News + Politics
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Baltimore community holds virtual vigil for murdered trans woman
On Tuesday, members of Baltimore’s transgender and allied communities held a virtual vigil via Zoom in honor of Johanna Metzger, a transgender woman stabbed to...
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Lawsuit alleges TSA demanded transgender teen show her private parts in order to board plane
Lawsuit seeks court order compelling TSA to abide by its policy prohibiting strip searches
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HRC: Trump delaying stimulus checks to include name is “revolting and inhumane”
HRC slammed Trump's "personal vanity" after Treasury Department orders IRS to print Trump's name on stimulus checks
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Michigan school district sued after anti-gay bullying led teen to attempt suicide
The boy was called anti-gay slurs and bullied so badly that he received a concussion, the lawsuit alleges
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Gay man forced to flee Turkmenistan after police assaulted him for being HIV-positive
The man sought asylum in Europe after police allegedly assaulted him until he confessed to being gay
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Most Republicans support protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination, survey finds
Support for nondiscrimination protections puts most Republicans at odds with party leaders
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Georgia police criticized after arresting nine men in Grindr sex sting
One man shared screenshots of his Grindr conversation with an undercover officer and said charges of pandering were false
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Trump’s Easter blessing delivered by anti-gay bishop who compared marriage equality movement to Nazi Germany
Bishop Harry Jackson has called marriage equality a "Satanic plot" and claimed that gay people are trying to "recruit" children
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South Florida police chief suspended after claiming deputy’s death from COVID-19 was due to being gay
Fraternal Order of Police wants a third-party investigation into whether Davie Police Chief Dale Engle should be fired
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Leftover fabric from AIDS Quilt will become coronavirus masks for community workers
Plans to display the quilt in San Francisco are on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Transgender woman fined for violating Panama’s gender-based COVID-19 rules
Panama does not recognize trans people's gender identity unless they have undergone surgery
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An Indonesian trans woman was burned to death. Police won’t charge anyone with murder.
Suspects were charged with aggravated assault because police claim they didn't intend to set the victim on fire
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Virginia governor signs LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections into law
Law's protections for LGBTQ people, as well as pregnant people and veterans, will go into effect on July 1
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Advocates fear North Carolina schools’ virtual learning system will out transgender students
More than 300 educators, parents, counselors, and students call for fixes to PowerSchool virtual platform
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Tallahassee City Commission approves conversion therapy ban
Ordinance is crafted to protect against an expected legal challenge from conservative anti-LGBTQ forces
