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 What You Need to Know About Anti-LGBT Laws in 60 Seconds
  Georgia's governor stopped state-sanctioned discrimination in its tracks as LGBT advocates sued to stop a controversial new law in North Carolina, and there are other laws you need to know about.
 
 Dawn Ennis 
          
          Mar 28, 2016
          
Dawn Ennis
The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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What You Need to Know About Anti-LGBT Laws in 60 Seconds

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What You Need to Know About Anti-LGBT Laws in 60 Seconds

Georgia's governor stopped state-sanctioned discrimination in its tracks as LGBT advocates sued to stop a controversial new law in North Carolina, and there are other laws you need to know about.

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Researchers suggest that more affirming environments at home and elsewhere can help reduce the need for coping mechanisms.

A Trump-appointed judge repeatedly called trans prisoners “male inmates who claim to be female.”

Major hospitals systems across Massachusetts have stopped providing gender-affirming care for trans youth. Protect Trans Futures wants the legal action taken to address the gaps in care.

The former professional boxer has found success on the screen.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

More For You

Most Popular

The OnlyFans creator, 29, had a huge following after starting his career in the adult film industry in 2021.

Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl were caught on hidden camera by 60 Minutes meeting with a client seeking a Trump pardon.

Journalists, activists, and HIV care workers were among those caught up in recent “obscenity” sweeps.

Chris Gallant, the politician who went viral after his photos surfaced, is a Black Hawk pilot, Army veteran, National Guardsman, former air traffic controller and volunteer firefighter.

Administration officials say a closure is temporary, but the President has has suggested he could tear the venue to the ground and leave it if it he can't put his name on it.

The Pacific island nation recorded 2,016 new HIV diagnoses in 2025.