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The corporations that fund the groups behind regressive state laws

Republican state legislators across the country have embraced an aggressively regressive agenda, targeting the LGBTQ community, abortion access, voting rights, and candid discussions of race in classrooms. But these legislators are not acting alone. They are backed by the…

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Justice Department fights Alabama’s anti-trans health care law

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new Alabama law that criminalizes certain medical care for transgender children, marking the first time the agency has sued a state over restrictions on gender-affirming care. The complaint, filed in…

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Candidate places ads on Grindr to win over the gay voters

A political candidate in Australia has placed ads on Grindr to secure support from the gay community. Stephen Bates, 29, is standing for the Greens in federal elections in Brisbane. He’s looking to unseat the incumbent, Trevor Evans, 40, of the…

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Gang who blackmailed closeted married men head to prison

Three men were jailed after they extorted thousands from married men in a “callous” blackmail plot.  The trio targeted two victims using escort websites and Grindr.  One of the men, Kamar Ilyas, 32, would have sex with them while the others…

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Biden names lesbian Hispanic immigrant to federal court

President Biden has nominated Ana Reyes, an attorney at the D.C-based law firm Williams & Connolly LLP, for a seat on federal court in D.C., making her the first Hispanic woman and the first out lesbian who would ever serve on…

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Conservatives declare war on LGBT suicide prevention hotline

Conservatives have spent the last couple months calling everyone who disagrees with them a pedophile, and now they’re setting their sights on the Trevor Project, an organization that runs a hotline and other resources to fight LGBTQ youth suicide…