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News (USA)
31 anti-transgender bills filed in 20 states as GOP targets schoolchildren nationwide
From school sports to putting doctors in prison for treating trans patients, lawmakers in these states want to make people’s lives harder.
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Bias Watch
Creationist says God gave people noses so sinners had a place to hold their “glasses & contacts”
Apparently, myopia is a result of sin, so be suspicious of kids with glasses.
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News (USA)
Roy Moore asks the Supreme Court to end marriage equality
There are 5 conservative Supreme Court justices now, so he’s asking them to ban same-sex couples from marrying.
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Bias Watch
A conservative tried to embarrass a Democrat for taking picture with LGBTQ activists
Phillip Wheeler probably thought the stunt would get him and his fellow Republican ahead in the polls. Instead, people want his resignation.
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News (USA)
A GOP politician lost his law license over letter calling women “pitiful, fat, ugly lesbians”
The former U.S. Representative lied about sending the letter and then got caught practicing law with a suspended license.
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News (USA)
Man barged into class to give out anti-gay pamphlets. University says it’s OK because he’s married.
The man entered an LGBTQ Studies class to give out conversion therapy pamphlets. But the administration said that he’s not a threat because he’s married and bought a house.
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Bias Watch
State legislatures are filled with anti-LGBTQ measures, thanks to a religious right playbook
A Christian nationalist group’s concerted effort to create cut-and-paste measures has done all the work for Republicans targeting trans youth and promoting religious liberty across the country.
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Commentary
This gay man is trying to kick Mitch McConnell out of the Senate
“The Equality Act should have already been put into place. But McConnell refuses to address that, as well as hundreds of other bills that could literally change people’s lives.”
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News (USA)
Trump-appointed judge rules trans people have no right to be called by their personal pronouns
Because trans rights are currently being debated in the courts, he writes, it’d be legally biased for a court to use a trans person’s personal pronouns.
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Politics
Students would be allowed to sue if they see a trans person in the bathroom if new bill passes
The bill would put transgender students in danger, but Kentucky Republicans say it’s necessary to prevent “disruption of school activities.”