States Seek to Combat Discrimination Against LGBT Foster Kids

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States Seek to Combat Discrimination Against LGBT Foster Kids

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Don’t give Todd Blanche a ‘promotion,’ national civil rights organization warns Republican senators

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.

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

Rudy Giuliani launches bizarre anti-trans rant over Zohran Mamdani’s child care plan

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.

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Ken Paxton gloats after extracting $10 million from Texas Children’s Hospital for ‘detransition’ center

The settlement also requires the nation’s largest pediatric hospital to revoke doctors’ privileges and open the clinic by October.

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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.

Great Britain now bars trans people from many public bathrooms and changing rooms

Use of single-sex toilets, changing rooms and hospital wards in England, Scotland and Wales is now restricted according to a person’s birth sex, rather than the gender with which they identify.

Washington parent pulls kid from school over a video about LGBTQ+ people simply existing

A nine-year-old video published by Queer Kid Stuff outraged some parents with its message about activism and inclusion.

Lawmakers seek to end New York’s 40-year bathhouse prohibition

Sen. Erik Bottcher says HIV prevention has been transformed since the AIDS crisis, making it time to replace a 1980s ban with modern public health regulations.

Transgender candidate Joanna Whaley victorious in Michigan Democratic primary

The hospital chaplain defeated two rivals and is favored in November to become the state’s first transgender legislator.

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States Seek to Combat Discrimination Against LGBT Foster Kids

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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.

More For You

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The settlement also requires the nation’s largest pediatric hospital to revoke doctors’ privileges and open the clinic by October.

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.

Use of single-sex toilets, changing rooms and hospital wards in England, Scotland and Wales is now restricted according to a person’s birth sex, rather than the gender with which they identify.

A nine-year-old video published by Queer Kid Stuff outraged some parents with its message about activism and inclusion.

Sen. Erik Bottcher says HIV prevention has been transformed since the AIDS crisis, making it time to replace a 1980s ban with modern public health regulations.

The hospital chaplain defeated two rivals and is favored in November to become the state’s first transgender legislator.