News + Politics
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Transgender woman running to fill Ritchie Torres’ seat on New York City Council
Elisa Crespo says even anti-trans attacks won't stop her from fighting for working-class New Yorkers.
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Gay Trump supporter arrested after participating in Capitol riots
Brandon Straka allegedly participated in the attempted insurrection and encouraged rioters to attack a police officer.
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Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell apologizes for resurfaced anti-gay comment
Campbell told a Texas A&M pep rally that he was proud to attend a school where "men like women and women like men"
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Acclaim for Biden’s Repeal of the Transgender Military Ban
Speaker Pelosi, HRC, the Task Force, the Victory Fund are a few organizations celebrating the executive order.
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Biden names LGBTQ legal advocate to Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights
Law professor Suzanne Goldberg, a veteran of Lambda Legal, has a history of fighting for LGBTQ civil rights
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Trump ally furious that Biden won’t let him discriminate against LGBTQ people
Family Research Council's Tony Perkins is not happy about an executive order banning anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
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FDA approves HIV treatment replacing daily pills with monthly injections
Viiv Healthcare's Cabenuva replaces a traditional daily pill regimen with two injections every month
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President Biden repeals Trump’s ban on transgender service members
President Joe Biden has repealed the Trump administration's ban prohibiting most transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
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Montana lawmakers approve bill to deny trans youth medical care
Critics worry denying care will increase youths' feelings of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation
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FBI arrests ‘Straight Pride’ organizer for attending Capitol riots
Mark Sahady was identified through posts from Super Happy Fun America, which organizes "Straight Pride"
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Mississippi wants to ban trans people under 21 from receiving gender-affirming care
"Transgender 21 Act" would gag medical providers from even acknowledging a youth's gender identity without parental consent
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Reporter who criticized Detroit Lions coach’s anti-gay past apologizes for homophobic tweets
Detroit Free Press reporter Marlowe Alter unearthed comments by Dan Campbell from 1998. Then his own anti-gay tweets were found.
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Biden’s Secretary of State nominee vows to allow embassies to fly Pride flags again
Antony Blinken also vowed to name an LGBTQI envoy, saying the U.S. should be "standing up for and defending the rights of LGBTQI people"
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President Biden issues executive order protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination
Executive orders seek to reverse some of the Trump administration's more controversial policy decisions
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Gay DC man receives rainbow flag with a swastika in anonymous letter
Recipient says he is "undeterred," but the letter points to a much larger problem regarding white supremacists
