News + Politics
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Federal court rules Florida transgender inmate can receive hormone therapy
Judge finds Department of Corrections' "freeze-frame" policy violated Reiyn Keohane's Eighth Amendment rights
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Maryland man faces hate crime charges for attacking two transgender people
Suspect allegedly threatened to cut off victims' genitalia if they didn't leave the area
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Vermont’s Christine Hallquist, first transgender candidate for governor, says she’s receiving death threats
Vermont’s transgender gubernatorial candidate said she’s been receiving a steady stream of death threats and other personal attacks since her candidacy began drawing national and...
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Knife-wielding man shot dead in Barcelona-area “terrorist attack” was gay and suicidal, ex-wife alleges
The knife-wielding man who was shot dead by Spanish police last week had come out as gay and was contemplating suicide because he could not...
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Delaware man charged with hate crime for allegedly assaulting people at gay pride festival
A Delaware man has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting a man at a gay pride festival and groping two others, reports...
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Man who killed gay classmate was struggling with his own sexuality, lawyer says
A 21-year-old California man accused of killing a gay former classmate was struggling with his own sexuality and autism spectrum disorder, which led him to...
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Pakistani police arrest two men for slaying and dismembering transgender woman
Last week, Pakistani police in the city of Peshawar announced the arrests of two men accused of torturing, murdering, and dismembering a transgender woman. Peshawar...
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New York’s Oswego County settles with transgender employee who was denied health care coverage
An upstate New York county has settled a lawsuit brought against it by a retired transgender county employee who was denied insurance coverage for transition-related...
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San Bernardino County would change how it treats GBTI inmates under proposed settlement
Last week, American Civil Liberties Union announced the terms of a proposed settlement with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s office that would change how GBTI...
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Gay San Francisco police officer files sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit
Officer alleges he was retaliated against for complaining, to the point that even his calls for backup were ignored
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VIDEO: Illinois attorney general candidate attacks GOP opponent over alleged anti-gay remarks
Erika Harold, a former Miss America, is accused of saying she'd place children with child abusers over a loving gay couple
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Glenn Close: Directors should “go out of their way” to cast transgender actors
Close was commenting on the controversy surrounding Scarlett Johansson being cast as a trans man
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Thousands raised for Oklahoma trans student to help her move out of transphobic town
Parents had declared "open hunting season" after Maddie used the girls' restroom at her school instead of her assigned toilet
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Bianca Del Rio criticized after joking about Blair St Clair’s rape at Montreal Pride
Montreal Pride distanced itself from Del Rio's comments after she joked that St. Clair's revelation was "strategy"
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Boston restaurant given one-star review for ‘treasonous’ Pride flag in window
Yelp reviewer said Caffe Zia Gianna's support for LGBTQ people should be "punishable as a crime"
