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Trump finally restaffs AIDS council after firing all members.

Fifteen months after firing all members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, President Trump has restaffed the advisory body with nine new appointments. The Department of Health & Human Services confirmed the new appointments to PACHA morning Thursday morning after…

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150 million people have abandoned Tumblr since porn ban.

Tumblr took a tumble. A big one. Since its decision to ban all pornography in December, traffic to the once-bustling social media site fell by about 29 percent, or 151 million users,  reports, citing data from SimilarWeb. The loss happened…

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A North Carolina homophobe is running for US House.

The sponsor of a North Carolina law limiting LGBT rights that led businesses, entertainers and others to boycott the state is running for Congress. State Sen. Dan Bishop of Charlotte filed on Thursday to run in the 9th Congressional District re-do election…

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US Equality Act is re-introduced to Congress.

The Equality Act was re-introduced to Congress for the third time on Wednesday (March 13), seeking to enshrine LGBT+ protections in America’s civil rights laws. If it is passed, the bill would extend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to cover discrimination…

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Transgender people officially blocked from serving in military.

The Pentagon has reportedly signed a directive banning most transgender people from serving in the U.S. military unless they enlist under their birth gender. The policy, which takes effect in 30 days, states that any troops diagnosed with “gender dysphoria” after…