“Unfortunately, an opportunistic candidate for Congressional District 31 chose to turn this joyous occasion into a campaign gimmick for social media clout,” the chair of the Williamson County GOP said.
A doctor from California is the first to be sued under a Texas law that allows private citizens to go after healthcare practitioners who provide abortion medication.
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Here are some local and national organizations dedicated to fighting HIV in the Black community, and the resources they provide.
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As Black people continue to contract HIV at disproportionate rates, it's clear that the public health policies of their elected officials are failing them. But that doesn't mean they're facing the pandemic alone. Keep Reading →
Trans people are protected from discrimination by the same laws as those with disabilities. Trump's new rule could change that.
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The Gender Liberation March in Washington, D.C., September 14, 2024.
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More than half of U.S. transgender youth aged 13-17 live in a state with at least one law restricting their rights, according to a new study from the Williams Institute, a research organization at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law. Keep Reading →
Women and LGBTQ+ people across the country are scrambling to find solutions now that health care premiums have skyrocketed after the Affordable Care Act's subsidies lapsed.
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The gay actor delivered a 400-year-old monologue on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that fiercely confronts American cruelty toward immigrants in 2026.