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Life
John Waters got the opportunity to learn about his ancestry. He’s shocked at what he found.
“I should go spit on his grave,” the filmmaker said about one slave-owning ancestor.
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Life
Maryland bill would ease requirements for trans people to legally change their name
“Each time I must tell an 18-year-old at one of the most empowering and exciting times of their life that their former name will be on the internet for the rest of their life it is among one of the hardest conversations that I have in my work.”
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News (USA)
Trans people in Maryland can now get help paying for the cost of changing their name
The program will cover the cost of filing a petition with a court, posting requirements, a new birth certificate, a new ID, and printing and mailing fees.
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News (USA)
Judge rules that it’s OK to ban women from going topless because breasts are “unpalatable”
But no one knows how the ruling would apply to transgender people who have breasts.
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News (USA)
Trump & Pence may have been exposed to people with coronavirus
In an ironic twist of fate, Pence may have ended up exposed to the virus, thanks to attendees of CPAC and AIPAC contracting it.
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Commentary
Mary Washington has a sterling progressive resume. Now she wants to be Baltimore’s first out mayor.
She already made history as the first Black lesbian in the state legislature: “I may laugh and joke, but I don’t play.”
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News (USA)
Federal judge rejects hate group’s attempt to overturn ‘ex-gay’ therapy ban in Maryland
The hate group behind most legal challenges to LGBTQ rights keeps failing to overturn ex-gay therapy bans in court.
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News (USA)
A transgender teen was shot to death in Baltimore. She’s the 17th trans person killed this year.
She was the fifth person shot that night in Baltimore.
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News (USA)
A Christian school is suing to get government money even though it bans LGBTQ people
The religious school says they don’t know of any LGBTQ kids who attend, so they can’t discriminate against them.
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News (USA)
Idiotic students busted painting hate speech on school walls get lesson in technology
Your phone will always confess to your crimes.