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Brittney Griner cancels speech after finding threatening note in hotel room

Brittney Griner has withdrawn from a cannabis convention in Maryland after finding an ominous note in her hotel room.

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BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump’s gender-affirming care ban for minors

In a major victory for transgender youth and their families, a federal judge in Maryland has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive orders that sought to strip away access to gender-affirming medical care for minors.

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These Blue states are making it easier for transgender people to update their documents

As Donald Trump denies the existence of transgender people and forbids them from updating their documents at a federal level, Democratic states are making it easier for them to legally change their name and sex.

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Trump administration takes away life-saving HIV prevention medications from vulnerable LGBTQ+ people worldwide

The Trump administration has launched yet another calculated attack on LGBTQ+ lives—this time by withholding access to pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP under the longstanding President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief or PEPFAR program. While PrEP distribution has resumed under a limited waiver following a 90-day foreign aid freeze, the administration has imposed a deadly restriction: …

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These are not ordinary times: How the Human Rights Campaign plans to move forward

I remember the first time I saw the blue and yellow HRC equality sticker. There it was on a storefront window in mid-Missouri where I was going to school. I didn’t know much about the organization then, but I understood instantly what that simple symbol meant: safety, acceptance, the presence of allies who saw me …

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Democratic lawmakers lead congressional push to reverse Trump’s transgender military ban

California Democratic U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs is spearheading a congressional effort to pressure the Trump administration to rescind the Pentagon’s latest policy banning transgender Americans from serving in the military. In a Thursday letter, Jacobs and 41 other lawmakers urge Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to withdraw the controversial directive and call on President Donald Trump …

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How Sen. Chris Murphy is changing the Democratic Party and holding Republicans to account

From the start of the Trump presidency last month, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut has been consistent in sounding the alarm on what he sees as a dire moment for American democracy. From economic messaging to LGBTQ+ rights and the potential for unprecedented presidential defiance of the courts, Murphy believes the stakes have never …

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What is gender-affirming care, who uses it, and do they regret it?

It’s banned for transgender youth when it’s mostly cisgender people who use it. It’s feared as a life-altering decision when most of it is reversible, and the rest has lower regret rates than most major surgeries, tattoos, and children. President Donald Trump lied and said it’s being freely offered in schools when in reality its …

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South Carolina venue hosts free LGBTQ+ weddings in show of support and protest

With threats to marriage equality looming, a venue in Columbia, S.C., hosted free weddings for LGBTQ+ couples Sunday and raised funds for a transgender organization.

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DOJ drops suit alleging Utah discriminated against trans inmate

The Department of Justice has dropped its lawsuit alleging Utah’s Department of Corrections discriminated against an incarcerated transgender woman, Deseret News reports.

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