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George Floyd protesters fight back against US Army near White House Washington DC June 2020

Voices

Trump’s militarization of D.C. is blatant dictatorship

Opinion: Fabricated crises, racist lies, armed troops in the streets, this is dictatorship in action, and it’s only the beginning, writes John Casey.

Crime

Transgender woman charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace

Mace, a South Carolina Republican, is an outspoken opponent of transgender equality.

News

How bathroom bans on federal property would impact trans Americans

A proposed bill in Congress would ban trans people from bathrooms in museums, national parks and other federal property. How would it be enforced, and what are the consequences?

street vendor selling trump 2024 flags washington dc

Voices

MAGA money and manpower running Trump’s military parade create a sickening spectacle of shame

Opinion: Soldiers will be exploited and used by MAGA as stagecraft for a wannabe dictator who used five deferments to dodge service, writes John Casey.

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Politics

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Nancy Mace gets prominent foster care activist arrested on assault charges that eyewitnesses dispute

James McIntyre merely shook her hand at an event and asked her to consider trans kids before she got him arrested, witnesses said.

U.S. Capitol Police Investigating Video of 2 Men Having Sex in Senate Hearing Room

Authorities are investigating reports of a senate staffer filming himself having sex in an historic Senate hearing room on Capitol grounds.

Black trans woman Kenji Spurgeon killed in Seattle just after end of Pride Month

Spurgeon is being remembered as “a bright light ... known for an infectious smile and quick wit."

Trump’s militarization of D.C. is blatant dictatorship

Opinion: Fabricated crises, racist lies, armed troops in the streets, this is dictatorship in action, and it’s only the beginning, writes John Casey.

How bathroom bans on federal property would impact trans Americans

A proposed bill in Congress would ban trans people from bathrooms in museums, national parks and other federal property. How would it be enforced, and what are the consequences?

MAGA money and manpower running Trump’s military parade create a sickening spectacle of shame

Opinion: Soldiers will be exploited and used by MAGA as stagecraft for a wannabe dictator who used five deferments to dodge service, writes John Casey.

Hundreds of Counter Protests and Vigils Spring Up in Wake of Charlottesville

The events that occurred on Friday were horrific but people are joining together in protest.

Far-Right Extremists Have the LGBTQ+ Community in Their Crosshairs

Former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor suggests what we can do to protect ourselves.

Trump’s new White House Press Secretary targets transgender people in first briefing

Karoline Leavitt said that “sanity has been restored” because it only recognizes a gender binary.

In baseball fields, gardens, birthday parties, and more, the increasing barbarism of masked ICE agents

Opinion: ICE expands into an authoritarian arm of the state, akin to Germany's Gestapo, going unchecked and unaccountable. and shattering lives , writes John Casey.

Assistant AG Carlos Uriarte is the gay Latine powerhouse shaping the DOJ’s relationship with Congress

The assistant attorney general for legislative affairs navigates the intersection of civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and public service.

LGBT Federal Protections Backed by 78 Percent in New Poll

The Equality Act would include protections in public accommodations, public education, employment, housing, federal funding, jury service, legal protections, and credit.

14 LGBT Heroes Who Saved the Day

Since the beginning of time, LGBT people have changed the world through feats of valor -- though many did not receive the appreciation they deserved.

2016: The Year in Review

Everything that mattered, from odious Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, to queers marching in New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade, to the end of the ban on trans military service, to the massacre in Orlando -- and much more.

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u.s. capitol police

James McIntyre merely shook her hand at an event and asked her to consider trans kids before she got him arrested, witnesses said.

Authorities are investigating reports of a senate staffer filming himself having sex in an historic Senate hearing room on Capitol grounds.

Spurgeon is being remembered as “a bright light ... known for an infectious smile and quick wit."

Opinion: Fabricated crises, racist lies, armed troops in the streets, this is dictatorship in action, and it’s only the beginning, writes John Casey.

Mace, a South Carolina Republican, is an outspoken opponent of transgender equality.

A proposed bill in Congress would ban trans people from bathrooms in museums, national parks and other federal property. How would it be enforced, and what are the consequences?

Opinion: Soldiers will be exploited and used by MAGA as stagecraft for a wannabe dictator who used five deferments to dodge service, writes John Casey.

The events that occurred on Friday were horrific but people are joining together in protest.

Former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor suggests what we can do to protect ourselves.

Karoline Leavitt said that “sanity has been restored” because it only recognizes a gender binary.

Opinion: ICE expands into an authoritarian arm of the state, akin to Germany's Gestapo, going unchecked and unaccountable. and shattering lives , writes John Casey.

The assistant attorney general for legislative affairs navigates the intersection of civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and public service.

The Equality Act would include protections in public accommodations, public education, employment, housing, federal funding, jury service, legal protections, and credit.

Since the beginning of time, LGBT people have changed the world through feats of valor -- though many did not receive the appreciation they deserved.

Everything that mattered, from odious Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, to queers marching in New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade, to the end of the ban on trans military service, to the massacre in Orlando -- and much more.