Senator Arlen Specter Remembered for Pro-Equality Stances

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        Senator Arlen Specter Remembered for Pro-Equality Stances
     
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Senator Arlen Specter Remembered for Pro-Equality Stances

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The Human Rights Campaign says the record of Trump's personal lawyer as acting attorney general shows why senators should reject his nomination to permanently lead the Justice Department.

Despite claiming to be a “pro-woman, pro-child” website, Reduxx went on to share more sensitive information about a minor.

The former mayor, out of City Hall for nearly 25 years, claimed without evidence that Mamdani’s child care proposal would push transgender identities on children.

Opinion: Transgender athletes are the latest target in a broader political effort to decide who gets to be part of American public life.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

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The actor and stand-up comic teased a few lyrics from a parody "love song" about Trump that she's "not allowed" to perform on TV.

The stories about the late Republican senator's sexuality may multiply after his death. None of them changes who he chose to be, writes John Casey

The Jeopardy! host made it absolutely clear where he stands once again.

Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.

Advocates for both cis and trans girls call foul on a new right-wing proposal that would force school-age female athletes to undergo invasive physical exams to "prove" their gender.

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