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U.S. House-approved military bill has anti-trans provision
On Dec. 11, the U.S. House approved a massive defense policy bill that includes a ban on gender-affirming care for children of service members, NBC News noted. U.S. Rep. Adam Smith. Official photo The...
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OPINION Jimmy Carter was my first
We always remember our first experiences. 1976 was my first experience casting a ballot for the president of the United States. Rev. Irene Monroe James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. (1924- 2024)—an...
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Judge rejects Biden’s bid to expand Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students
On Jan. 9, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves of Kentucky struck down the Biden administration’s 1,500-page regulation interpreting Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to bar discrimination...
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NATIONAL Eli Lilly suit, Tim Cook, Sarah McBride, long COVID study
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co. has been hit with a suit claiming it fired a New Jersey drug sales rep for holding a Bible-based view on sexual morality, according to Law.com. Jonathan...
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Trump once again bans transgender people from military
On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed four executive orders that will transform the military—including banning transgender service members from serving in the armed forces, media outlets reported....
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Everything to know about Trump’s anti-trans executive order
LGBTQ+ people and allies learned what they can do in the face of President Donald Trump’s first-day executive order targeting transgender people during a virtual community meeting Jan. 28. The...
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Advocates blast transgender youth health care ban
LGBTQ+ advocates vowed to fight a Jan. 28 executive order by President Donald J. Trump that could virtually eliminate transgender youths’ access to appropriate and meaningful health care. The order,...
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New Trump order goes after trans students
On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that bars schools that receive federal funding from allowing students to identify with the name and pronouns that best match their gender...
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NATIONAL Twin Cities Pride, Trump nominees, city councils, Michigan law
Michigan’s revamped hate-crimes law—which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed recently—will soon be expanded to protect sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability and more, according...
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WORLD Pride in Australia, drag queen, Trump fallout, Holocaust Memorial Day
In Australia, Victoria Police will not participate in an annual pride march in Melbourne after event organizers decided to not allow officers to march in uniform without tactical equipment, as in...
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NATIONAL Military lawsuit, ‘A Night of Pride,’ dog-park verdict, GLSEN layoffs
Several transgender service members, an aspiring enlistee and Gender Justice League filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging the constitutionality of...
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NATIONAL Anti-trans bills, Equality Florida, Sam Nordquist, SF Pride
Note: This column contains disturbing accounts of sexual violence. Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked a Republican-led attempt to enshrine discrimination against transgender athletes in federal law,...
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Chicago Women in Trades sues feds over anti-DEI executive orders
A local nonprofit supporting tradeswoman is suing President Donald Trump and his administration over his executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Chicago Women in...
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NATIONAL School-board protests, CDC, A Wider Bridge, Harvard doctors
Virginia’s largest student-led LGBTQ+-rights group, The Pride Liberation Project, announced it will protest school board meetings across the state in response to the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric from...
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NATIONAL Restroom measure, Musk’s trans daughter, NYC Pride, new Philly leader
In Tennessee, a measure that would require all public and private educational institutions that house students overnight to separate bathrooms “by immutable biological sex” is headed to Republican...
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The 36th GLAAD Media Awards honor Cynthia Erivo, ‘Baby Reindeer’ and many others
Los Angeles, CA – Thursday, March 27, 2025 – GLAAD announced all winners across 33 categories for this year’s 36th GLAAD Media Awards, hosted by Michael Urie. Cynthia Erivo received the iconic Stephen...
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NATIONAL mpox drug, Ritchie Torres, Amber Ruffin, NBJC on TDOV
The National Institutes of Health concluded that the antiviral drug tecovirimat, used without other antivirals, did not reduce the time to clinical resolution of clade II mpox lesions or improve pain...
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NATIONAL Montana court, Danica Roem, queer Asian study, Colorado items
In Montana, District Court Judge Shane Vannatta temporarily blocked a law—signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte on March 27—that prevented transgender folks from using bathrooms in public...
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