Transgender Rights Act Passes Pakistani Parliament

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Transgender Rights Act Passes Pakistani Parliament
The bill is set to head to the president for signature.
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Transgender Rights Act Passes Pakistani Parliament

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Transgender Rights Act Passes Pakistani Parliament

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A judge’s rebuke of RFK Jr.’s vaccine overhaul forced the postponement of a key federal panel.

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LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

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The remark came while defending U.S. strikes in a Jake Paul interview.

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The unsolved murder, dubbed the “gay Black Dahlia,” was cracked wide open by filmmaker Rachel Mason.

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Well before he became Texas’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, James Talarico helped a nervous student leader find the courage to wear a rainbow Pride pin to meet Barack Obama writes Nathan Barrera-Bunch.