her child...
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United Kingdom Flip-Flops On Conversion Therapy Ban
The United Kingdom government is currently undergoing a contentious and volatile struggle over conversion therapy. Though the practice is rare – and often viewed as...
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China Censors Gay References In ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Movie
Warner Bros. complied with Chinese censors' demands to edit out allusions to same-sex relationships in the latest "Fantastic Beasts" movie.
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Florida Teen “Investigated” For Presentation On Stonewall Riots
17-year-old Florida high school student Will Larkins was moved to another history class after giving a talk on the LGBTQ historical event.
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Republican Says Civil Rights Don’t Apply To Gay People
A Georgia Republican candidate for Congress said that civil rights for Black people shouldn’t apply to gay people because “they can actually change” to become...
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Alabama Governor Signs Anti-Transgender Bills Into Law
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed two anti-transgender bills into law, including a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
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Ariana Grande Joins Fight Against Anti-Trans Legislation
Singer Ariana Grande has pledged to match all donations to a fund she's set up to help support pro-transgender organizations.
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Federal Court Strikes Down Pentagon’s Discriminatory HIV Policy
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Defense to stop discriminating against service members living with HIV and allow them to deploy and...
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Conservatives Slam Oreo For Short LGBTQ Film
Social conservatives have a meltdown on social media after Oreo releases an LGBTQ-affirming ad in association with PFLAG.
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Kentucky Governor Vetoes Transgender Sports Ban
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill barring transgender girls from competing on female-designated sports teams. Kentucky’s Republican-led legislature overwhelmingly approved the bill, with...
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Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to be elevated to the...
