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Kevin Bacon & wife Kyra Sedgwick back ‘Drag Defense Fund’

Actors Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick, posted a video on their social media accounts Sunday that defends the American drag community, protesting legislative efforts in more than a dozen states to make drag performances illegal. In the video…

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The huge numbers behind DeSantis’ fight with Disney 

In a world where politicians often fight to win big employers and keep them happy, it’s both unique and odd for a sitting Republican governor to go to war with a business crucial to his state’s economic well-being … on the…

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Louisiana Republicans to end diversity measures at colleges

The Louisiana Republican State Central Committee unanimously passed a resolution Saturday asking the legislature to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) departments and offices within all colleges and universities in the state, both public and private, at their quarterly meeting…

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Minnesota close to banning so-called ‘conversion therapy’

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is expected to sign a series of bills that would further enshrine the right to abortion and gender-affirming care into state law while banning so-called conversion therapy. The Democratic-led state Senate passed three bills…