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📱 JD Vance has reportedly become the most blocked account on Bluesky just two days after joining the social media platform. The vice president signed up for the site, a competitor of X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday.
💍 Wedding spending by same-sex couples and their out-of-state guests has boosted state and local economies by approximately $5.9 billion over the past 10 years, a new study by the Williams Institute has found.
🚨 Justice Sonia Sotomayor didn't mince her words when dissenting to the majority in U.S. v. Skrmetti, accusing her conservative colleagues of “abandon[ing] transgender children and their families to political whims.” The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth. “By refusing to apply heightened scrutiny, the majority renders transgender Americans doubly vulnerable to state-sanctioned discrimination,” she wrote. "In sadness, I dissent."
Onward and upward,
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Gay weddings have boosted state and local economies by $6 billion since marriage equality
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor slams gender-affirming care ruling as 'state-sanctioned discrimination'
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9 trans rights activists arrested in front of Supreme Court while protesting Skrmetti ruling
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FDA approves breakthrough drug that reduces risk of contracting HIV by 96 percent
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This Nashville country singer is opening up about his sexuality and HIV status in new song 'Sin'
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Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care for trans kids sparks nationwide outrage
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Gay adult star Austin Wolf pleads guilty to federal charge of enticing a minor for sex
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JD Vance becomes the most blocked account on Bluesky after anti-trans post
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California police accused a lawmaker of DUI when she was sober. She says she was targeted because she's queer
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These vintage photos by Alice Austen depict queer life and breaking with gender of norms
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