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Macho man JD Vance says he hates ‘good-looking guys with beards’ during weird manufacturing speech

The vice president admired another man’s appearance while visiting Maine — and added to his administration’s growing catalog of hypermasculine body talk.

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179 lawmakers tell SCOTUS not to let taxpayer money-accepting religious preschools reject LGBTQ+ families

The justices will decide whether religious schools may accept public preschool funds while turning away children because they or their parents are LGBTQ+.

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Gay New Jersey detective says supervisor groped him — and bosses did nothing

Russell Kingsland is seeking $1.5 million, alleging years of homophobic harassment and retaliation inside the state Attorney General’s Office.

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

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The Log Cabin Republicans are dropping the T from LGBT.

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The Log Cabin Republicans officially abandoned the transgender community, pulling the ladder of progress and support that benefited its members up behind themselves. Keep Reading →

Missouri Republicans are trying to repeal abortion rights by leaning into anti-trans sentiment

Demonstrators filled the Missouri state Capitol building in January to protest legislative efforts to alter or overturn citizen-led measures passed at the ballot box, including an amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion.

Demonstrators filled the Missouri state Capitol building in January to protest legislative efforts to alter or overturn citizen-led measures passed at the ballot box, including an amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion.

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This story originally appeared on ProPublica.Two years ago, abortion opponents in Missouri tried to defeat Amendment 3, a ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution, by falsely telling voters that it would allow gender transition surgeries for minors — even though it wouldn’t. Keep Reading →

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

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe (L) looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC.

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Three former CIA officers are warning that President Donald Trump’s campaign against diversity initiatives and transgender federal employees threatens to recreate one of the darkest periods in the history of the nation’s intelligence agencies. Keep Reading →

Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline, a current U.S. senator, admits national security is ‘not my thing’

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US Senator Darline Graham and US Representative Ralph Norman (not seen) participate in a televised debate ahead of the Republican primary runoff in Newberry SC, United States on August 18, 2026.

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A sitting Republican U.S. senator was asked whether Taiwan and the South China Sea matter to American national security. Her answer was jaw-dropping. Keep Reading →

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

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The gate of the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia.

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When two Georgia advocates reached Pauline Nadege Binam on the other side of a glass partition Thursday, the queer Cameroonian immigrant appeared exhausted. Keep Reading →
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