Anti-LGBTQ legislation is flooding state legislatures as Republicans return to their familiar strategy of demonizing marginalized populations to mobilize their base following recent election losses. There are more than 200 such bills currently under consideration by state legislatures, according to the…
Arkansas, which has already passed two anti-transgender bills in this legislative session, is advancing another one — and its sponsor is worried that students are identifying as animals. The state’s House of Representatives Thursday approved House Bill 1749, which would bar…
If you’ve been accused of homicide, you can still blame the victim for their own murder in most of the U.S. by claiming that their sexual orientation or gender identity made you panic. Last week, Virginia became the 12th state…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has told federal agencies that gay and transgender students are protected from discrimination under civil rights laws, reversing Trump administration guidance that limited the impact of a landmark Supreme Court decision last year extending employment…
Virginia has become the 12th U.S. state with a law against the LGBTQ+ “panic” defense in criminal trials. Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill into law Wednesday banning the use of the defense in trials for murder or voluntary manslaughter…
The Pentagon said Wednesday that it was reversing policies set in place by the Trump administration that barred Transgender Americans from serving in uniform. The Defense Department also is updating and expanding wider access to medical care and assistance with…
AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE flooded with sick patients, and not everyone there is battling Covid-19. Many people need blood transfusions—in fact, the American Red Cross estimates that someone in the U.S. requires a blood donation every two seconds. The country’s blood…
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