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When two Georgia advocates reached Pauline Nadege Binam on the other side of a glass partition Thursday, the queer Cameroonian immigrant appeared exhausted.

The Republican Party is full of politicians who actively fight to strip LGBTQ+ people of their rights and humanity. But it is often those same politicians who get caught up in gay sex scandals or have their sexualities whispered about on Capitol Hill, while proclaiming their heterosexuality and adherence to “traditional family values.”

Florida voters advanced several out candidates on Tuesday and, perhaps just as importantly, handed losses to candidates aligned with the once-dominant Moms for Liberty.

New Jersey has drawn a legal line around its doctors, patients and families.

A former Virginia police officer has sued her department, alleging officials violated her privacy by requiring her to share a locker room with a transgender colleague. Now, she wants $15 million in damages.

This story originally appeared on Them. The Drug Enforcement Administration, a federal agency, has joined the investigation into the August 16 death of actress Hayden Panettiere, a source familiar with the matter told The New York Times on Wednesday.

If you’ve ever taken a walk down Holloway Drive near La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood over the last few decades, chances are you spotted a silver-haired gentleman enjoying a glass of wine with his chihuahua on a second-story motel balcony. Occasionally, you might see a friend sitting and laughing with him on his perch, …

A school district in Maryland has given in to Trump administration demands to out students’ sexual orientation or gender identity if revealed at school but not at home, regardless of the student’s wishes.

November 17, 2011, was an unusually exciting day in my young career as a photography assistant. Working in a creative field meant I didn’t usually wear a button-down shirt and tie on the job, but that blustery autumn afternoon was different. I was at the U.S. Capitol in the large, ornate office of House Minority …