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Texas governor bans transgender girls from women’s school sports

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports at public schools, joining a wave of similar measures emerging from Republican-controlled statehouses across the country. Supporters of the bill, due to…

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The ‘most homophobic’ candidate in Virginia history running for Gov

Terry McAuliffe described Republican Glenn Youngkin as the “most homophobic” and most “anti-choice candidate” in Virginia history during an Oct. 21 telephone interview with the Washington Blade. “I’m running against the most homophobic, anti-choice candidate in Virginia history,”…

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Obama criticizes Republican assault on marriage equality

At an event in Richmond, Va. on Saturday supporting Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s Democratic candidate for governor, former President Barack Obama took aim at McAuliffe’s opponent’s recent admission that he does not support same-sex marriage. “Are we still arguing about gay…

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High school probes ‘anti-queer’ bathroom survey

An unofficial student survey that made the rounds at the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School located in the Southern tip of Illinois last week has the local LGBTQ+ community angered and LGBTQ+ students alarmed. A group of students calling themselves the…

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Boris Johnson’s words are too homophobic to broadcast

Johnson’s comments about gay men had to be censored by Dave for being too homophobic. On Thursday evening, Nish Kumar’s sketch show Late Night Mash made a mock news segment spoofing the ruling Conservative Party leader’s track record for offensive…