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Share This With a Conservative: Transgender Children Are at Risk
According to the Journal of Adolescent Health, transgender kids and teenagers are more likely than their peers to struggle with mental health issues, suicidal tendencies, and self-harm. 
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          May 27, 2016
          
        
Dawn Ennis
The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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The plan casts opposition to “traditional values” as terrorism and raises fears of political targeting.

Kentucky’s Democratic governor will receive a national allyship award after repeatedly vetoing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in a Republican-controlled state.

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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.

The Batwoman star posted a detailed account of the alleged 20-year-old incident on Threads. Perry's rep called the allegations "categorically false."

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

Judge Eboni K. Williams put the bigoted father on blast in a clip that's racking up millions of views.

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: American conservatives applauded and emulated the Hungarian prime minister's anti-liberalism playbook. His electoral ousting sends a message that the international political winds may be changing, writes Josh Ackley.