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20 red states sue over Biden’s LGBT rights guidelines

Twenty state attorneys general have sued President Joe Biden’s administration over its guidelines for employers and schools on equal treatment of LGBTQ+ people. The AGs, led by Tennessee’s Herbert Slatery, claim the federal government is interfering in matters that should…

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Anti-gay hate crimes fell in 2020, while anti-trans crimes rose

Hate crimes based on sexual orientation dipped slightly last year, but crimes based on bias against trans and gender-nonconforming people continued to increase, new FBI data suggest.  The Uniform Crime Reporting Program’s Hate Crime Statistics 2020 report found that…