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LGBTQ+ middle schoolers took a conservative Virginia school board to court to protect their rights — and won
22+ hour, 23+ min ago (1253+ words) King George County changed the rules after students tried to establish a GSA. Now it has changed them back, weeks before the dispute was headed to trial....
Trump’s wild GOP convention speech was a ratings failure
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (551+ words) Apparently TV viewers were not into watching Trump pledge allegiance to himself or doom non-voters “to hell.” President Trump's speech at the GOP National Convention tanked ratings on FOX News and drew criticism from fellow Republicans. A GoFundMe has been…...
Trump’s funding cuts spell disaster for global LGBTQ+ groups, many ‘may not survive the coming year’
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (792+ words) Outright International surveyed hundreds of organizations around the world and found many on the brink of closure. HIV activists protest to demand that the Trump administration and Congress fully restore PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) programming in the…...
The first recorded victim of 9/11 was a gay Catholic priest
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1709+ words) Father Mychal Judge served firefighters, AIDS patients, homeless people, and LGBTQ+ Catholics before walking into the North Tower on September 11, 2001. A poster of the Rev. Mychal Judge, New York's Fire Department chaplain, is part of a memorial to victims of…...
Document dump shows anti-LGBTQ+ groups helped craft Maine school district’s anti-trans policies
3+ day, 12+ min ago (212+ words) Leaked documents show Maine First and the Maine Policy Institute communicated with school officials about bathroom and sports policies....
Trump admits anti-transgender attacks are one of GOP’s ‘great sound bites’
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (462+ words) Before a Dallas arena dotted with empty seats, Trump acknowledged that Republicans deploy attacks on transgender athletes strategically before elections....
Emergency slide deploys on Trump’s Qatari Air Force One
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (428+ words) The tarmac disruption comes amid continuing questions about the lavish jet’s safety, security upgrades and enormous taxpayer cost....
Violent attacks leave Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ community demanding protection
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (354+ words) A coalition of 14 community groups is demanding dedicated police patrols in Lavender Heights after a series of assaults, including one that left a local LGBTQ+ leader dead....
Equality Ohio changes LGBTQ+ grade for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton from ‘Pending’ to ‘B’
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (485+ words) Equality Ohio raised Amy Acton’s candidate grade from “Pending” to a B despite unresolved concerns over her support for transgender Ohioans....