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Texas AG Paxton sues NCAA for allowing transgender women to compete

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the NCAA on Sunday, accusing the organization of engaging in “false, deceptive, and misleading...

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Biden administration withdraws proposed regulations on transgender athletes, student debt

The Biden administration on Friday withdrew a pending regulation governing transgender athletes, abandoning an effort to provide some protections for...

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Michigan man pleads guilty to plotting mass shooting against gay community

A Michigan man pleaded guilty to plotting a mass shooting targeting gay people, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Mack Davis, 22, of Owosso,...

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NCAA president says there are 'less than 10' transgender athletes in college sports 

NCAA President Charlie Baker told a Senate panel there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes he is aware of who currently compete in college sports,...

18.12.2024 9

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Equality Caucus chair tells 'idiots' who claimed Wisconsin shooter was trans to 'f--- off'

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which works to advance LGBTQ equality in the House, on Tuesday slammed...

17.12.2024 1

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House bill would ban genital surgeries for intersex foster youth

States receiving federal funding for foster care and adoption assistance programs would be required to prohibit certain surgeries for foster children...

16.12.2024 1

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Beshear says he does not support taxpayer-funded surgeries for transgender inmates

Kentucky's Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday said he does not support using taxpayer dollars for gender-affirming surgery for transgender...

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Military with transgender connections see NDAA provision as ‘slap in the face’

Military veterans, families and active-duty service members with transgender children say a provision added to Congress’s annual defense policy bill...

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Rep. Adam Smith calls on Johnson to strike transgender care ban from final NDAA

Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, is requesting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) strike a provision from...

09.12.2024 4

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Supreme Court declines to intervene in challenge to Wisconsin school district’s transgender policy

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a case involving a group of Wisconsin parents who sued their children’s school district over a...

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Republican senators launch inquiry into unpublished NIH study on puberty blockers for trans youth

Six Republican senators in a letter to National Institutes of Health Director Monica Bertagnolli said they are “concerned about the transparency”...

06.12.2024 6

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Trans rights activists protest Capitol bathroom ban

Transgender rights activists including Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. army intelligence analyst and whistleblower, took to Capitol Hill on Thursday in...

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Montana lawmakers vote down transgender bathroom rule

Montana state lawmakers rejected a proposal to bar Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the state’s first transgender legislator, from using the women’s...

05.12.2024 10

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Supreme Court will weigh Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, a landmark...

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DeWine signs bill restricting bathroom access for transgender Ohio students

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Wednesday barring transgender students from using school restrooms and locker rooms that match...

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Transgender San José State volleyball player can compete, judge rules

A federal judge ruled Monday that a transgender volleyball player at San José State University can continue to compete on the women’s team. The...

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Court upholds Missouri ban on gender-affirming care for minors

A Missouri court on Monday upheld a state law banning gender-affirming health care for minors and prohibiting Medicaid from covering...

26.11.2024 10

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What RFK Jr. could mean for LGBTQ health care

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has expressed opposition to gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and questioned evidence linking HIV to AIDS,...

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Ocasio-Cortez: Mace, Johnson 'endangering all women and girls' with bathroom ban

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday denounced efforts by House Republicans to bar transgender people from restrooms in the Capitol...

21.11.2024 10

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McBride says she will ‘follow the rules’ of House bathroom ban

Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), set to be the nation’s first openly transgender member of Congress when she takes office in January, said she...

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Mace eyes legislation banning trans women from restrooms in federal buildings

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) plans to file legislation that would prohibit trans women from using women’s restrooms and changing rooms in all federal...

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Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a bill to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity. The...

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Democrats wrestle over role of transgender rights in election

Democrats are wrestling with the role the party’s broad support for transgender rights played in its failure to capture the presidency and either...

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Appeals court allows Indiana gender-affirming care ban to remain in effect

An Indiana law banning gender-affirming care for minors will remain in effect, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel on the...

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Ohio lawmakers send transgender ‘bathroom ban’ to DeWine’s desk

Ohio’s Republican-controlled Senate approved legislation Wednesday to bar transgender students from using school restrooms and locker rooms that...

14.11.2024 5

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Texas Democrats revive effort to repeal state’s ban on gay sex

Texas lawmakers, during the state’s upcoming legislative session, will have the opportunity to formally decriminalize gay sex, still technically a...

