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Ayanna Pressley introduces “Books Save Lives Act” to fight anti-LGBTQ+ book bans
“Every reader deserves to see themselves reflected in our literature,” Pressley said.
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Ayanna Pressley slams Republicans for defunding LGBTQ+ senior housing project
One Republican said that LGBTQ+ senior housing is discriminatory against straight people.
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Gay Rep. Robert Garcia introduces legislation to make U.S. legal code “gender neutral”
It would replace masculine pronouns in U.S. law with gender-neutral language — but will Republicans support it?
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Chris Rock made a whole documentary about Black women’s hair & still insulted Jada Pinkett Smith
But Will Smith’s violence – as well as the assumption that Jada Pinkett Smith couldn’t defend herself – is part and parcel of heteropatriarchy.
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley read the names of 46 trans people murdered this year on the House floor
“There is no place for hatred because someone is brave enough to show up exactly as they are and to live their truth,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said in a speech about the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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Anti-LGBTQ abortion opponents are getting more extreme. These 4 political moves could stop them.
Approximately six percent of abortion seekers in 2014 were LGBTQ-identified.
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Black queer girl possibly lynched after five teens jumped her in bloody attack
Mikayla Miller was attacked by a group of teens, including a girl she used to date. The next morning, she was found hanging from a tree.
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House Democrats pass Violence Against Women Act. It includes transgender women.
All of the 172 Congressmembers who voted against it were Republicans.
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This year’s elections are about Donald Trump, not internal Democratic fights
Progressives are facing moderate Democrats in tomorrow’s Massachusetts primary. But the real battle will come in November.
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People were dying faster than we could funeralize during the AIDS pandemic. It’s happening again.
And, once again, African American women have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
