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Oklahoma elects a non-binary Black Muslim millennial to the state House
27 year old Mauree Turner unseated an incumbent and cruised to victory to become the first Muslim individual elected in Oklahoma.
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Virginia passed a statute governing trans birth certificates in 1979. It wasn’t controversial then.
Virginia protected trans people in the 70s without any political opposition. The Old Dominion state is coming full circle.
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Chechnya redux: Police detain up to 100 gay & trans people in Azerbaijan
Police reportedly shaved trans women’s heads and forced detainees to give addresses of other LGBTQ people.
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Marked for murder: Stigmata and minoritized peoples
Oppression operates like a wheel with many spokes. If we work to dismantle only one or a few specific spokes, the wheel will continue to roll over people.
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Hard-line muslims are boycotting Starbucks over support for our rights
Groups in Malaysia and Indonesia are denouncing the popular coffee chain, claiming its pro-gay rights policy is against Islam.
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100 lashes for men caught having gay sex in Indonesia
Morality offenses in this province are punishable by up to 100 lashes.
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FACT CHECK: Ex-agent didn’t write book outing Obama as gay and Muslim
Despite widely circulated claims to the contrary, no ex-Secret Service agent published a book outing President Barack Obama as a gay man or Muslim.
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How to survive President Donald Trump (We can)
“Our democracy is on the line.”
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San Francisco public schools now offer students anti-Trump lesson plan
“If he’s our president, I have the right to hold him accountable and ask him to take a stance that is anti-hate and anti-racist.”
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Queer Muslim artist talks representation and Ramadan
“Our voices had been missing from conversations about the Muslim experience.”