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Defense Department reinstates gender-affirming care for trans troops

University of Louisville caves to anti-LGBTQ+ forces twice this week

Trump AG Pam Bondi falsely compares gender-affirming care for minors as the same as female genital mutilation

12 batsh*t things Nancy Mace has done in her anti-transgender attention grab

Meta Oversight Board rules anti-transgender videos don't violate hate speech rules

What LGBTQ+ audiences should see at the TCM Classic Film Festival

Disgraced Republican George Santos asks judge to ignore his posts while considering his prison sentence

Blasphemy is coming to St. Peter’s Square as Trump tries to hijack Pope Francis’s funeral to feed his ego

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