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The Anti-Trans Movement Is Coming For A Deep-Blue State
- California conservatives are trying to get anti-trans measures on the ballot in November. It’s a long shot — but it still gives advocates reason to worry.
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An anti-Trump video shared by the DeSantis campaign is 'homophobic,' says a conservative LGBT group
A prominent group that represents LGBT conservatives says a video shared by Ron DeSantis ′ presidential campaign that slams rival Donald Trump for his past support of gay and transgender people “ventured into homophobic territory.” The “DeSantis War Room” Twitter account shared the video on Friday — the last day of June's LGBTQ+ Pride Month — that features footage of Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2016 saying he would “do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens." T
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Gatherings combining Pride and Juneteenth give Black LGBTQ+ people a refuge where they can celebrate
From speaking at a health equity forum to striking a pose to the beats of a DJ set at a party on a pedestrian bridge, Naomi Green spent one weekend this month jumping from one event in Dallas to another that celebrated Juneteenth and Pride together. “Sometimes I think the Black community forgets that LGBTQ people are still Black as well,” Green said. As the lives of LGBTQ+ people are celebrated in June during Pride month, groups have found ways to merge those festivities with America's newest
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Biden marks LGBTQ+ Pride Month with celebration on White House South Lawn
President Joe Biden welcomed hundreds to the White House on Saturday for a delayed Pride Month celebration aimed at showing LGBTQ+ people that his administration has their back at a time when advocates are warning of a spike in discriminatory legislation, particularly aimed at the transgender community, sweeping through statehouses. The event, which the administration described as the largest Pride event hosted at the White House, was initially scheduled for Thursday, but was postponed because
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Illinois adopts new LGBTQ+ protections for community deemed 'under attack' in the US
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law two measures aimed at safeguarding the rights of LGBTQ+ people as other states move to restrict the community, just days after the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans. Savage is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.
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Target stock slapped with another Wall Street downgrade as shopper slump worries rise
Target's stock gets hit with another downgrade.
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Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says 'these are our kids'
President Joe Biden on Thursday condemned a wave of “cruel” and “callous” state laws curbing the rights, visibility and health care access of LGBTQ+ people, especially children, leaving them feeling under attack like never before and the White House with limited options to intervene. Biden commented hours after the White House postponed a large Pride Month celebration with thousands of guests Thursday night on the South Lawn because of poor air quality from hazardous air flowing in from Canadia
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Awkward! Kevin McCarthy Kicks Off Pride Month By Hailing Famed Lesbian Author
It's unclear if the anti-LGBTQ House speaker knew that Willa Cather, who just got a statue in the U.S. Capitol, was in a 40-year relationship with a woman.
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LGBTQ+ pride flags at VA facilities in Mississippi draw GOP criticism, protests
All the Republicans in Mississippi's congressional delegation are demanding that the Veterans Administration remove an LGBTQ+ pride flag from the Biloxi National Cemetery, and some residents on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are protesting a pride flag that's flying at a VA hospital. “Replacing the United States flag with a flag that promotes a particular sexual or gender identity goes against the very mission of our national cemeteries," U.S. Sens.
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LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack, Human Rights Campaign declares in state of emergency warning
The Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. on Tuesday and released a guidebook pointing to laws it deems discriminatory in each state, along with “know your rights” information and resources to help people relocate to states with stronger LGBTQ+ protections. “We need champions right now," HRC President Kelley Robinson said in an interview with The Associated Press. President Joe Biden and other LGBTQ+ rights supporters with decision-making authorities
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Elon Musk Is A Transphobe
His supposedly "complicated" politics are actually crystal clear.
