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Donald Trump punches down on transgender people in hypocritical new Kamala Harris attack ad

Republicans are attacking the vice president for something Trump’s own administration provided to incarcerated trans people.

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West Virginia Republicans want to ban transgender people from public spaces, call them ‘obscene’

One bill would define trans people as “obscene matter” and make them keep their distance from schools, while another would force mental health professionals to “cure” transgender people.

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Trump is ‘dangerously’ conflating gender-affirming care with a human rights violation

Groups that work to end female genital mutilation and cutting worry about an executive order that co-opts the policies they’ve worked to pass over nearly 30 years.

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'A betrayal': Trans people respond to Sarah McBride's bathroom ban compliance

“I can deal with this; other people shouldn’t have to,” Rep.-elect Sarah McBride told The Advocate in response to criticism.

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West Virginia Republicans want to prosecute 'pedophile librarians' over 'obscene' material

Not sure what constitutes "obscene matter?" Neither are the West Virginia Republicans who wrote a new bill seeking to prosecute educators for spreading it.

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Donald Trump’s latest anti-transgender attack on Kamala Harris ‘reeks of desperation,’ advocates say

The ad features former and current nonbinary and transgender members of the Biden-Harris administration.

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Gay influencer Chris Stanley’s new doc explores West Virginia Pride parade ‘so small, it’s almost a secret’

The content creator popularly known as stanchris made a film about a Pride parade in small-town West Virginia.

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Republicans are trying to ban transgender Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride from using the women's bathroom

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly went so far as to threaten a "physical altercation" if trans women were allowed to use the women's restroom.

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The Right Is Using the Anti-Abortion Dobbs Ruling to Attack Trans Care. Will It Work?

After an appeals court cites the Dobbs ruling in upholding a trans care ban, there's cause for concern — but not panic, LGBTQ+ activists say.