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Texas AG declares healthcare to trans kids as child abuse

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in an opinion Monday that providing gender-affirming medical care to minors is considered child abuse under state law.  Medical care such as puberty blockers, which temporarily pause puberty, hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries…

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Gay country pioneers Lavender Country return after 50 years

In 1973, amid the growing gay rights movement, a band called Lavender Country recorded a country music album that unabashedly explored LGBTQ themes, becoming a landmark that would nonetheless disappear for decades. Led by singer-songwriter Patrick Haggerty, the self-titled album was…

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Teenager accused of attempting to kill a man just for being gay

An Illinois teenager is being held on $1 million bail for allegedly beating and attempting to kill a man because he is gay. Ethan Dickerson, 19, faces preliminary charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, aggravated unlawful restraint, home invasion, and a…