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The AMA calls anti-trans bills a ‘dangerous governmental intrusion’

The American Medical Association is urging governors across the country to oppose legislation prohibiting transition-related care for minors, calling such proposals “a dangerous governmental intrusion into the practice of medicine.” In an open letter Monday to the National Governors Association…

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SCOTUS ends challenge to California’s LGBT travel ban policy

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to take up a case brought by Texas over a California state-government ban on travel to states that actively discriminate against LGBTQ people. In a ‘Bill of Complaint’ lawsuit filed in February of 2020, Texas…

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Gay & bi teen boys are coming out to parents in record numbers

A record-breaking number of gay and bisexual teenage boys are out to their parents. A new study, published in the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity journal, shows that 66 percent of those in this demographic (ages 13 to 18) are out to…

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A big-hearted lesbian adopted this ‘man-hating’ chihuahua

Animal foster carer Tyfanee Fortuna from New Jersey posted a brutally honest but hilarious adoption ad for the two-year-old chihuahua, who she described as a “13 pound rage machine”. She said Prancer would suit a home that was free of men…

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45 Republicans voted to keep Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban

The debate over same-sex marriage was muted—and made moot—in 2015, with the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. But, even with the ratification of same-sex unions written into national law, discrimination against them still remain ingrained in the…