You Can No Longer Rent a $400 'Box' in San Francisco

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 You Can No Longer Rent a $400 'Box' in San Francisco
  The rent is out of control, and the city has stepped in to draw at least this line.
 
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          Apr 13, 2016
          
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You Can No Longer Rent a $400 'Box' in San Francisco

The rent is out of control, and the city has stepped in to draw at least this line.

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You Can No Longer Rent a $400 'Box' in San Francisco

The rent is out of control, and the city has stepped in to draw at least this line.

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Just hours after after the CEO of the Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library warned elected leaders against withholding support for institutions like his, Broward County did exactly that.

“I love you too, sir. In a totally platonic way, to be clear. I’m the vice president, not James Talarico.”

Sharing the president’s views on trans athletes didn’t spare the player from having her basketball skills overshadowed by his comments about her looks.

Attorneys say the administration’s push to end hormone therapy ignores decades of federal prison medical practice and puts transgender patients at risk.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told .

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Republicans put the left-wing political commentator's thirsty selfie on the Jumbotron, and the internet has thoughts.

Jacob Tierney and Brendan Brady have started the Irina Foundation to support inclusivity in sports and the arts.

The annual Social Media Safety Index report accuses Meta and YouTube of rolling back protections while online anti-LGBTQ+ hate and disinformation surge.

The Pentagon plans to livestream a firing squad execution, bringing Hegseth’s public performance of toughness to the administration of death.

The Lambda Legal campaign spotlights Sonu’s relationship with his mother while challenging right-wing rhetoric portraying trans youth as threats rather than children.