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Another brave governor vetoes a GOP anti-trans sports bill

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed conservative Republicans’ proposed ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports and a GOP proposal aimed at making it easier for parents to try to remove materials from public school classrooms and…

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The graphic design that powered the early days of gay activism

Pairs of disembodied hands move a simple dot-matrix print of “Disco Diva” Sylvester across an empty table. Even through the smudged print, Sylvester manages to still look glamorous and ethereal in this ACT UP/Los Angeles commemoration of the iconic singer’s…

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Watch gay lawmaker destroy GOP colleague over anti-trans bill

The Missouri House approved a bill Wednesday evening that would allow school districts to vote on whether to ban trans student athletes from youth sports. The bill had originally been drafted to audit Missouri’s voter rolls and adjust election laws, according…

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Rightwing TV hosts joke about murdering trans children

A rightwing TV host joked about murdering transgender children as hateful rhetoric targeting transgender people – and especially children – continues to escalate. Elijah Schaffer is the host of the [Slightly] Offensive show on the far-right channel Blaze TV, which was founded…

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Two gay men met on a dance floor in NYC 24 years ago and…

Douglas McTaggart first spotted Brien Convery across a crowded room. It was Friday April 10, 1998 and Canadian McTaggart, then 32 and living in San Francisco, was visiting New York City for a long weekend. McTaggart and his friend Nadine had spent all…