Jeff Taylor
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LGBTQ people are more likely to face sexual violence behind bars. Here’s how survivors are changing the system.
LGBTQ people are vastly over-represented in the U.S. prison population. Queer people and allies are fighting to reclaim their dignity.
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Actress Quei Tann on surviving & thriving in Hollywood with a little help from her friends
The “Dear White People” star was facing homelessness when the Los Angeles LGBT Center was there with life-saving shelter and services.
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Trump’s trans military ban isn’t constitutional. But that’s not the point.
The ban can still keep transgender people from signing up – and living authentically – even if a court eventually overturns it.
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ACLU sues Ohio for not allowing transgender people to update their birth certificates
Ohio is one of only three states that has a policy keeping transgender people from updating their gender identity.
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Court blocks conservatives’ attempts to meddle in lesbian couple’s divorce proceedings
Tennessee lawmakers, through a conservative legal group, tried to interfere in the case, which was the state’s first same-sex divorce.
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Americans like trans soldiers more than they like Trump, poll finds
Americans also think Trump is handling LGBT issues badly.
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Is Parkland survivor David Hogg about to get Laura Ingraham taken off the air?
After she targeted the mass shooting survivor turned gun reform advocate on Twitter, advertisers are fleeing her show at his urging.
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Of course Trump called Roseanne Barr to congratulate her on reboot’s ratings
Because the only thing that matters to him are the ratings – especially when he thinks he can take credit.
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Top DOJ civil rights lawyer quits to fight the Trump administration over LGBTQ rights
She has been with the Department of Justice since the Reagan administration and never planned on quitting. Then Trump happened.
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Washington becomes the 10th state to ban conversion therapy
“Conversion therapy is not so much therapy, it’s abuse, and we are today prohibiting the abuse of our children,” said Gov. Jay Inslee.
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Father had his girlfriend rape his 11 year-old autistic son because he feared the kid was gay
His father thought he could “straighten him out.”
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Audiences don’t care that Roseanne supports Trump, as her show returns to huge ratings
It even beat out the lauded and widely viewed return of “Will & Grace.” So bet on another renewal.
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Transgender woman killed in Baton Rouge becomes seventh murdered in the U.S. this year
Amia Tyrae Berryman, 28, was discovered in a motel suffering from gunshot wounds. She died at the scene.
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Tabloid’s transphobic cover spoils couple’s magical wedding day
The celebrity couple granted “The Sun” an exclusive interview and were repaid with an appalling headline.
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Aaron Carter goes back in the closet, says he was ‘misconstrued’ over coming out as bi
The singer has labeled himself publicly as bisexual on more than one occasion, but now he claims he was misunderstood.
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Interior Secretary tells employees diversity doesn’t matter anymore
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who made sure the pride flag wouldn’t fly on federal lands, is not a fan of diversity.
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Trump hosted anti-LGBT activists at the White House & then issued his new trans military ban
Because, of course he did.
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Study shows gender confirmation surgery improves most transgender women’s quality of life
It is the most comprehensive study of its kind and could help doctors accept that their transgender patients are right to ask for the surgery.
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I was in high school during Columbine. These ‘kids’ put us to shame.
I was skeptical “these kids” could inspire America to take gun control seriously. After all, the same was said of the LGBTQ community after Pulse. I was wrong to doubt them.
