News + Politics
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LGBTQ groups plead with Sessions and DeVos to keep Title IX protections in place
Four national LGBTQ organizations have sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pleading with the two Trump administration appointees...
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Laverne Cox gives shout out to Gavin Grimm at Grammys
During her appearance at the Grammys, transgender actress Laverne Cox gave a very powerful shout-out to Gavin Grimm, the transgender student challenging his county school...
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Justice Department signals it may pull support for trans student protections
Just one day after the confirmation of Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General, the Justice Department filed a motion withdrawing its previous request for a...
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe pledges to keep vetoing anti-LGBTQ legislation
"We’re stopping people from doing things that discriminate against people’s basic rights."
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Tom Price, Trump’s newly confirmed health secretary, opposes LGBTQ rights
Price is a threat to LGBTQ rights and healthcare
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Texas health center settles lawsuit with fired HIV-positive employee
Granite Mesa Health Center has agreed to pay out $70,000 and institute ADA and HIV competency training
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North Carolina Democrats introduce bill to repeal and replace HB 2
Democrats in North Carolina have introduced a pair of bills to repeal the state’s anti-LGBTQ HB 2 law and institute statewide nondiscrimination protections. The latter bill...
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Are We Drama Queens?
Is the LGBTQ community overreacting to the Trump administration's actions, or are they justified in raising the alarm?
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Anti-LGBTQ Jeff Sessions confirmed as Attorney General
LGBTQ groups call his confirmation "distressing," "deeply disturbing" and a "travesty"
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D.C. Council bill would curb use of “gay panic” defenses
Measure would prevent defendants from using victims' LGBTQ status to justify homicide or assualt
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Trump tweets that he’s waiting for “Easy D”
The struggle is real...
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Most Americans don’t want anti-LGBTQ “religous freedom” laws
White evangelicals are the only ones who support discriminating against LGBTQ people
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Williams Institute: Will Betsy DeVos protect transgender students?
LGBTQ think tank outlines the challenges that continue to face transgender students in schools
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Toledo City Council bans conversion therapy
On Tuesday, the Toledo City Council unanimously approved a ban on conversion therapy and made gender identity a protected class under the city’s nondiscrimination laws....
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South Dakota considering “religious freedom” adoption bill
South Dakota lawmakers are weighing a proposed bill that would allow agents of adoption and foster care agencies to reject qualified parents based on personal...
