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Texas lawmaker proposes to partner in the State Capitol
A Dallas lawmaker got engaged to his partner in the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Tuesday…
Month: January 2025
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TikTok refugees move to RedNote, but how LGBT friendly is it?
With a ban on TikTok likely to go into effect on January 19, many of the platform’s estimated 150 million active monthly U.S. users are looking for an…
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How many transgender athletes are actually in the US?
House Republicans passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at barring transgender student athletes from participating in girls’ sports despite the fact that…
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House passes bill banning trans girls from school sports
The U.S. House of Representatives is under extreme scrutiny from LGBTQ+ rights groups after passing a bill that would effectively ban…
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West Virginia governor axes DEI on first full day in office
Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a slew of aggressive executive orders on his first full day as West Virginia’s chief executive Tuesday, including one enabling…
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Biden exits as most pro-LGBT president in history
President Joe Biden will leave the White House next week after leading what advocates consider to be the most pro-LGBTQ administration in American history…
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Cofounder of Tom of Finland ousted as IML judge over Nazi regalia
International Mr. Leather — the world’s oldest leather conference and competition — has removed Durk Dehner, a cofounder of the Tom of Finland Foundation, as one of…