Sean Ebony Coleman on Leveling the Playing Field & Uniting Trans and Cis Women

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        Sean Ebony Coleman on Leveling the Playing Field & Uniting Trans and Cis Women
     
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Sean Ebony Coleman on Leveling the Playing Field & Uniting Trans and Cis Women

The Latest

South Florida husbands among Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash

Adam Hlavaty and Henry Parra were remembered as a loving couple devoted to family, travel, and service.

In ‘Test,’ queer bodybuilders and their struggles finally take center stage

The new film shines a light on queer bodybuilding and the pressures on men to seek physical perfection.

Advocates entered a Georgia ICE detention center to visit a queer detainee and felt ‘darkness’

Behind barbed wire and glass, organizers found a queer Cameroonian mother exhausted, fearful of medical care, and determined not to lose hope.

Florida voters deliver wins for LGBTQ+ candidates and losses for Moms for Liberty

Five out Democrats advanced in Florida House races as Equality Florida-backed school board candidates defeated extreme conservative rivals.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

Trump wildly claims hospitals are performing ‘reverse surgery’ on trans patients ’at my order'

Former CIA officers warn Trump's administration is reviving the Lavender Scare, endangering national security

Gay Republican group abandons transgender people, calling decision a return to ‘moral’ clarity

Conservatives are turning to American voters to target trans rights

White House trusted a transgender CIA briefer with the most sensitive secrets until her identity went public

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The VA listened when this transgender veteran demanded better care. Then Trump returned

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‘High T’ Pete Hegseth hurls anti-trans slur at Iowa State Fair campaign stop while Iran war rages on

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Maryland school district caves to Trump and adopts forced outing policy to expose LGBTQ+ students

The Anne Arundel County policy change came after Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged the Justice Department to punish the district, citing parental rights protections.

Trump cannot strip Obamacare protections from trans people’s healthcare, judge rules

The ruling says the administration ignored existing law when it changed the rules that identify “essential benefits” under the Affordable Care Act.

Kansas law forced these men into women's bathrooms. Their compliance highlights the absurdity

A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.

Rosie O’Donnell tells Jesse Watters to ‘stay out of my orbit’ before roasting Trump on Kimmel

The lesbian comedian said she had “no interest” in the Fox News host after his crew confronted her outside a New York theater.

The despair on the USS Abraham Lincoln exposes the deadly fraud of Pete Hegseth’s machismo

The sailors on the ship are desperate, and I know how terrifying it is when no one sees it, writes John Casey.

If anyone should get a motel room, it’s Senator John Kennedy and Donald Trump

The Louisiana Republican's Obama and Colbert antigay smear campaign surely earned Trump’s undying love.

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Sean Ebony Coleman on Leveling the Playing Field & Uniting Trans and Cis Women

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Adam Hlavaty and Henry Parra were remembered as a loving couple devoted to family, travel, and service.

The new film shines a light on queer bodybuilding and the pressures on men to seek physical perfection.

Behind barbed wire and glass, organizers found a queer Cameroonian mother exhausted, fearful of medical care, and determined not to lose hope.

Five out Democrats advanced in Florida House races as Equality Florida-backed school board candidates defeated extreme conservative rivals.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

More For You

Most Popular

The Anne Arundel County policy change came after Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged the Justice Department to punish the district, citing parental rights protections.

The ruling says the administration ignored existing law when it changed the rules that identify “essential benefits” under the Affordable Care Act.

A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.

The lesbian comedian said she had “no interest” in the Fox News host after his crew confronted her outside a New York theater.

The sailors on the ship are desperate, and I know how terrifying it is when no one sees it, writes John Casey.

The Louisiana Republican's Obama and Colbert antigay smear campaign surely earned Trump’s undying love.