13.11.2024 10

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Top Moulton aide quits after transgender athlete remarks

A top aide to Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) resigned after comments Moulton made about transgender athletes were panned by state Democrats and...

09.11.2024 10

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Two Democrats speak out against transgender athletes after Trump win 

Two House Democrats said they oppose transgender athletes competing in women’s sports in the immediate aftermath of former President Trump’s...

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Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters

LGBTQ voters shifted away from President-elect Trump at the polls, casting their ballots overwhelmingly for Vice President Harris and in higher...

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Zooey Zephyr wins reelection to Montana House

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) won reelection Tuesday, assuring her return to the state capitol in January nearly two years after her Republican...

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Randall becomes first woman, LGBTQ person to represent Washington's 6th district

Democrat Emily Randall was projected to win her bid for Washington’s 6th Congressional District Tuesday, making history as the first woman and...

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McBride becomes first openly transgender person elected to Congress

Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride (D) was projected to win her election Tuesday for Delaware's at-large House district, making history as the first...

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Julie Johnson becomes first openly LGBTQ person to serve Texas in Congress

Julie Johnson was projected to win her election Tuesday for Texas’s 32nd Congressional District, making history as the first openly LGBTQ person to...

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Vance’s former friend calls trans college admission comments ‘outrageous’

Sofia Nelson, a former friend of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) from Yale Law School, on Thursday called the vice presidential nominee’s suggestion that...

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Texas attorney general sues second doctor under state's gender-affirming care ban

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing a second doctor of violating a state law banning gender-affirming care for...

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Meet the unwilling faces of GOP anti-trans ads: ‘I haven’t been able to sleep’

Former President Trump and Republican congressional candidates have blanketed the nation with campaign ads critical of transgender rights, painting...

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Harris struggles to combat Trump’s anti-trans closing argument

Vice President Harris has struggled to combat former President Trump’s anti-transgender attacks, which are a major part of the former president’s...

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Oregon school district calls on Cruz to take down transgender ads

An Oregon school district on Thursday asked Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) campaign to take down two ads targeting transgender athletes because they...

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Majority of voters view anti-transgender ads as 'mean-spirited'

New polling from a left-leaning firm shows a majority of voters see a recent wave of campaign ads targeting transgender student-athletes and...

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South Carolina man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Black transgender woman

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of a Black transgender woman.  In February, a jury convicted Daqua...

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Trump suggests he will ban transgender athletes through executive action

Former President Trump on Tuesday signaled he would ban transgender athletes from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity though an...

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Watch live: Walz rallies voters in Pittsburgh amid final stretch

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Harris's running mate, is campaigning Tuesday evening in Pittsburgh, as the White House race enters its final...

16.10.2024 20

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The Advocate endorses Harris for president

The Advocate, the nation’s oldest and largest LGBTQ-focused publication, on Tuesday endorsed Vice President Harris for president. “Harris, the...

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New Hampshire candidate has long opposed same-sex marriage rights

New Hampshire Republican congressional candidate Russell Prescott has long advocated against marriage rights for same-sex couples and once criticized...

15.10.2024 10

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Rudy Giuliani’s daughter: Trump an existential threat to women, trans and gay people

Caroline Rose Giuliani, the daughter of Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and attorney to former President Trump, is sounding alarm bells...

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School board to pay $575K to teacher fired for not using transgender student's pronouns

A Virginia school board has agreed to pay a former high school teacher more than $500,000 in damages and attorneys' fees as part of a legal settlement...

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House Democrats call for removal of provisions targeting LGBTQ service members from NDAA

More than 160 House Democrats on Friday called for provisions related to LGBTQ service members and their dependents to be removed from Congress’s...

27.09.2024 5

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Laws restricting transgender rights linked in uptick in suicide attempts among trans youth

State-level laws restricting or threatening transgender rights can have significant adverse effects on trans and nonbinary young people's mental...

26.09.2024 10

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FBI reports increase in anti-LGBTQ hate crimes 

Hate crimes motivated by anti-LGBTQ animus rose again last year, according to FBI data published Monday, a troubling increase that gay and transgender...

24.09.2024 5

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Jordan Dashow: Executive director, Congressional Equality Caucus

Jordan Dashow, the executive director of the Congressional Equality Caucus, is something of a jack of all trades. “I like to think my job is to make...

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