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Transgender Arizonans don’t need surgery to update birth certificates, federal appeals court confirms

People born in Arizona can obtain an amended birth certificate by court order, without surgery.

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Elections

State ID restrictions could stand in the way of transgender Americans’ ability to vote

Nearly half of eligible trans voters in 33 states with voter ID laws lack identification reflecting their name or gender, researchers estimate.

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States

Ohio Democrats want LGBTQ+ votes. Their anti-trans messaging is testing that support

Advocates are challenging Marcy Kaptur and Amy Acton over rhetoric that casts transgender students as threats to schools and sports.

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Immigration

LGBTQ+ migrants sought safety in the U.S. Trump sent them to dangerous countries they’d never known

Court orders protecting migrants from returning to their homelands have not prevented deportations to other countries hostile to LGBTQ+ people.

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States

Kansas AG Kris Kobach uses transgender people’s social media posts to defend forcibly outing them

Lawyers are using old social media posts to challenge privacy claims from Kansans fighting the state’s driver’s license and restroom restrictions.

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People

A street in Virginia’s capital is now named for the woman behind one of America’s oldest lesbian bars

Vicky Hester made Babes of Carytown a gathering place for LGBTQ+ people and a source of support for local nonprofits. Richmond’s tribute will stand beside the bar.

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Crime

“I really preferred a trial”: Alabama family upset with guilty plea in murder of  17-year-old trans teen

Tayy Dior Thomas's family expressed disappointment in Carl Mitchell Washington Jr.'s prison sentence.