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A spate of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has been introduced in North Carolina — while a state representative has switched her party affiliation from Democratic to Republican, giving the House of Representatives a GOP supermajority that can override any vetoes by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The state’s Senate already had a veto-proof Republican supermajority.

Melissa McCarthy has confirmed that she drew inspiration from drag for her portrayal of Ursula in Disney’s upcoming The Little Mermaid.

The Ohio Supreme Court heard the argument of a woman denied the right to change her birth certificate to reflect her gender identity.

By Thomas Page, CNN

It’s time for act two!

A Maryland woman has been charged with several crimes across two states for allegedly abducting her ex-girlfriend, which resulted in a two-day standoff between police and the suspect that closed parts of a popular northern Virginia town near Washington, D.C., for more than 34 hours. Her first court appearance will be on Thursday after an …

A school district in Alabama announced it has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a gay teen they claimed died by suicide after he was bullied at school.

The Federal Drug Administration recently proposed changes to blood donation policy to replace the deferral for sexually active gay and bisexual men with an individual risk assessment applied to all potential blood donors regardless of sexual orientation or gender. This move from an identity-based deferral to one based on a potential donor’s recent sexual activities …

A Maryland man has been charged with threatening the Human Rights Campaign, referencing the Nashville school shooting, in which the shooter was said to be transgender.

As an adjunct college professor teaching media, I asked my class once if they watched 60 Minutes. Only one hand went up in a class of 19. When I asked why, one student spoke up and said that the reporters were a bunch of out of touch old people. That kid was pretty prophetic.