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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…

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Sponsor of new anti-trans bill says kids might identify as cats

Arkansas, which has already passed two anti-transgender bills in this legislative session, is advancing another one — and its sponsor is worried that students are identifying as animals. The state’s House of Representatives Thursday approved House Bill 1749, which would bar…