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GOP advances "incredibly dangerous" bill to censor LGBTQ+ & race issues from education
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (884+ words) It dooms future generations to forget and potentially repeat the mistakes of the past," one gay Democrat said. Republican members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce advanced H. R. 8705 on Thursday. The bill would ban federally funded civics and…...
Lesbian congresswoman: "Trump clearly has been protecting his pedophile friends"
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (781+ words) It should shock me, but I'm not shocked at all," she said. Out lesbian Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) accused President Donald Trump of protecting his pedophile friends" in a recent interview with the left-leaning Meidas Touch media outlet. The Meidas…...
Amazon supervisor fired lesbian after she complained about harassment. She's suing for retaliation.
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1079+ words) She was called a "dyke" at a Michigan warehouse, and one worker threatened to kill her. A fired lesbian Amazon worker got the go-ahead from a federal district court on Wednesday to proceed with a claim of retaliation against the…...
Republicans tried to make a proposed women's museum transphobic. Democrats put a stop to it.
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1143+ words) Democratic women led the charge to keep transphobia out of the Smithsonian Women's Museum. The Democratic Women's Caucus on Thursday helped end a transphobic bill seeking to fund the building of the Smithsonian Institution's new Women's History Museum, after Republicans…...
Trump is giving billions to victims of "lawfare" while working overtime to weaponize the judiciary
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1217+ words) If there were ever a time that proved "Every Republican accusation is a confession" so thoroughly, it would be this week. Donald Trump has been complaining about Democratic "lawfare" for years now, a term he uses to imply that conservatives…...
For the parents of intersex kids, deciding how to proceed isn't easy
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1705+ words) In the U. S. , thousands of infants with intersex traits undergo medically unnecessary genital surgeries each year, often before they can consent. In the fall of 2023, Cindy Howard was in a hospital bed recovering from a cesarean section. While the birth had…...
Queer Sikhs are challenging bigotry by mixing their identities, faith, & cultural traditions
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (1797+ words) The religion isn't inherently anti-LGBTQ+, but even still, not all faith communities are accepting. Followers of the Sikh religion believe in a genderless, eternal, omnipresent God who views all humans as equal; the religion also emphasizes the importance of helping…...
National witch hunt for "vast network of homosexuals" intensifies after passage of harsh new law
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (937+ words) The crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community in Senegal, West Africa picked up speed following a new law signed by the country's president in April, which doubles the penalties for homosexual acts from five to 10 years, and imposes prison sentences on…...
"Oh my gosh!" Jasmine Crockett exasperated as GOP witnesses refuse to label groups white supremacist
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1477+ words) Let me be clear: Proud Boys are freakin" white supremacists. Neo-Nazis are too." Tensions were high during a Republican-led House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday to investigate alleged fraud by the famed civil rights organization, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)....
House passes "Don't Say Trans" bill that would force teachers to out trans students nationwide
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (1093+ words) 198 Democrats voted against the bill, but 8 joined Republicans in passing it. Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday that, if passed by the Senate and approved by the president, would force teachers across the country to out…...