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Who are Andrew and Tristan Tate and how did they get a clear to come to Florida?

Influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrived in Florida after President Donald Trump lifted a travel plan on the accused sex traffickers. Now Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he doesn’t want them in his state, even as some Republican groups welcome the far-right figures with open arms.

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North Carolina school district banned an LGBTQ+ trivia game. The ACLU is suing

The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, on behalf of a student, has filed a lawsuit against the Cleveland County Board of Education and the school district’s superintendent, alleging they violated students’ constitutional rights by prohibiting a trivia game about LGBTQ+ figures at Shelby High School’s Activism Club.

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LGBTQ+ youth are ‘discriminated against’ in all 50 states — but some regions are worse

LGBTQ+ youth are experiencing bullying, discrimination, physical violence, conversion therapy, and suicidality in all 50 states, according to The Trevor Project’s 2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People — though there are some regions that are worse for their well-being.

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Concerned over plastic straws? Here’s what you can do to reverse climate change’s impact

If you are like many US voters, regardless of party, many are increasingly concerned about the impact of climate change and the intensifying nature of natural disasters, from floods in climate havens like Asheville to the fury of fires drying up Southern California. To make matters worse, we are now enduring a complete control of …

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New evidence could help solve 23-year-old cold case of gay man murdered in Colorado

For more than two decades, Debbie and Jacquelyn Espinoza have gone to bed each night wondering what became of their little brother, Ricky Espinoza, after he disappeared in June 2001.

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03/05/25

Why queer Democrat Emily Randall says she walked out of Trump’s presidential address

On Tuesday, as President Donald Trump delivered his first joint address to Congress since returning to the White House, Democratic LGBTQ+ lawmakers made it clear they wouldn’t sit idly by while he spewed lies and attacks. Some, like Vermont U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, refused to attend altogether. Others, like Washington U.S. Rep. Emily Randall, showed …

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Pete Buttigieg & Stephen Colbert take turns roasting Donald Trump for his unhinged presidential address

On The Late Show Tuesday night, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and host Stephen Colbert tore into President Donald Trump’s first presidential address to Congress — one critics have called the most partisan speech in a joint session of Congress — calling out his chaotic rhetoric, lack of substantive policy, and his administration’s deepening ties …

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BREAKING: Pentagon’s waiver for transgender troops forces them to deny their identities, court filing shows

The Trump administration has escalated its efforts to purge transgender service members from the military, issuing a new Pentagon memorandum on March 4 that tightens restrictions while offering only narrow exceptions for those in highly specialized roles. The document, submitted Tuesday in Talbott v. Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, …

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Opinion: Instead of paddles and pink, Dems should have followed Rep. Al Green’s gutsy disruption

Years ago, when I worked at a major PR firm in Manhattan, our team came up with a gimmick to get on the Today show for a major client who sold color printers, which was a big deal 27 years ago.

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