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        This Week in The Resistance: The Fight For Women
    The future is female.
 Angela Jude
          
          Jan 26, 2017
          
        
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        Trump-appointed Texas federal judge rules that drag is like blackface
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News
        Don Lemon responds to DOJ threats & Nicki Minaj’s homophobic insults over his Minneapolis ICE coverage
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This Week in The Resistance: The Fight For Women

The future is female.

The Latest

All anti-transgender provisions stripped from House and Senate funding bills

The bills are still subject to a final vote, but trans Americans can be relieved for now.

Justice Department will investigate Renee Good's wife but not the man who killed her

The DOJ is investigating Becca Good under a law against “assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers,” sources tell NBC News.

Trump-appointed Texas federal judge rules that drag is like blackface

"Claims comparing it to dehumanizing performances designed to uphold racial supremacy are as inaccurate as they are offensive," a GLAAD spokesperson told The Advocate.

Don Lemon responds to DOJ threats & Nicki Minaj’s homophobic insults over his Minneapolis ICE coverage

“We’re not part of the activists, but we’re here just reporting," the independent journalist said in a video inside a church in Minnesota.

Ousted under Trump's trans military ban, retired Space Force Col. Bree Fram launches bid for Congress

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Ron DeSantis will have 'blood on his hands' if HIV funding isn't restored, Democratic chair says

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Hockey player Jesse Kortuem shares how his Heated Rivalry-inspired decision to share that he is gay has impacted him and so many others.

Karamo Brown pulls out of 'Queer Eye' interview because he felt 'mentally and emotionally abused'

Karamo Brown was a no-show on CBS Mornings and Today.

Who is Jonathan Ross? ICE agent who killed Renee Good once broke a suspect's car window

The man who shot Renee Nicole Good is a 43-year-old firearms instructor who appears to have defended white supremacists online.

How a 'Mary Tyler Moore' episode and a gay actor broke new ground 53 years ago this month

Mary's landlady, Phyllis, was upset when her brother bonded with Rhoda instead of Mary. But there was something Phyllis didn't know.

Georgia Republican's weeklong anti-trans obsession with Sarah McBride plays out on the House floor and online

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The bills are still subject to a final vote, but trans Americans can be relieved for now.

The DOJ is investigating Becca Good under a law against “assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers,” sources tell NBC News.

"Claims comparing it to dehumanizing performances designed to uphold racial supremacy are as inaccurate as they are offensive," a GLAAD spokesperson told The Advocate.

“We’re not part of the activists, but we’re here just reporting," the independent journalist said in a video inside a church in Minnesota.

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Most Popular

These celebrities brought the sex appeal in their steamy videos this year.

Hockey player Jesse Kortuem shares how his Heated Rivalry-inspired decision to share that he is gay has impacted him and so many others.

Karamo Brown was a no-show on CBS Mornings and Today.

The man who shot Renee Nicole Good is a 43-year-old firearms instructor who appears to have defended white supremacists online.

Mary's landlady, Phyllis, was upset when her brother bonded with Rhoda instead of Mary. But there was something Phyllis didn't know.

Rep. Andrew Clyde spent several days this week lobbing transphobic attacks against the Delaware congresswoman.