19 photos from 1990s San Francisco show the roots of butch and femme culture
Chloe Sherman's RENEGADES San Francisco: the 1990s showcases the unique history of queer women.
July 14 2025 2:12 PM
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Chloe Sherman's RENEGADES San Francisco: the 1990s showcases the unique history of queer women.
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Newsom eliminated funds for health programs centered around LGBTQ+ youth, women, and transgender people last month.
Trump threatened to to withhold federal funding from California unless the state banned a 16-year-old trans girl from competing.
World Boxing's new policy mandates that all participants in women's events — but not men's — must undergo a chromosome test.
Harry Potter profits are going directly to anti-transgender legal cases.
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Attorneys for a transgender woman say they still haven't been able to contact her after she was arrested during her asylum hearing.
Most LGBTQ+ adults believe that there is currently not much to no acceptance at all for trans people, a new survey reports.
The transgender lawmaker said she would not participate in GOP attempts to use her for attention.
The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”
The Rita Hester Green opened on June 30 in Boston to mark the end of Pride Month.
A 176-year-old law "does not prohibit abortion in the State of Wisconsin," the state Supreme Court has ruled.
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The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. will consider a measure this week in support of banning marriage equality.
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