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Anti-trans Republican Nancy Mace doubles down on dehumanizing transphobic slur during hearing

The GOP chair of the committee refused to condemn Mace's comments saying, “I’m not up to date on my politically correct LGBTQ terminology.”

Mark Robinson drops lawsuit over CNN's 'Black Nazi' report

Robinson filed the lawsuit over a report which found his full name, picture, and known email address attached comments supporting reinstating slavery and referring to himself as a "black NAZI!"

Trump's pardoning of insurrectionists will turbocharge trans violence

Trump and his allies are pushing a radical agenda that threatens our democracy, targeting trans communities while fueling violence and oppression, writes Imara Jones.

Martina Navratilova says trans people weren't involved in the early gay rights movement. She's wrong

Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and many other trans people were part of the modern queer rights movement that started with Stonewall.

Michigan adds sexual orientation and gender identity to hate crime law despite 'far-right fiction'

House Bills 5400 and 5401 amended the definition and sentencing guidelines of the state's 1988 “ethnic intimidation” statute for the first time in over 36 years.

Brent Bozell, anti-LGBTQ+ activist and father of January 6 rioter, to head U.S. media agency

Donald Trump has picked Bozell to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees the Voice of America and other federally funded news outlets.

Most Meta employees oppose ending DEI and fact-checking, survey finds

Meta workers overwhelming disagreed with the abolition of fact-checking and DEI programs, according to a new anonymous survey of 965 verified employees.

Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook & Instagram will be more like X in second Trump term

Meta will no longer have independent fact-checkers and less content moderation, the CEO announced.

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Russian police raid clubs in crackdown on LGBTQ+ 'propaganda,' make arrests

About a dozen people were arrested and convicted of "petty hooliganism."

Transgender 10-year-old worries about being murdered and other trans kids share their concerns on CNN

Violet DuMont says she fears that "I’m gonna be walking down the street and somebody’s gonna come up and, like, shoot me or something.”

Three teens may be charged in assault on trans boy in Massachusetts

But authorities are not seeking hate-crimes charges.

The controversy over a trans woman volleyball player at San Jose State, explained

This is her third season on the team, but no one objected to her presence until this year. What's up with that?

Donald Trump is planning to kick transgender people out of the military: report

Unlike his previous ban that prohibited new members from signing up if they were transgender, Trump's proposed ban reportedly would medically discharge all current trans service members.

Watch AOC slam Nancy Mace for  'endangering all women' with transgender bathroom ban

"All it does is allow these Republicans to go around and bully any woman who isn't wearing a skirt because they think she might not look woman enough," Ocasio-Cortez said.

HBO says it stands by J.K. Rowling's 'right to express her personal views'

Despite her history of disparaging remarks about the trans community, the network is sticking by the Harry Potter creator and her involvement in the upcoming series.

Two trans women attacked at Minneapolis light rail station as crowd cheered

The two women had moved to Minnesota from Iowa after Minnesota became a state of refuge for transgender people.

Dua Lipa is Trevor Project's Mental Health Champion of 2024

"Dua Lipa's outspoken support for LGBTQ+ rights and her candor around her own mental health struggles make her the ideal recipient for this year's award," said Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black.

John Oliver slams Democrats who think transgender people lost them the election

"If what you want is a centrist campaign that's quiet on trans issues ... that candidate existed, and she just lost," Oliver said during a recent episode of Last Week Tonight.

Harper Steele: Trans people can't be sacrificed in political debate

Steele has had it with those who are blaming transgender people for Democrats' election loss.

Crisis calls from LGBTQ+ youth spiked by 700 percent after Election Day

LGBTQ+ youth are afraid, confused, and anxious about the outcome of the election, The Trevor Project said. Here are some resources.

No, Elon Musk's trans daughter Vivian Wilson isn't 'dead' — but he's dead to her

Vivian Wilson is once again calling out her biological father for claiming she's "dead" just because she transitioned.