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Former student describes brutal culture of anti-LGBTQ+ bullying at Nex Benedict’s high school
The student echoed what many others have said: Owasso High School officials see bullying and do nothing about it.
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Republicans explode in rage at Joe Biden for honoring Trans Day of Visibility
The day happened to fall on Easter this year because of the moon’s cycle. Conservatives took this as a personal attack.
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Research says that Black queer youth experience widespread discrimination and social rejection
Advocates are using this research to create better safe spaces for Black LGBTQ+ youth
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After outcry, U.S. Dept. of Education will investigate Nex Benedict’s death
“We believe that Nex’s death is the natural consequence of a growing wave of hatred against LGBTQ+ people.”
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Law allowing wedding officiants to discriminate goes to the Tennessee governor
The bill’s main sponsor is a longtime opponent of same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ rights.
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Anti-war protestors demand HRC end its “complicity” in Palestinian “genocide”
The Human Rights Campaign has expressed support for Palestinians, but some activists accuse the HRC of partnering with war profiteers.
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Florida will throw trans people in jail if they try to update the gender on their driver’s licenses
“They want to humiliate, harass, and use policy to eliminate transgender people from public life.”
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Court allows Alabama’s “devastating” ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect
“Alabama’s transgender healthcare ban will harm thousands of transgender adolescents across the state,” the plaintiff’s lawyers said.
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Deranged homophobe threatened to shoot actor Jonathan Bailey
“My life was threatened.”
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New reports show the distressing reality of violence against trans people worldwide
A recent report identified 321 trans and gender-diverse people killed around the world over the past year.