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Conservative lawmakers are attempting to take away protections that some local governments have put in place to prevent discrimination against their LGBTQ+ citizens.

Donald Trump fired the homeland security secretary and announced that a U.S. senator from Oklahoma will step into the role.

On Truth Social, the president appeared to leave the door open to kids getting gender-affirming care with "express written approval of the parents."

*Starrf**ker Magazine*, a beefcake zine for the modern homosexual, was created by Los Angeles based-photographer Jeremy Lucido as an extension of his art.