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Trump administration is potentially sending two gay men to their death by preparing to deport them to Iran

“They are textbook asylum cases,” attorney Rebekah Wolf told The Advocate. “People from a country where who they are is criminalized and punishable by torture or death — that is literally the definition of an asylum seeker.”

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Military ban on HIV-positive enlistees could set dangerous precedent, experts warn

The Pentagon has ordered officials not to train new recruits who are HIV-positive despite a pending court ruling.

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How 'don't ask, don't tell' came to be, what it did, and how it ended

It was supposed to make life better for queer service members. But it was a compromise that didn't work.

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Florida seeks to expand gender-affirming care ban; could criminalize pharmacists and counselors

Bills introduced by Republicans would criminalize anyone who "aids and abets" in providing gender-affirming care to trans youth.

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Abigail Spanberger becomes VA's first woman governor, honoring history and diversity in inaugural speech

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Gov. Abigail Spanberger took her oath of office on January 17, 2026, in Richmond, Virginia.

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On a cold, gray, and drizzly morning in Richmond, thousands of Virginians gathered on the steps of the state capitol to witness a moment more than two centuries in the making: the inauguration of Abigail Spanberger as Virginia’s 75th governor and the first woman ever elected to the office. Keep Reading →

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

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Republican Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde has been obsessed with Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride's identity for days.

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The U.S. House floor is often at its most solemn when lawmakers pause partisan conflict to recognize service, community, and loss. On Tuesday morning, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware took to the floor to honor women whose lives reflected leadership, resilience, and public good. Instead, the moment opened with a misgendering slight. Keep Reading →

As LGBTQ+ people go back into the closet under Trump, the Human Rights Campaign reveals plan to fight back

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LGBTQ+ people are less out than they were before Donald Trump took office the second time, the Human Rights Campaign reports.

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In Washington, D.C., just blocks from the White House, where President Donald Trump is directing what civil rights advocates describe as an accelerating authoritarian overhaul of federal power, the Human Rights Campaign on Thursday released a new political playbook and a stark assessment of what the first year of Trump’s second term has meant for LGBTQ+ Americans. Keep Reading →

LGBTQ+ Americans are going back in the closet under Donald Trump: report

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LGBTQ+ people are going back into the closet during Donald Trump's second term as queer visibility decreases across the board, new research has found.

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LGBTQ+ people are going back into the closet during Donald Trump's second term as queer visibility decreases across the board, new research has found. Keep Reading →

Virginia school board adopts anti-transgender policy and blocks LGBTQ+ club

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Members of the King George County school board in Virginia voted to implmement anti-trans policies for students days ahead of the new Democratic governor taking power in the state.

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