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U of Arkansas withdraws offer to new law school dean because she supported trans athletes

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What states are the best for LGBTQ+ people? These are the top 15

Based on laws surrounding marriage, family rights, health care, and education, here are the 15 best states for LGBTQ+ people.

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What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15

A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.

21 words the queer community has and hasn't reclaimed

21 Words the Queer Community Has Reclaimed (and Some We Haven't)

Some anti-LGBTQ+ slurs are now proud labels. Others are not so clear.

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LGBTQ+ Americans are going back in the closet under Donald Trump: report

Nearly half of LGBTQ+ adults (47.5 percent) report being less out somewhere in their lives over the last 12 months.

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Virginia school board adopts anti-transgender policy and blocks LGBTQ+ club

“They don’t realize how large a part of their school those kids make up,” a queer middle school student told The Advocate.

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Conservative Californians ask SCOTUS to allow forced outing of transgender students

Parents and teachers represented by the Thomas More Society have filed an emergency appeal with the high court.

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This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security

A Maine school district has amped up security after receiving threatening comments over its transgender-inclusive policies.

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California councilmember blames daughter becoming a lesbian on sexual trauma

Lincoln councilmember Holly Andreatta said her daughter became a lesbian because of "trauma as a child."

From Riley Gaines to OU, conservatives are making their failures everyone else's problem

Opinion: Never before have people become so famous for coming in fifth place or failing a homework assignment.

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Lesbian educator wins $700K after she was allegedly called a ‘witch’ in an ‘LGBTQ coven’

Rose Tagnesi said she was harassed for her opposition to the conservative school board’s “anti-LGBTQ agenda."

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The sex ed you get depends on your ZIP code — and your state’s politics

In some states, students learn about consent and healthy relationships. In others, they get "Baby Olivia."

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Texas teachers are being forced to deadname transgender students under a new state law

A Texas law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.