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GOP passes bill for child genital exams without consent
Republicans at the West Virginia Legislature passed a bill that would allow health care providers to “visually or physically examine a minor child” for the purpose of…
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Navigating WorldPride 2025 in DC amid an anti-LGBT presidency
President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion and transgender people are upending organizing efforts for…
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Supreme Court may overturn conversion therapy bans
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, a discredited practice aimed at changing young people’s…
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Bill in Texas could criminalize identifying as transgender
Republican Texas state Rep. Tom Oliverson introduced a bill last week that would prohibit Texans from identifying themselves as transgender on official…
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Rainbow banner unfurled at capitol as GOP bans Pride flags
Demonstrators unfurled a 200-foot rainbow banner in front of the Utah state capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday in protest of a H.B. 77, bill that would ban…
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NY community mourns beloved gay couple killed in homicide
A couple who were beloved local artists and LGBTQ advocates were found dead in their Buffalo, New York, home…
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Wyoming’s new anti-transgender bathroom bill allows for lawsuits
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, has signed a bill into law allowing people to sue if they encounter a member of the opposite sex — which, as defined by…