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McConnell will leave Senate with harmful anti-LGBT record
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, will leave with an egregiously anti-LGBTQ+ record…
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Republicans try to shut down Dolly’s free library for little kids
Dolly Parton has called on Indiana’s governor to reverse course on plans to do away with her popular “Imagination Library” program…
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Out LGBT population in the US nearly doubles since 2020
The proportion of American adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has risen to 9.3% of the population, according to a Gallup Poll released Thursday…
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Republican AG sues cities to legalize conversion therapy
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Christian counselors seeking to overturn conversion therapy bans in Kansas City and…
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Judge mocks Trump’s ‘frankly ridiculous’ trans military ban
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes blasted President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military on Tuesday. Reyes called…
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Kansas GOP overrides veto on gender-affirming care ban
Republican lawmakers in Kansas have pushed through one of the nation’s most extreme bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, overridingDemocratic Gov…
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Trump’s Kennedy Center cancels concert with Gay Men’s Chorus
The Kennedy Center canceled a concert planned for May 21 that was to feature the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC, performing alongside the…