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Alabama’s proof of surgery trans ID law ruled unconstitutional

Alabama’s policy requiring transgender people to have undergone gender-affirming surgery before they can get state IDs that accurately reflect their gender identities is unconstitutional, a federal court ruled this month. Fewer than 10 states now require proof of surgery to…

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GOP lawmaker goes on a bizarre anti-LGBT and anti-abortion rant

LGBTQ organizations are condemning a state senator in South Carolina who went on a bizarre, anti-LGBTQ rant — using Martina Navratilova to put down transgender people — while debating an anti-abortion law that was under consideration. Senator Richard Cash (R) claimed that…

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HRC: Half of US states get failing grade on LGBT protections

Half of U.S. states lack basic protections for LGBTQ people, according to a report released Wednesday by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, The campaign’s State Equality Index, an annual ranking of laws and policies, found…

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German pro soccer honors LGBT people persecuted by Nazis

Clubs in the Bundesliga remembered those persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime because of their sexual and gender identity this weekend by donning commemorative rainbow jerseys and armbands. Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer took to the pitch with a…