News + Politics
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Texas Senate passes bills barring trans athletes from sports teams matching their gender identity
The Texas Senate passed a pair of bills to bar transgender athletes from competing on sports teams matching their gender identity.
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Tomorrow’s All-Stars: Meet Team DC’s 2021 Scholarship Recipients
Team DC’s student awardees talk about being out in high school sports, efforts to restrict trans athletes, and what a scholarship means to them.
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Appeals court upholds Florida trans student’s right to use boys’ restroom
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has released a narrow decision finding a school district's anti-trans restroom policy unconstitutional.
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Alexandria gay couple claims neighbor shouted anti-gay, anti-Asian slurs at them
Alexandria gay couple claim they endured anti-gay abuse from neighbor due to ongoing dispute over parking space
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New Jersey GOP governor hopeful Jack Ciattarelli rails against “teaching sodomy in sixth grade”
Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for New Jersey governor, says he wants to "roll back" LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum in public schools.
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Beaumont Police seeking information about transgender woman found dead in Port Arthur Canal
Police are asking for information about the death of Aidelen Evans, a Texas transgender woman whose body was found in a canal in March.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Caitlyn Jenner a “man in a dress” in transphobic Twitter rant
Marjorie Taylor Greene also slammed Republicans for working with Caitlyn Jenner on her campaign for governor of California
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Wyoming biker bar sold T-shirts calling shooting gay people the “cure for AIDS”
A Wyoming biker bar came under fire on social media for selling T-shirts promoting the shooting of gay people as a "cure for AIDS."
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Gay lawmakers want to block Chick-fil-A from New York’s highway rest areas
Gay lawmakers want the New York State Thruway Authority to prevent Chick-fil-A from opening restaurants, citing anti-LGBTQ donations
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Emmys 2021: Pose star Mj Rodriguez becomes first trans person nominated for lead acting role
Rodriguez was nominated for Leading Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Pose's third and final season
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NFL player Barkevious Mingo accused of indecent sexual contact with teenage boy
Barkevious Mingo was dropped by the Atlanta Falcons after being accused of grooming and assaulting a young male relative
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Taliban plans to crush gay men in Afghanistan to death by toppling walls onto them
A Taliban judge said that gay men in Afghanistan will be crushed or stoned to death under their implementation of Sharia law
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Caitlyn Jenner subjected to transphobic abuse at conservative conference
A conservative YouTuber deadnamed Jenner and called her a "sick freak" at the Conservative Political Action Conference
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Federal judge blocks Tennessee’s “Business Bathroom Bill” requiring anti-transgender restroom signs
A federal judge has blocked a Tennessee law requiring owners of trans-friendly businesses to post warning signs outside their restrooms.
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Republican Attorneys General slam Biden administration’s pro-transgender guidance
A group of Republican attorneys general have criticized the Biden administration's interpretation of federal laws relating to transgender rights.
