The Real Reason Behind Transgender 'Bathroom Bills'

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        The Real Reason Behind Transgender 'Bathroom Bills'
    Just under 200 legislators supported discriminatory bathroom bills last year. Here's why. 
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The Real Reason Behind Transgender 'Bathroom Bills'

Just under 200 legislators supported discriminatory bathroom bills last year. Here's why.

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The Real Reason Behind Transgender 'Bathroom Bills'

Just under 200 legislators supported discriminatory bathroom bills last year. Here's why.

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The court declines the teacher's "invitation to run the public schools," Judge Robert B. King wrote.

He of course won't say it's due to artist boycotts or poor ticket sales, but it's easy to read between the lines.

Texas A&M University is eliminating its women’s and gender studies degree program because of low enrollment and cost.

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 rapper tried to convert queer people to the GOP and spread conspiracy theories about Jay-Z following Trevor Noah's Grammy jokes about her Trump meeting.

Lesbians fought homophobia in the feminist movement with humor and heart.

Here are some mutual aid groups in Minnesota that need donations and volunteers.

“This assault on our democracy has got to end,” Mayor Karen Bass said.

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

“These are the same opponents of marriage equality that lost the first round,” Lambda Legal attorney Karen Loewy told The Advocate.