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While President-elect Donald Trump is making good on his promise to burn down American institutions from the inside by making outrageous nominations to the highest levels of government, some Republicans are attacking President Joe Biden’s embrace of LGBTQ+ people in his administration as a way to justify Trump’s picks.

Delaware U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, who will become the first out transgender member of Congress when she’s sworn in this January, has responded to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s controversial Wednesday decision to ban transgender people from using restrooms aligned with their gender identity in House-controlled facilities. In a measured statement, McBride emphasized her commitment …

Contrary to Donald J. Trump and MAGA lore, there is no evidence letting transgender people use public facilities that align with their gender identity increases safety risks. There are no recorded incidents of a drag queen story hour resulting in child molestation; the church, on the other hand, has a different record.

Donald Trump announced that he’s chosen vaccine denialist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of Health and Human Services, Trump said on social media Thursday afternoon.

He’s against drag, but he wears makeup. He attacks LGBTQ+ people as « groomers, » but is accused of having sexual relations with minors. He’s going to run the Department of Justice after being investigated by it.

A coalition of LGBTQ+ advocates is taking South Carolina to court over its bathroom law forcing transgender students to use restrooms according to their assigned sex at birth. The law mandates that K-12 schools deny transgender students access to bathrooms aligned with their gender identity or face losing a quarter of their state funding.

If you’re « pointing the blame at one specific demographic » for Democrats’ losses in last week’s elections, you’re gravely « missing the mark, » according to John Oliver.

The largest college in Texas is eliminating its minor in LGBTQ Studies over faculty objections, and the state legislator who spearheaded the program’s demise told Inside Higher Ed it’s only the first of many similar programs to fall in the state.

President-elect Donald Trump’s latest pick for Secretary of Defense, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, has already stirred widespread concern over his inflammatory views on women, transgender people, and diversity initiatives within the military. Known for his staunch opposition to what he calls the “woke agenda,” Hegseth’s nomination has sparked a heated debate over his fitness …