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RFK Jr.'s HHS investigates Seattle Children's Hospital over youth gender-affirming care

Ernie Apreza and Kyle Labarry gay wedding July 2025
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Kamala Harris’s former spokesman celebrates his bold gay love story on his wedding day (in photos)

When Ernie Apreza and Kyle Labarry got married in Seattle on July 5, they didn’t just celebrate a nearly 10-year relationship; they honored every person who had walked beside them to get there.

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ICE frees transgender asylum seeker from detention after Oregon court order

A federal judge ruled that the government violated her rights.

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Seattle police arrest 23 during anti-trans rally clashes in LGBTQ+ neighborhood

Far-right Christian group Mayday USA held a rally in a queer part of town. It didn't go well.

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Spokane City Council passes measure protecting LGBTQ+ rights and gender-affirming care

The Spokane City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday to pass gender-affirming care protections while rejecting proposed anti-trans amendments.

Another federal judge blocks Pentagon from implementing Trump's transgender military ban
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Another judge blocks the Pentagon from implementing Trump's transgender military ban

Donald Trump's Department of Justice has had a difficult few days in court as the administration continues to try to ban transgender people from military service.

DOJ appeals block on Pentagon’s transgender military ban
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DOJ appeals block on Pentagon’s transgender military ban

The Trump Justice Department is asking for an emergency stay to allow it to ban transgender people from the military.

Emily Randall onstage before hundreds of constituents in an auditorium at Olympic College
Politics

Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters

The GOP struggles to defend the unpopular Trump administration’s policies.

Democrat lawmakers hold signs protest President Donald Trump
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Why queer Democrat Emily Randall says she walked out of Trump’s presidential address

U.S. Rep. Emily Randall also wondered why JD Vance stood behind the president “palms up in the air as if trying to get a crowd to rise.”

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Federal judge blocks Trump’s gender-affirming care ban—again

The judge stopped the administration from stripping funding from medical providers that provide medical care to transgender minors.

Notary public signing official documents
Politics

These blue states are making it easier for transgender people to update their documents

As Donald Trump forbids trans people from updating their gender markers at a federal level, Democratic states are making it easier for them to legally change their name and sex.

Olympia Washington protest intersectional equality flag
Politics

Olympia becomes Washington's first sanctuary city for LGBTQ+ people

The Olympia city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to declare the state capital a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community.

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