News + Politics
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Minnesota trans student wins $218,500 settlement over school’s bathroom ban
A Minnesota school district has agreed to settle a lawsuit over its policy forcing trans students to use separate restrooms and locker rooms.
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Tennessee officials face second lawsuit over anti-trans bathroom sign law
A second lawsuit has been filed challenging a Tennessee law requiring businesses with trans-friendly bathrooms to post anti-trans signs.
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U.S. State Department announces it will issue gender-neutral passports
The State Department will issue a third gender option for U.S. passports, and will no longer require proof of surgery to change a gender marker.
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California bans state-sponsored travel to five more states over anti-LGBTQ laws
California has added five more states to its list of places where state-sponsored travel is banned due to passage of anti-LGBTQ laws.
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NFL says “football is gay” after Carl Nassib comes out
NFL says football is 'gay, lesbian, queer, bisexual, transgender' and more in new video after Carl Nassib came out as gay
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Scottish train company slaps down homophobe who complained about ‘Pride train’
ScotRail's Twitter team was widely praised for their response to demands that a train be painted in "straight colors"
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says LGBTQ-inclusive school curriculums are ‘child abuse’
Far-right Republican conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked Critical Race Theory and decried LGBTQ sex education
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Assailants yelling anti-gay slurs stab victims on New York subway, at Staten Island Ferry Terminal
One suspect has been arrested and another is at large in two stabbings in New York City being investigated as possible anti-gay hate crimes.
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ACLU sues Tennessee over bill requiring signs for businesses with trans-friendly restroom policies
Two business owners are suing Tennessee over a law requiring them to post "warning" signs about their transgender restroom policies.
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Transgender woman stabbed with screwdriver on New York City subway
A transgender woman was stabbed with a screwdriver on the New York City subway by a man calling her anti-gay slurs.
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State Department flies Pride flag for the first time in ‘historic moment’
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said the U.S. "is committed to fighting for LGBTQI+ rights at home and abroad"
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Biden touts administration’s pro-LGBTQ actions, makes Pulse nightclub a national memorial
President Joe Biden touted his administration's pro-LGBTQ actions and called on Congress to pass the Equality Act at a Pride Month reception.
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Supreme Court refuses to hear Gavin Grimm case, will let pro-trans restroom ruling stand
By refusing to hear appeal, high court allows decision finding Gloucester County's restroom policy unconstitutional to stand.
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Three Texas men sentenced after using Grindr to target gay men for violent crimes
Victims were lured through Grindr to an empty apartment, where they were beaten, robbed, and sexually assaulted
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Georgia boy who had ‘gay’ shaved into head by family placed in protective custody
Atlanta police confirmed they had removed the boy, who was filmed being slapped and punched for "doing gay s**t"
