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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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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 commander in chief is no stranger to making a fool of himself, but we narrowed down a few instances.

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

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.

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

Opinion: The signs of alcohol addiction and obsession with image control are all too clear to queer people, as is a clear cry for help, writes Josh Ackley.