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After battling with conservative board members for months over banned books, Karen Smith was sworn in Monday on a stack of them. She was also elected as the board’s new president.

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At a certain angle, May December is about a horrendous tabloid personality a la Mary Kay Letourneau. But under the direction of New Queer Cinema legend Todd Haynes (Poison, Far From Heaven, Carol), a crackling script from Samy Burch, and searing performances from Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, and Charles Melton, the film deftly takes its …

Some cold cases linger for decades without any leads. But in one unique case out of Utah, a prime suspect was identified in the murder of 24 year-old Douglas Ray Coleman and all but admitted to the killing – but was never charged.

Carla Smith grew up with a grandmother who always kept an empty seat at her kitchen table for anyone who needed food, with the only requirement being that any guest be respectful toward her. Smith has carried on this tradition of service throughout her career and will continue it as the new chief executive officer …

A Minnesota man accused of shooting and killing a trans woman in the head last week only moments after she completed a sex act on him made his first appearance in court Wednesday.

Transphobia ran rampant at the Republican presidential debate, with candidates competing to see who could be most anti-trans, denouncing gender-affirming health care and restroom access, and one even saying that being trans “is a mental health disorder” (it’s not) and getting a dig in at Dylan Mulvaney’s Bud Light campaign.

Producer and writer Norman Lear, who died Tuesday at age 101, was responsible for some of the most groundbreaking television shows of the 20^th century, featuring LGBTQ+ characters and spotlighting feminism, the lives of Black families, abortion, divorce, and many other aspects of American life not usually seen on TV at the time.

During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers and advocates clashed over proposed restrictions targeting transgender athletes in sports.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, Wednesday vetoed a bill that would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender minors.