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Boston police investigate attack on gay couple as possible hate crime after one man was hit with baseball bat

Boston police are investigating a potential hate crime against a gay couple who said they were attacked in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood September 13, with one member of the couple being hit with a baseball bat.

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Lawsuit seeks release of Census data on sexual orientation and gender identity

A college professor, represented by Democracy Forward, is suing the federal government to compel the release of Census data on sexual orientation and gender identity — data that both the professor and the legal nonprofit is key to protecting the civil rights of LGBTQ+ Americans.

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What Karoline Leavitt calls Trump’s ‘authenticity’ is abhorrent to the rest of the world

Whenever Donald Trump acts like a jerk, says something stupid, or insults someone with his offensiveness, all which seems to happen hourly, his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, trots out the same tired defense: “authenticity.”

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Virginia Republican attacks Democrat leading governor’s race with Trumpy ’they/them’ ad

Virginia’s lieutenant governor and Republican gubernatorial candidate, Winsome Earle-Sears, has doubled down on her reliance on culture-war politics with a new campaign ad that reduces transgender identity to a punchline.

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Gérard Koskovich, un désir démesuré d’archives

Il est co-fondateur de la GLBT Historical Society, le musée et centre d’archives LGBTQI+ de San Francisco, historien indépendant, commissaire d’exposition, libraire et militant, et l’un des invité·e·x·s de la soirée d’ouverture du Mois de l’histoire LGBTIQ+ qui se tiendra au campus Battelle de l’Université de Genève le mardi 7 octobre prochain. L’article Gérard Koskovich, …

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Et si l’amitié était notre plus grand amour?

Et si aimer, c’était aussi célébrer nos amitiés? Dans les communautés queer, l’amitié ne se vit pas comme un lien secondaire, mais comme une forme d’amour à part entière. Dépassant les hiérarchies affectives imposées par l’hétéronormativité, elle devient un espace de résistance, de soin et de réinvention collective. L’article Et si l’amitié était notre plus …

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Anti-diversity crusader Robby Starbuck to headline Society for Human Resource Management convention

The Society for Human Resource Management, the country’s largest HR professional organization, is defending its decision to feature Robby Starbuck, a conservative activist who has built his brand on attacking corporate diversity programs, as a headliner at its upcoming Blueprint 2025 convention.

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Can you really get fired for what you say about Charlie Kirk? A lawyer weighs in

Newscasters. Columnists. Professors. Flight attendants. Comic writers. Late-night talk show hosts.

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No one likes a hothead and a jerk, especially one who is the director of the FBI

Congressional hearings have never been anyone’s favorite pastime. Not for the members of Congress who sit through them, not for the staffers who prep them, and certainly not for the witnesses called to testify.

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What is antifa, and can Donald Trump label it a ‘terrorist’ group?

Donald Trump wants to designate antifa as a « terrorist » organization — but there are a few major problems with that.

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