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News (USA)
After outcry, U.S. Dept. of Education will investigate Nex Benedict’s death
“We believe that Nex’s death is the natural consequence of a growing wave of hatred against LGBTQ+ people.”
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News (USA)
Here’s this week’s Weekly News Quiz
Which Republican quit this week? Which one is worried about animal-human hybrids? And which animal was spotted being very gay for the first time?
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News (USA)
X reinstates ban on anti-trans hate speech, but Elon Musk implies it’s meaningless
Musk told one of X’s biggest anti-trans trolls that she can still spout hate speech without consequences.
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News (USA)
Two states defeated anti-trans bills while the APA denounced gender-affirming care bans
Meanwhile, Indiana’s gender-affirming care ban was allowed to go into effect.
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News (USA)
GOP bill would require teachers to register as sex offenders if they support trans students
They could also get sent to jail just for using the right name and pronouns for their trans students.
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Politics
Lesbian senator’s fiery take on GOP extremists left Republicans silent
Sen. Laphonza Butler pulled no punches when defending her own.
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News (World)
Drag queen arrested for performing the Lord’s Prayer in the Philippines
She’s Catholic and wanted to “reignite” faith among LGBTQ+ people. She got arrested instead.
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News (USA)
Texas is demanding names & medical care plans from trans youth. PFLAG is standing up to the state.
PFLAG is suing the state over its gender-affirming care ban. The state’s AG is now demanding they hand over private information.
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Election News
Donald Trump is considering anti-LGBTQ+ extremist Greg Abbott for vice president
Abbott has terrorized LGBTQ+ Texans for years. Trump called him “a spectacular man.”
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Commentary
Republicans are bashing trans people to try to win over women voters. It won’t work.
Republicans are putting their hopes on “Women’s Bill of Rights” bills that contain no actual rights for women.
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Election News
Can drag queens swing the election? Cynthia Lee Fontaine says they’re more powerful than you think.
“From the moment you start to put on your eyelashes and transform yourself, it’s political,” says the Drag Out the Vote activist.
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News (USA)
Video shows teen being stabbed, stomped, & kicked in brutal gay bashing
Now his mother is trying to flee town to escape retaliation for working with police.
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Bias Watch
Rev. Martin Luther King was “not a Christian at all,” claims old white hate pastor
He also thinks that Jesus was 100% pro-slavery and anti-equality.
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News (USA)
Gay Republicans swoon over Donald Trump for hosting a gay wedding at Mar-a-Lago
… and the Log Cabin Republicans are thanking him, despite his numerous past statements against same-sex marriage.
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Life
Why this Black trans activist owes everything to his “praying granny”
“I was blessed with a praying granny…who knew her child was going to need protection from a cruel world,” writes Sean Ebony Coleman.
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News (World)
British/Mexican man arrested for being gay in Qatar is being denied HIV medications
He says police entrapped him and are now psychologically torturing him.
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News (USA)
LGBTQ+ businesses will soon get a helpful boost in New Jersey
It’s not easy being a minority-owned business, but this new law will definitely help.
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News (USA)
Students petition after high school cancels production of play about slain gay man
The school suggested the students perform something like “Mary Poppins” or “White Christmas” instead.
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News (USA)
GOP bill would take trans kids away from their parents if they violate new bathroom law
The bill seeks to define a student’s failure to follow anti-trans bathroom laws as parental neglect.
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Life
The roads that led to Billy Porter: How Black queer artists set the stage for the actor to shine
A lot had to happen for an actor like Porter, known for AIDS activism and gender-bending outfits, to rise to mainstream prominence.