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News (USA)
Trump judge upholds Don’t Say Gay law because bullying is “a fact of life”
“It is simply a fact of life that many middle school students will face the criticism and harsh judgment of their peers,” wrote the judge.
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News (USA)
This free-speech case could help the Supreme Court wreck LGBTQ rights for decades
“It’s not too much to say an immeasurably huge amount is at stake,” one LGBTQ legal advocate said.
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News (USA)
LGBTQ orgs sue to block Florida’s ban on transgender Medicaid coverage
“This ban will impact so many transgender Medicaid beneficiaries like me with very negative effects on our physical and mental health and our lives,” one transgender Floridian said.
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News (USA)
Trans students in Oklahoma are suing the state over its transphobic “bathroom bill”
“Being able to use the boys’ restroom might seem like a small thing to others, but it is a vital step in my transition” said 16-year-old Andy Bridge.
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News (USA)
Catholic hospitals deny same-sex couples fertility treatment
It’s one of the first instances in the United States of an employer explicitly excluding workers from health coverage not because of objections to a particular treatment or service but because of the employee’s sexual orientation.
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Politics
The Supreme Court may overturn same-sex marriage. A new bill could enshrine it into federal law
The bill could help ensure same-sex marriages are recognized nationwide, but — as always — it’s unclear if enough Republican senators will help support it.
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Politics
Biden’s proposed Title XI changes will help fight Republican transgender sports bans
Conservative attorneys general have already promised to fight the changes in court.
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Commentary
Are LGBTQ people being protected & served by the criminal justice system?
The modern LGBTQ equality movement was born as a protest and a fight against police violence. We’re still fighting the system today.
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News (USA)
Texas judge blocks Greg Abbott’s order to investigate families of transgender kids for child abuse
“These investigations into loving and affirming families shouldn’t be happening in the first place.”
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News (USA)
Trans teen needed help from a hospital after a suicide attempt. Instead they reported his parents.
A lawsuit demands the state stop persecuting supportive parents with false allegations and costly investigations.
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News (USA)
TX Supreme Court rules governor can’t order parents of trans kids be investigated for child abuse
Gov. Greg Abbott wanted trans kids taken away from their supportive parents, but the court said he doesn’t have to power to do that.
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News (USA)
Teen sues Tennessee over trans sports ban. He just wanted to play on the golf team.
“I just want to play, like any other kid,” Luc Esquivel says. But he was “singled out” by Tennessee’s new ban on transgender student-athletes.
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News (USA)
Biden administration allows LGBTQ seniors to get Social Security benefits equally
The Biden administration dropped appeals filed by the Trump administration to stop some LGBTQ elders from getting Social Security survivor benefits.
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Life
New trading cards feature transgender athletes
They’re made from recycled copies of proposed anti-trans legislation from around the nation.
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Politics
Biden administration will create non-binary X gender marker for U.S. passports
Trans people can also correct the gender marker on their passports more easily now.
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Commentary
Is traditional LGBTQ leadership faltering? Washington insiders think so.
We asked LGBTQ lobbyists working in DC how effective the national queer groups have been on Capitol Hill lately. Their answers might surprise you.
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Pride in pictures
Pride in Pictures 2010s: Historic progress & frightening backlash
With increasing transgender visibility came conservative backlash at both the state and national levels.
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News (USA)
Alabama schools no longer have to teach that being gay is unhealthy & illegal
The state ended the backwards sex ed requirement to teach “from a public health perspective, that homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public.”
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Politics
Caitlyn Jenner gets trashed on Fox News because even conservatives oppose her campaign
Democrats, Republicans, Centrists, Evangelicals, LGBTQ organizations, trans advocates, and her own family are speaking against her. Who supports Caitlyn Jenner’s governor campaign?
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News (USA)
Alabama is becoming the fifth state this year to ban trans youth from participating in sports
Alabama’s governor signed the ban on trans youth in sports, despite opponents warning that this could jeopardize the state’s future NCAA events.