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Trans man forced to use women’s restroom and gets arrested
A bar owner in South Carolina reportedly spied on a trans man while he used a women’s restroom stall and then called him anti-trans slurs shortly…
POLICIES
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A one-month status update on Trump’s executive orders
As lawsuits against the administration grow, here is where some of the orders that affect LGBTQ+ people and women stand…
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GOP Speaker Mike Johnson adds trans bathroom ban
After South CarolinaRepublican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made a spectacle of transgender people’s access to bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol at the end of the 118th Congress last year…
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California recognizes same-sex marriage as a fundamental right
Proposition 3 passes with an overwhelming vote on Tuesday night, enshrining the right to marry into the California Constitution once and for all…
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Judge blocks LGBT student protections in 4 more states
An appeals court judge has overturned a previous ruling in order to block the Biden administration’s new Title IX policy—which protects LGBTQ+ students from discrimination…
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People can still be kicked off juries just for being LGBT
A bill introduced by out Rep. Becca Balint of Vermont (D) and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher of Texas (D) could prohibit discrimination in jury selection based on…
HEALTH
FDA told to relax tissue donation restrictions for LGBT men
Alexander “AJ” Betts Jr. loved showtunes and helping people, according to his mother, Sheryl J. Moore. When AJ was bullied at school for his sexuality, his mother told him to ignore the…