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This Week in the Resistance: Standing Up Against Harassment
This week, victims of harassment took a stand against abuse and sexism.
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This Week in the Resistance: Standing Up Against Harassment

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A student-led event featuring queer religious leaders will offer an alternative to conservative programming at the Texas university.

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The hard to watch video shows a man brutally beating a woman to death with a hammer.

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If state Sen. John Cavanaugh wins a House race, it could give Republicans an anti-LGBTQ+ opening.

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The state’s largest pediatric provider resumed care after a court struck down Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s directive targeting treatment for transgender youth.

Opinion: A recent Wall Street Journal op-ed divorcing "gay" from "queer" people reinforces a hierarchy of belonging that privileges proximity to straightness, rewards conformity, and marginalizes anyone who cannot or will not meet its terms, argues Josh Ackley.