News + Politics
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Kentucky GOP wants to bar transgender students from restrooms matching their gender identity
Bill would allow cisgender students to sue school districts if they find themselves sharing facilities with transgender students
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Supreme Court refuses to hear Texas transgender inmate’s request for gender confirmation surgery
Appeals court rejected Vanessa Lynn Gibson's contention that denying her surgery violates her Eighth Amendment rights
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Conservative pundit says it’s okay for Trump to sleep with “1,000 women” but Buttigieg is “unnatural”
Dave Daubenmire, the GOP party activist and conservative commentator who has referred to gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg as “Pete Buttplug” and speculated about his...
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Right-wing pastor E.W. Jackson says gay people can’t be judges because they can’t be “fair or objective”
E.W. Jackson made the comments during a rant against Trump's 9th Circuit nominee, Patrick Bumatay
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LGBTQ groups balk at removal of amendment to lift military’s transgender ban
LGBTQ groups are incensed and disappointed in the removal of an amendment from the National Defense Authorization Act that would have lifted President Trump’s ban...
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Three women challenge Texas law barring transgender inmates from changing names
Three transgender women have filed a civil suit challenging a Texas law that prohibits current and former transgender federal prison inmates from legally changing their...
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Equality Virginia urges supporters to express support for regulations banning conversion therapy
Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s top LGBTQ organization, is urging its supporters to take some time to get in some last-minute comments on proposed professional regulations...
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Virginia Democrats, eager to deliver on campaign promises, introduce fair housing bill
In the decade since Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond) first took office, fair housing bills have been introduced each year in the Virginia General Assembly, only...
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Congressional Republicans introduce watered-down “fairness” bill with a host of religious exemptions
Congressional Republicans have introduced a bill aimed at reaching a compromise between prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ people and respecting the sincerely held religious beliefs of...
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LGBTQ activists attack Pete Buttigieg for previously volunteering with the Salvation Army
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is being attacked for previously volunteering with the Salvation Army, which has rankled some LGBTQ activists who have characterized some...
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California inmate sentenced to death for killing his transgender cellmate
A California inmate has been sentenced to death for killing his cellmate after they had lived together for only eight hours because she was transgender....
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Transgender teen charged in school shooting will be tried as an adult
The transgender teenager charged with orchestrating a school shooting at a suburban Denver high school as revenge for being bullied by his classmates after a...
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TranSwap offers gender-affirming outfits
TranSwap offers gender-affirming outfits
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Arizona appeals court: Judge was wrong to reject transgender man’s name change
The Arizona Court of Appeals has ordered a lower court judge who denied a transgender man’s request for a name change to grant the request....
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LULAC Lambda seeking applicants for its 2020 D.C. LGBTQ Latinx scholarship
LULAC Lambda, the local council that seeks to mobilize and strengthen the LGBTQ and Latino communities of Washington, D.C. through community building and civic engagement,...
