Dykes and Dandies to Take Over New York’s Manderley Bar

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Julia Curlee briefed presidents and became the White House’s senior career intelligence official. Then a far-right campaign targeted her for being transgender.

The Republican front-runner invoked the AMA, Europe, and women’s sports to portray his Democratic rival as out of step with Florida.

By replacing promises of becoming straight with demands for celibacy, SIW has avoided the label of conversion therapy and, so far, scrutiny.

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

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The city’s drag community is rallying around the performer and designer, issuing calls for their release and financial support.

"He told me that because I’m an openly transgender woman, I stood no chance of winning higher office in New Hampshire,” New Hampshire state rep. Alice Wade wrote in a statement.

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The vice president urged federal investigators to examine dozens of medical institutions over billing practices that the Trump administration claims may constitute fraud.

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