A rural Virginia school board changed its rules to block an LGBTQ+ club. Students are suing in federal court

The lawsuit says King George County officials allowed students to skin squirrels in another group and told LGBTQ+ students to disguise their gay-straight alliance as a “Kindness Club,” before blocking...

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Seth Moulton’s anti-trans rhetoric comes back to haunt him in Senate debate with Ed Markey

"I deeply recognize your trauma, and I'm sorry if my comments hurt you," the congressman said.

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Washington ballot measure could force all girls to have genital inspections to play sports

Advocates for both cis and trans girls call foul on a new right-wing proposal that would force school-age female athletes to undergo invasive physical exams to "prove" their gender.

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Michigan finds hair salon owner violated the law by directing trans people to pet groomers

The Michigan Civil Rights Commission ordered Christine Geiger to remove Studio 8 Hair Lab's anti-transgender posts, pay legal fees, and complete civil rights training.

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Michigan finds hair salon owner violated the law by directing trans people to pet groomers

The Michigan Civil Rights Commission ordered Christine Geiger to remove Studio 8 Hair Lab's anti-transgender posts, pay legal fees, and complete civil rights training.

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Doug Burgum doubles down on Trump’s Relecting Pool ‘vandals’ fantasy & points the finger at Jeanine Pirro

The pool’s coating failed, the felony case collapsed, and Trump’s officials are now blaming one another.

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Trump rages after Jeanine Pirro abandons his imaginary Reflecting Pool vandals

“I don’t know what she was thinking," the president argued after the Justice Department admitted that there was no vandalism as it asked a judge to drop charges against an innocent man.

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Trump’s Reflecting Pool lie needed a vandal. Jeanine Pirro served him up an innocent American

The D.C. U.S. attorney indicted a former Olympian on felony charges after the president lied, claiming that his failing vanity project had been sabotaged.

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Trump’s Reflecting Pool lie needed a vandal. Jeanine Pirro served him up an innocent American

The D.C. U.S. attorney indicted a former Olympian on felony charges after the president lied, claiming that his failing vanity project had been sabotaged.

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Brittney Griner Files for Divorce From Wife Cherelle After Eight Years of Marriage

​The divorce petition says the marriage is “irretrievably broken,” per TMZ.

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MAGA men are fleeing women for all-male gyms — and somehow calling it straight

​Apparently working out next to women is so tempting, these guys just have to pack into the sauna together.

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Trump officials mislabel all African countries on map at global AIDS conference as U.S. cuts HIV aid

U.S. officials botched the continent’s geography while defending an overhaul of HIV programs that has already shuttered 1,700 care sites.

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Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate’s LGBTQ+ damage control meeting devolves into ‘shitshow’

Amy Acton did not attend as trans leaders were blocked, removed and left angrier over her anti-trans remarks.

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Trump officials mislabel all African countries on map at global AIDS conference as U.S. cuts HIV aid

U.S. officials botched the continent’s geography while defending an overhaul of HIV programs that has already shuttered 1,700 care sites.

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The Trump administration’s latest target: gender-neutral paper dolls Minnesota schools aren’t using

The Education Department probe follows right-wing outrage over dolls designed to help clinical professionals support transgender and gender-diverse children.

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How a mean, disrespectful tweet about Rachel Levine shaped the X platform Elon Musk bought and broke

A dispute over Twitter’s response to deliberate misgendering became part of Musk’s takeover mythology — and a preview of what X would become.

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Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson’s greatest political asset may be that he’s boring

In a political era of bombast, Troy Jackson is something different, writes John Casey

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U.S. House rejects permanent transgender military ban in defense bill vote

Four Republicans joined Democrats to defeat an effort to write Trump’s transgender military restrictions into federal law.

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Trump weaponized trans actress Dylan Mulvaney’s image to attack Kaitlan Collins. Mulvaney fires back

Trump tried to demean the CNN journalist by comparing her to Mulvaney. The actress called the comparison an honor and claimed the last word.

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Trump hijacks White House Correspondents’ Dinner redo with antigay jabs, anti-trans mockery & lies

The president insulted Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon and Dylan Mulvaney while rambling from TikTok views to a White House “drone port.”

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Trump hijacks White House Correspondents’ Dinner redo with antigay jabs, anti-trans mockery & lies

The president insulted Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon and Dylan Mulvaney while rambling from TikTok views to a White House “drone port.”

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‘Proud transphobe’ Nancy Mace targets RuPaul & Congressional Black Caucus on her way out of Congress

The South Carolina Republican is escalating attacks on LGBTQ+ people and lawmakers of color.

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Top House Veterans Affairs leader pledges action after Trump ends LGBTQ+ care network for those who served

Rep. Mark Takano says the shutdown is part of a broader assault on veterans’ health care and vows to defend access to culturally competent services.

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Powerful Democratic think tank's reset on transgender rights alarms advocates

The Center for American Progress says its new framework will help Democrats confront anti-LGBTQ+ attacks without abandoning civil rights. Transgender people aren't so sure.

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Trump ends care network for LGBTQ+ veterans, internal email shows. Providers condemn 'cruel erasure'

The nationwide rollback ends specialized calls, training, and shared resources while leaving other population-specific programs intact.

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Trump ends care network for LGBTQ+ veterans, internal email shows. Providers condemn 'cruel erasure'

The nationwide rollback ends specialized calls, training, and shared resources while leaving other population-specific programs intact.

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