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North Carolina Republican lawmaker wants the state to police what transgender teachers can wear

Wake County Republican Erin Paré floated a statewide dress code after objecting to a transgender music teacher’s clothing.

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The people who called AIDS God’s punishment for gays are helping measles make a comeback

Opinion: Conservative and religious communities that enable the spread of preventible diseases could learn a lot from the queer people they vilified during the AIDS crisis, writes Josh Ackley.

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Brittney Griner seeks divorce from wife who championed her release from Russian captivity

The divorce petition says the marriage is “irretrievably broken,” per TMZ.

Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate’s LGBTQ+ damage control meeting devolves into ‘shitshow’
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Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate’s LGBTQ+ damage control meeting devolves into ‘shitshow’

Amy Acton did not attend as trans leaders were blocked, removed and left angrier over her anti-trans remarks.

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Hate is still a public health emergency — and the epidemic we keep ignoring

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Several thousand people gathered at Domplein in Utrecht, Netherlands, on July 29, 2026, to commemorate the victims of the attack on Berlin's Christopher Street Day (CSD) Pride celebrations, in which one person was killed and 29 others were injured.

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I wrote in 2016 in The Advocate in response to the Pulse Nightclub shooting that hate behaves like an infectious agent — that violence is the epidemic, and hate is the pathogen driving it. Eight years later, I wish I could say that the outbreak has slowed. Instead, the data tells a different story. Hate has not only persisted; it has evolved. It has found new vectors, new reservoirs, and new opportunities to replicate. The recent Berlin Pride attack and the CDC shooting in Atlanta about a year ago that shattered a window in my office make one thing painfully clear: we, as a country, are still refusing to treat hate with the urgency of a public health emergency. Keep Reading →

Dr. Anthony Fauci deserved gratitude, not Rand Paul’s Republican show trial

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Committee chairman Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, questions Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026.

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At today’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, which doubled as a character assassination of Dr. Anthony Fauci, Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio, dripping with contempt, said to Dr. Fauci, “Who the f**k- do you think you are?" Keep Reading →

I survived the Berlin Pride terror attack. Don’t let the right weaponize our grief

People stand beside a memorial of flowers and candles near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate after the Christopher Street Day attack.

People gather near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to mourn the victim of the attack that followed the city's Christopher Street Day celebrations.

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Last Saturday burned hot and beautiful in Berlin. I woke up late and joined hundreds of thousands of people marching through the city for Christopher Street Day, our biggest Pride event. Several Pride events happened that weekend, but I went to the big one because my boyfriend worked a shift that day at a shop in Schöneberg, Berlin’s classic gayborhood, near the start of the parade route, and I wanted to spend this holiest of days with him. Keep Reading →

The closet was once the law. Without an LGBTQ+ Bill of Rights, it could be again

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“Homosexual Rights? You’ve got to be kidding me.” Keep Reading →

Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson’s greatest political asset may be that he’s boring

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Troy Jackson (r) greets people during a gathering after being selected by the Maine Democratic Party to be their choice as the U.S. Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner on the ballot in November on July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine.

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I didn’t sleep well Monday night, but in the couple of hours I did, I dreamed I was in Portland, Maine, riding around in a car I could fold up while I searched inside of a mall for a bathroom to use. Needless to say, when I woke up, I had no trouble finding my own bathroom. Keep Reading →
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