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Trump exploits Supreme Court ruling to attack transgender people in reality-challenged White House briefing

The president continues to use trans people as a scapegoat.

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Andry Hernández Romero’s family desperate for word on gay asylum-seeker who Trump vanished over 100 days ago

Nobody has heard from the young makeup artist since the Trump administration deported him in March.
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Congressional Equality Caucus rips House Republicans’ bill abandoning transgender veterans’ health care

Republicans are stripping those who served their country of medical care.

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Supreme Court hands RFK Jr. new power over Americans’ health, buried in PrEP case ruling

While the justices upheld the coverage requirement for insurance companies to pay for preventive care at no cost to the patient, they also gave the HHS secretary more power.

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BREAKING: Supreme Court rules to save free access to PrEP and other preventive care

The defendants in the case previously argued that requiring insurance coverage of PrEP access was similar to supporting homosexuality.

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Bipartisan House coalition demands RFK Jr. reverse Trump’s plan to end LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline

“It’s hard to get bipartisan letters, let alone legislation, on topics involving the LGBTQ+ community,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi said. “But this one touches a nerve."

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Pete Hegseth melts down over media coverage & gender questions in explosive Pentagon press conference

The former Fox News host accused the press of “cheering against Trump.”

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BREAKING: U.S. Senate parliamentarian blocks GOP’s plan to ban gender-affirming care under Medicaid

The nonpartisan arbiter of rules compliance rejected parts of the Republican so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”

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SCOTUS trans care ruling opens harmful loophole to take access from all trans people, says Leah Litman

Former Supreme Court clerk and co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, Leah Litman, told The Advocate that bans on trans youth’s medical care are only the beginning after the Skrmetti ruling.
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Gavin Newsom’s office says Linda McMahon’s ‘fake’ threats over trans kids in sports ‘divorced from reality’

“Secretary McMahon is confusing government with her WrestleMania days — dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality. This won’t stick,” the California governor's office told The Advocate.

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Trump’s plan to shutter FEMA leaves U.S. ‘more vulnerable,’ says former head of agency

“People are going to fall through the cracks," former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told The Advocate.

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Democrat Melanie Stansbury triggers Marjorie Taylor Greene into gavel-banging meltdown at House hearing—again

The New Mexico congresswoman continues to get under the Georgia Republican's skin. “Madam Chair, calm down," she said to Greene.
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Gay U.S. Rep Robert Garcia elected top Democrat on powerful House Oversight Committee

Democrats voted to make the California congressman the ranking member on the Republican-led investigative committee.

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Crime

Gay adult star Austin Wolf pleads guilty to federal charge of enticing a minor for sex

He faces at least 10 years in prison.

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Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care for trans kids sparks nationwide outrage

The Supreme Court dealt trans kids and their families a "devastating blow” by upholding states’ rights to ban gender-affirming care, advocates say.

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Jeanne Shaheen & Susan Collins introduce bipartisan bill banning anti-LGBTQ+ bias in federal jury selection

Currently, there is no law protecting jurors from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Supreme Court rules states can ban gender-affirming care for youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti

The case challenged a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth in the state.

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Tammy Baldwin WASHINGTON DC press conference, 2024 with mugshot of Minnesota alleged assassin Vance Boelter and US Rep Mark Pocan speaking on stage
Crime

Queer Wisconsin lawmakers Tammy Baldwin's and Mark Pocan's names found on Minnesota shooting suspect's list

Vance Boelter allegedly included Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan in notebooks about his targets.

Austin Wolf attends the 2023 GayVN Awards show at Resorts World Las Vegas on January 05, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Crime

BREAKING: Adult performer Austin Wolf to plead guilty to federal child pornography charges

He “intends to plead guilty to a mandatory minimum charge with a significant advisory range under the United States Sentencing Guidelines,” according to his attorney.

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Federal appeals court says transgender girl has right to bathroom access in Wisconsin school district

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling is a win for a young transgender student.