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“Paris Is Burning” star Venus Xtravaganza’s home declared a historic landmark
The aspiring model’s appearance in the 1990 documentary cemented her status as a transgender icon.
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School district requires teachers to out LGBTQ+ students to their parents. The state is suing.
The policy equates being LGBTQ+ with drug use and deadly weapons and requires teachers to police queer students.
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“Hero” librarian says bigoted supervisor harassed & fired him for being gay
The New Jersey man claimed his supervisor said “his lifestyle was not appropriate for the town.”
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New Jersey governor protects trans youth seeking health care with executive order
The Garden State is becoming “a safe haven for those seeking or providing gender-affirming health care.”
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School bans “safe space” signs after parents complained about favoritism for LGBTQ+kids
“The safe zone rainbow stickers let kids like me know that they are not alone despite their differences,” one lesbian student said.
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The anti-trans middle school vice principal who threw beer on a woman has been reinstated
Despite viral video of the encounter and the superintendent’s wish to let him go, he has been given the job of “Vice Principal of Safety” district-wide.
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GOP Congressman intros bill to ban teachers from talking about LGBTQ people without parental consent
He released an incoherent press release saying the bill is needed because history lessons are “compromising the safety of our young children.”
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14 other states are considering laws similar to Florida’s “Don’t say gay” bill this year
The bills would make it harder – or even ban – presenting books in class that talk about LGBTQ people.
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Students walk out after school board bans them from flying the Pride flag
“We’re not going to stop until we get what we want.”
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New Jersey senate votes to decriminalize transmitting HIV
People living with HIV in New Jersey could face five years in prison for having sex, far more than any other STI.