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News (USA)
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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News (USA)
Sodomy laws are still being used to persecute queer people
A man is still forced to register as a sex offender due to a 2001 sodomy charge, even though SCOTUS overturned such laws in 2003.
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News (USA)
Black trans woman’s “senseless” murder sets record for anti-trans violence in one year
As with many other trans people violently killed, reports deadnamed and misgendered Marquiisha Lawrence following her death.
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Bias Watch
Anti-LGBTQ hate group leader busted for assisting efforts to undermine the election
As head of Alliance Defending Freedom, Michael Farris focuses on diminishing our rights, but he’s also found time to engage in the right’s anti-democracy “Stop the Steal” push.
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News (USA)
Black trans woman revealed as one of the victims of “Bonnie & Clyde” murder spree
Thomas Hardin is believed to be the first confirmed victim of a couple that went on a month-long shooting spree around South Carolina and Missouri. She once lived with one of the suspects.
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Politics
This video destroys Republican support for transgender sports bans
Republicans all over the country are parroting lines about transgender girls ending school sports. But they can’t even name one time it happened in their states.
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Commentary
There are now some Democrats around the country backing anti-trans legislation
A handful of Democrats in deep red states have joined forces with anti-trans extremists to support measures harming trans youth.
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Commentary
There’s a close connection between the religious right’s anti-trans & anti-abortion efforts
The religious right is using the same tactics, for the same reasons, to stop medical treatment or sports for trans youth as it has against abortion providers.
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News (USA)
GOP lawmakers remove LGBTQ people from hate crimes bill with worst possible excuse
South Carolina Christian conservatives complained that a hate crimes bill about violent crimes and vandalism could “threaten religious liberty.”
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News (USA)
31 anti-transgender bills filed in 20 states as GOP targets schoolchildren nationwide
From school sports to putting doctors in prison for treating trans patients, lawmakers in these states want to make people’s lives harder.