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        Trump at Lowest Approval Rating of Presidency
    The president's approval rating has bottomed out, according to a new CNN poll.
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          Feb 26, 2018
          
        
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Trump at Lowest Approval Rating of Presidency

The president's approval rating has bottomed out, according to a new CNN poll.

The Latest

New York AG orders major medical center to resume gender-affirming care for youth

NYU Langone ceased its trans health program for youth two weeks prior.

Indiana community settles with transphobic teacher for $650,000

John Kluge refused to call transgender students by their preferred first names. Now he made six figures in a settlement.

Christian nationalism’s role in the war with Iran — and U.S. LGBTQ+ rights

Opinion: When war is preached as a moral mission, the line between fighting extremism and reproducing it begins to disappear.

Texas Democrats force runoff between pioneering LGBTQ+ current House rep and ex-congressman

Rep. Julie Johnson and former Rep. Colin Allred will face each other once more before voters know who will stand for election in November.

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Kristi Noem struggles as Republicans & Democrats grill her in fiery Senate hearing

"I don't know that we'll have time for you to respond because I'm giving you a performance evaluation here," Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, told the DHS secretary.

Tennessee lawmakers weigh a dozen new Republican anti-LGBTQ+ bills

Advocates warn that the proposals targeting employment protections, health care, marriage equality, and Pride displays could reshape life for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans.

Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds

Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community calls it something else.

James Talarico defeats fellow LGBTQ+ ally Jasmine Crockett in Texas Democratic primary

The Austin lawmaker advances to November's election as a pro-LGBTQ+ equality Democrat.

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Trump at Lowest Approval Rating of Presidency

The president's approval rating has bottomed out, according to a new CNN poll.

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The Latest

NYU Langone ceased its trans health program for youth two weeks prior.

John Kluge refused to call transgender students by their preferred first names. Now he made six figures in a settlement.

Opinion: When war is preached as a moral mission, the line between fighting extremism and reproducing it begins to disappear.

Rep. Julie Johnson and former Rep. Colin Allred will face each other once more before voters know who will stand for election in November.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

More For You

Most Popular

The Texas Republican championed a federal ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for minors.

"I don't know that we'll have time for you to respond because I'm giving you a performance evaluation here," Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, told the DHS secretary.

Advocates warn that the proposals targeting employment protections, health care, marriage equality, and Pride displays could reshape life for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans.

Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community calls it something else.

The Austin lawmaker advances to November's election as a pro-LGBTQ+ equality Democrat.

The Beatles star revealed that Yoko Ono once suggested her husband was gay.