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ACLU Wants to Investigate Algorithms for Discrimination
Laws that stop hacking are also preventing the public from identifying cyber discrimination, the ACLU argues.
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ACLU Wants to Investigate Algorithms for Discrimination

Laws that stop hacking are also preventing the public from identifying cyber discrimination, the ACLU argues.

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Rep. John McGuire’s proposed Riley Gaines Act would allow athletes to sue colleges that permit transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

The Republican-led legislation places the state increasingly out of step with the rest of New England on trans rights.

The longtime California Republican congressman is packing it up.

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LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

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Most Popular

Conservative lawmakers are attempting to take away protections that some local governments have put in place to prevent discrimination against their LGBTQ+ citizens.

Opinion: Proximity to (and even building) misogynistic machinery will not protect you, writes contributor Josh Ackley.

These celebrities brought the sex appeal in their steamy videos this year.

On Truth Social, the president appeared to leave the door open to kids getting gender-affirming care with "express written approval of the parents."

Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community calls it something else.

These are some of his worst comments about LGBTQ+ people made by Charlie Kirk.