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The transgender military ban starts today. Here’s what you need to know.
Almost two years ago, Donald Trump tweeted that he would be banning transgender people from the military. The details are just as murky as ever.
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Pete Buttigieg throws down the gauntlet on Ellen & challenges Mike Pence to ‘clear this up’
“If he wanted to clear this up,” Mayor Pete said, Pence could say “that it shouldn’t be legal to discriminate against anybody.”
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Pride organizers cancel parade citing ‘current political & social environment.’ They mean racism.
The organization behind the city’s pride festival has been protested for its lack of support for queer people of color. So they canceled the parade.
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New Mexico coroner says trans woman who died in ICE custody wasn’t killed by officers
New Mexico released a controversial report saying that she died from complications related to HIV while in ICE custody, but a different report says she was beaten before she died.
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Mike Pence says Pete Buttigieg is attacking his ‘Christian faith’ by bringing up his homophobia
The problem for Pence is exactly what he said in the interview: Buttigieg knows him.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says she knew her actions would harm trans students
She knows that transgender students face depression, lower attendance, and suicide when discriminated against. She just doesn’t care.
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Arizona’s attorney general refuses to defend law that forbids teachers from discussing LGBTQ issues
Arizona got sued over its ban on speaking about homosexuality in schools. The state’s top lawyer won’t defend the law.
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Over half of the books conservatives most want banned are about LGBTQ people
Several of the books weren’t just challenged as inappropriate for libraries – they were burned.
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San Jose city council votes to make their airport Chick-fil-A the ‘gayest’ in America
They will surround the franchise with rainbow and trans flags and voted to institute a rule that restaurants that aren’t open on Sundays can’t be in the airport. That means they won’t renew the chain’s contract when it comes up again.
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Karen Pence slams Pete Buttigieg for bringing up her husband’s anti-LGBTQ history
She said that Buttigieg is only calling out Mike Pence’s homophobia to get “notoriety.”