News + Politics
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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
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Joe Biden sworn in as president: “A new day has begun” for LGBTQ Americans
Human Rights Campaign celebrates the start of what is expected to be "the most pro-equality presidency in history"
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FBI raids home of far-right gay activist who boasted about attending Capitol riots
Kristopher Dreww tried to retract claims that he'd helped storm the Capitol after receiving death threats
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Bronx restaurant employee fired after asking married gay couple to leave
La Isla Cuchifrito Restaurant in Mott Haven apologized to the couple
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Biden picks trans woman Dr. Rachel Levine to be assistant health secretary
Pennsylvania's Secretary of Health is the first transgender person nominated to a Senate-confirmable position
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Gay adult performer Matthew Camp’s home set on fire in suspected arson attack
Police are investigating after a man poured gasoline on OnlyFans star Matthew Camp's porch and lit it on fire
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Three North Carolina cities pass LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances
Pro-LGBTQ laws are the first passed since a 2017 moratorium imposed as part of repealing the HB 2 "bathroom bill"
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Lincoln Project cofounder comes out, apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ messages to men
John Weaver allegedly sent unsolicited photos to young men and offered work in exchange for sexual favors
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Biden administration taps gay man as presidential environmental advisor
Jeff Marootian is set to become Special Assistant to the President for Climate and Science Agency Personnel
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Lying about someone being gay no longer defamation per se, NY court rules
New York law previously put calling someone gay on par with accusing them of a heinous crime
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Presidential historian Tim Naftali on Trump, Biden, and what’s next for America
Presidential historian Tim Naftali on how Donald Trump crashed his party, and what Joe Biden can do to reunite our nation.
