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          Jun 25, 2024
          
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                Democratic National Convention will be a celebration of diversity in Chicago, say queer staff
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                Gender-affirming care case attorneys face Alabama federal judge over misconduct accusations
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                Bernie Delia, co-chair of World Pride 2025 and towering LGBTQ+ rights activist, is dead
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        Ohio Democrats lose two transgender Pride Caucus members who say the party won’t let them speak
      The resignations came within 24 hours of each other and amidst allegations of censorship by their own party.
 
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States 
        Judge dismisses lawsuit by spa worker who refused to give a trans woman a tour on ‘Christian’ grounds
      Judge Keli Neary granted Hershey Entertainment's motion to dismiss Jeriah Sellers' lawsuit against her employer.
 
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        Pennsylvania Republican touts LGBTQ+ support while GOP allies use Pride photos to attack his opponent
      Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s promise to protect every American’s dignity faces scrutiny as his party circulates Pride photos and inflammatory claims about trans youth.
 
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        Pete Hegseth announces the U.S. military will conduct a public execution in Texas
      The Pentagon plans to livestream a firing squad execution, bringing Hegseth’s public performance of toughness to the administration of death.
 
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The largest public university system in Texas has launched an audit into all of its courses for content related to transgender people and identity. 

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        From left: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaking at a press conference; Shawn Skelly attends Out Magazine's #Out100 Event in 2017; White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during the daily briefing on January 15;.U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Roger Nyhus on Barbados last April.

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        Trump deported a transgender woman to Central Africa. She says she has to hide to survive
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        Scholars from Virginia university that ended trans youth care publish research on transphobia’s harms
      A year after Virginia Commonwealth University hospital ended its gender-affirming care program for transgender youth, researchers from the same institution have released a new study on anti-trans policymaking.
 
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        Human Rights Campaign president to Dems caving on trans rights: ‘You’re doing too much and getting too little’
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Ohio Democrats lose two transgender Pride Caucus members who say the party won’t let them speak

The resignations came within 24 hours of each other and amidst allegations of censorship by their own party.

Judge dismisses lawsuit by spa worker who refused to give a trans woman a tour on ‘Christian’ grounds

Judge Keli Neary granted Hershey Entertainment's motion to dismiss Jeriah Sellers' lawsuit against her employer.

Pennsylvania Republican touts LGBTQ+ support while GOP allies use Pride photos to attack his opponent

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s promise to protect every American’s dignity faces scrutiny as his party circulates Pride photos and inflammatory claims about trans youth.

Pete Hegseth announces the U.S. military will conduct a public execution in Texas

The Pentagon plans to livestream a firing squad execution, bringing Hegseth’s public performance of toughness to the administration of death.

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Biden administration had record level of LGBTQ+ representation

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Trump deported a transgender woman to Central Africa. She says she has to hide to survive

A Cuban immigrant who worked in Miami as a hairstylist and drag performer says her deportation has left her afraid to express who she is.

Scholars from Virginia university that ended trans youth care publish research on transphobia’s harms

A year after Virginia Commonwealth University hospital ended its gender-affirming care program for transgender youth, researchers from the same institution have released a new study on anti-trans policymaking.

A GOP super PAC twists a Texas adult’s transition story to scare Ohio voters with an ad full of lies

Basic fact-checking reveals the ad has nothing to do with the state of Ohio or Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.

Public schools banned a record 12,000 books this year. Most were in Texas and Florida

The two states accounted for 95 percent of books banned by public schools in the 2025-2026 school year.

Human Rights Campaign president to Dems caving on trans rights: ‘You’re doing too much and getting too little’

“You don’t have to sacrifice any member of our community to win,” Kelley Robinson told reporters as she outlined HRC’s $15 million midterm investment.

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The resignations came within 24 hours of each other and amidst allegations of censorship by their own party.

Judge Keli Neary granted Hershey Entertainment's motion to dismiss Jeriah Sellers' lawsuit against her employer.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s promise to protect every American’s dignity faces scrutiny as his party circulates Pride photos and inflammatory claims about trans youth.

The Pentagon plans to livestream a firing squad execution, bringing Hegseth’s public performance of toughness to the administration of death.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told .

More For You

Most Popular

A Cuban immigrant who worked in Miami as a hairstylist and drag performer says her deportation has left her afraid to express who she is.

A year after Virginia Commonwealth University hospital ended its gender-affirming care program for transgender youth, researchers from the same institution have released a new study on anti-trans policymaking.

Basic fact-checking reveals the ad has nothing to do with the state of Ohio or Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.

Igho "Tiny" Ubiribo died earlier this year after getting a nonsurgical cosmetic procedure while overseas.

The two states accounted for 95 percent of books banned by public schools in the 2025-2026 school year.

“You don’t have to sacrifice any member of our community to win,” Kelley Robinson told reporters as she outlined HRC’s $15 million midterm investment.