LGBTQ+ ally Amy Klobuchar launches strong bid for Minnesota governor
Minnesota Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday morning that she is running for governor, making the bid official in a video posted to social media after Gov. Tim Walz recently said he would not seek a third term.
Health insurance costs are up. Women and LGBTQ+ people are paying the price
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➡️ The Trump administration claims San Jose University in California violated federal law by allowing a transgender woman to play on the women’s volleyball team, and want the university to apologize to women athletes, ban trans women, and more.
Budapest mayor charged for supporting Pride march
The mayor of Hungary’s capital has been indicted for helping organize a Pride march last year, in spite of a new law that forbade public LGBTQ+ events.
DOJ lied – military ban at court
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Trump DOJ lied to D.C. federal appeals court about trans military ban, lawyers say in stunning filing
Lawyers representing transgender service members challenging the Trump administration’s renewed ban on transgender military service accused the government on Wednesday of misleading the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit about both the factual record and how the policy is being enforced, arguing that Justice Department attorneys made false and improper representations last week.
Alex Pretti ‘had a way of lighting up every room he walked into’
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital before he was shot and killed by federal agents Saturday morning on Nicollet Avenue. Family and friends, as well as former coworkers and teachers, described him as generous and kind-hearted.
Trump’s Education Dept. claims San José State violated Title IX with trans inclusion in women’s sports
The Trump administration claims San José State University in California violated federal law by allowing a transgender woman to play on the women’s volleyball team.
Bruce Springsteen releases anti-ICE protest song, honoring Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Bruce Springsteen released a fiery anti-ICE protest song on Wednesday slamming “King Trump’s private army” and venerating the observers and demonstrators who “stood for justice, their voices ringing through the night.”
L’envers du «tu cherches quoi?» sur Grindr
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