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Life
A major LGBTQ+ activist was brutally stabbed & Uganda’s anti-gay law is to blame
Police treated the activist like a criminal, raiding his home while he was still recovering in search of evidence to prove he was gay.
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News (USA)
GOP lawmakers busted saying they want to ban gender-affirming care for adults too
“We have to take one bite at a time, do it incrementally.”
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Election News
Republicans put three gender options on a survey & you’ll never guess what they are
“It’s a way to communicate something, and it’s pretty overt.”
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News (USA)
Gender-affirming care clinic burned down in horrific arson: “This is terrorism”
“We don’t be intimidated,” the owner of the clinic said.
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Election News
Lauren Boebert mocked for making Donald Trump’s $83M judgement all about gender
She said men should be “terrified” by the judgment against Trump.
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Commentary
The lawyer who helped give us marriage equality may be Donald Trump’s biggest problem
Roberta Kaplan reminds voters Trump is a sexual assaulter just when he wanted to take an electoral victory lap.
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News (USA)
Gay CEO of OpenAI unveils plan to prevent widespread fraud in 2024 elections
Some experts say Congress is already too late to regulate artificial intelligence technology.
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News (USA)
GOP lawmaker fined $1000 after he spewed homophobic insults at a cop
His fellow Republicans called on him to resign, but he’s staying put.
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News (USA)
Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO denies accusations he ran an international sex-trafficking ring
A lawsuit alleges he lured over 100 aspiring models with cash, drugs, and jobs.
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News (USA)
Detroit’s LGBTQ+ chamber of commerce is helping create a business renaissance
An ambitious plan in Motor City conjures a gayborhood.
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Politics
Florida paper dreads three more years under a “wounded” & “grudge-bearing” Ron DeSantis
The Miami Herald Editorial board fears “three interminable years” of revenge politics.
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News (USA)
GOP candidate accused of supplying young men for disgraced Baptist leader Paul Pressler to abuse
Texas candidate Jared Woodfill (R) is a prominent anti-LGBTQ+ activist and is running for office with the support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R)
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News (USA)
Man who murdered 20-year-old Black trans woman Taya Ashton sentenced to 48 years in prison
“Taya’s death was a real tragedy for our community, as well as for her family.”
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News (USA)
Angry Republicans are going to protest against a “Hate has no home here” flag in a classroom
Florida’s laws banning certain content in schools aren’t enough to cover this flag.
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News (USA)
Closeted men were less likely to get the Mpox vaccine for a very surprising reason
Researchers incorrectly assumed it was about the fear of being outed.
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Commentary
Is it possible to be a happy gay Jew?
My identity on International Holocaust Remembrance Day leaves me feeling vulnerable as I question what may become of us outliers in the years to come.
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Life
Take this week’s News Quiz & see how well you followed the LGBTQ+ news
Which celebrity testified in Congress? What’s stopping LGBTQ+ people from fostering children? What did Joe Biden give Pete Buttigieg for his birthday?
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News (USA)
Queer couple convicted for horrific torture & murder of gay couple’s adopted son
They tortured him for four hours … and then it got even worse.
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Politics
GOP lawmaker files bill to remove transgender discrimination protections from state law
Even the bill’s sponsor isn’t sure he wants his bill to pass.