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        This Week in The Resistance: The Fight For Women
    The future is female.
 Angela Jude
          
          Jan 26, 2017
          
        
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        State Department visa rule sets stage for ICE scrutiny of transgender immigrants
    New visa requirements could create document conflicts that follow gender-nonconforming travelers into immigration enforcement databases.
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This Week in The Resistance: The Fight For Women

The future is female.

The Latest

Trump says Iran throws gays off buildings after trying to deport same-sex couple there

The remark came while defending U.S. strikes in a Jake Paul interview.

Remorseless Seattle man sentenced in hate crime beating of trans woman

Andre Karlow, who said, "Trump should kill them all," appeared defiant as the judge imposed years of confinement for the attack.

State Department visa rule sets stage for ICE scrutiny of transgender immigrants

New visa requirements could create document conflicts that follow gender-nonconforming travelers into immigration enforcement databases.

About four in ten Americans still view homosexuality as immoral, survey finds

Women, young people, and high school finishers were more likely to view homosexuality favorably.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

U.S. court allows state bans on gender-affirming care for adults in unprecedented ruling

The 50 Biggest Homophobes of the Last 50 Years

Mike Johnson loses another Republican as California congressman bolts from GOP

Former DOGE staffer says ChatGPT helped feds cancel grants mentioning ‘LGBTQ+’

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Iowa bans cities and towns from protecting transgender citizens’ civil rights

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New documentary cracks 1990 gay porn star’s murder case

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Where is bi former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema now?

Not in a place that will win her friends among progressives.

A Martin Scorsese amour fou: The most satisfying bombshell from Liza's dishy new memoir

In Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, the legendary performer details descending into an impassioned, drug-fueled affair with the filmmaker during the filming of the 1977 movie musical New York, New York.

Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds

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.

11 steamy & romantic BL shows you can watch now & where to stream them

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This Week in The Resistance: The Fight For Women

The future is female.

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The remark came while defending U.S. strikes in a Jake Paul interview.

Andre Karlow, who said, "Trump should kill them all," appeared defiant as the judge imposed years of confinement for the attack.

New visa requirements could create document conflicts that follow gender-nonconforming travelers into immigration enforcement databases.

Women, young people, and high school finishers were more likely to view homosexuality favorably.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

More For You

Most Popular

The unsolved murder, dubbed the “gay Black Dahlia,” was cracked wide open by filmmaker Rachel Mason.

Cal Calamia won the race again, but left mostly empty handed.

Not in a place that will win her friends among progressives.

In Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, the legendary performer details descending into an impassioned, drug-fueled affair with the filmmaker during the filming of the 1977 movie musical New York, New York.

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 sweet and spicy international gay shows bring the heat (sometimes rivalry) and romance.