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What’s really behind the GOP’s attacks on trans athletes

You’ve surely read about girls’ sports recently. State legislators across the country have introduced dozens of bills that would bar transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports, based on the misguided concern that their participation would somehow hurt their cisgender…

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5 US cities where you can celebrate Pride 2021 in person

PRIDE SEASON IS only a couple of months away, which usually means type-A trip planners are busy making travel arrangements to celebrate Queer Christmas in style. But planning for June’s festivities during the ongoing health crisis feels like prepping for an…

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A mob tried to harass a school board member over pro-LGBT views

Last month, anti-LGBTQ activists tried — and failed — to convince the Brevard County School Board to remove protections for LGBTQ people in schools, going against the federal government’s policies. Some of those same activists staged another “protest” outside of a…

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Athletes, coaches to NCAA: Get hard on anti-trans states

Current and former NCAA athletes and players and coaches from the WNBA are calling on the NCAA to abide by its own policy and yank college sporting championships from states that have passed laws barring transgender student-athletes from competing based…