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Rally last night at the Stonewall Inn for transgender youth
Hundreds of people showed up to protest Trump’s rollback of transgender rights.
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Not My President’s Day rallies protesting Trump take place across the country
Rallies are taking place in New York City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
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When New Yorkers found Nazi graffiti on a subway car, they sprang into action
“I’ve never seen so many people simultaneously reach into their bags and pockets looking for tissues and Purell.”
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Trump appoints lawyer who defended discriminatory HB2 law to civil rights job
Gore will now be in charge of defending the very civil, voting, and non-discrimination acts and rights he appears not to believe in.
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New NYC subway station has public art rarely seen: A gay couple
“It was like winning the lottery,” Thor Stockman said of finding out that he and his husband, Patrick Kellogg, were going to be part of artist Vik Muniz’s “Perfect Strangers” mural series.
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Trans man wins fight to change his name without providing ‘medical evidence’
The New York court of appeals dealt a blow to transgender discrimination by striking down a requirement that only applies to trans people.
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Firefighter charged with burning his own house, blaming Black Lives Matter
Jason Stokes is jailed on $10,000 bond after allegedly painting “lie with pigs, fry like bacon” on his home and setting it ablaze.
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Trans youth in New York now have Medicaid coverage for gender treatments
Effectively immediately, the medically necessary hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery will be covered.
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NY legislator names bill to ban gay conversion therapy after Mike Pence
The bill, named after the Vice President-elect, is called Prevention of Emotional Neglect and Childhood Endangerment (PENCE).
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Gov. Cuomo tells New Yorkers to fight for tolerance, justice in stirring speech
Gov. Cuomo announced intentions to expand protections protecting students from discrimination, as well as the formation of a new hate-crimes unit to protect immigrants.