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Clinton and Obama Make Local LGBT Media Rounds in N.C., Indiana

The LGBT press logged its most active week to date in terms of accessing the presidential candidates, as local outlets in North Carolina and Indiana published interviews with senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama ahead of the May 6 primaries.

Transgender Woman's Body Found Near Cleveland; News Coverage Denounced

Police identify the stabbing victim as a local transgender woman, while activists decry local media reporting as insensitive.

New College of Florida literally trashes books on gender following Ron DeSantis's takeover of the school

Local media reported that hundreds of books ended up in dumpsters.

Gay Man Attacked by Group in Liverpool

The young man thought he might die during the assault, he told local media.

Campaign: Help Chicago LGBT Theater Group Mount 'Angry' Play

Pride Films and Plays has launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund a production whose title local media won't print.

Suspended Trans Teacher Banned From Texas Classroom

In the past month, Laura Jane Klug has been suspended from work, reinstated, outed to local and national media, and now banned from the classroom.

Did 'Lazy Reporting' in Houston Doom HERO?

With local media repeating debunked, transphobic lies about 'bathroom predators,' Houstonians didn't have a chance to learn the truth about the innocuous nondiscrimination ordinance.  

Media Misgenders Trans Woman Killed in Norfolk, Va.

Lamia Beard died at a hospital after being shot in the early morning hours last Saturday, and local media outlets are failing to report accurately on the trans woman's death.

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Suspect Charged in Shooting Death of Georgia Trans Woman

Keymori Shatoya Johnson was shot to death two weeks ago, but local police and media have been reluctant to publicly identify her as a trans woman and possibly consider her murder a hate crime.

How This Trans Woman Became an 'Accidental Activist'

Kathy Huff saw injustice and refused to let it stand.

Despite Chaos, Local LGBT Papers Say They're Here to Stay

The recent troubles of LGBT media owner Multimedia Platforms constitue an aberration, several publishers proclaim.

Is George Santos Even Gay?

Michael Kelley, chairman of equalpride, thinks the embattled congressman should go through the rigorous vetting process that queer-owned companies endure.

Transgender Woman Shot to Death in South Carolina

Sasha Wall, who died Sunday, is the eighth trans person reported murdered this year.

LGBTQ Community Member Ja’leyah-Jamar Murdered in Kansas

Some activists identified Ja'leyah-Jamar as a transgender woman, but his family says he was male.

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Murder May Mark Year's Sixth Killing of Trans Woman in U.S.

Bri Golec, a 22-year-old who friends say identified as a trans woman, was stabbed to death by their father, who claimed to authorities that the murder was performed by a 'cult.'

How Do You Fight Book Bans? GLAAD and EveryLibrary Offer a Guide

With skyrocketing attempts to ban books by and about LGBTQ+ people and people of color, the guide provides a way to fight back.

Reports: Man Killed Defending Friends From Homophobic Attack

"I hate you damned gays, I'm going to kill you all here," Nelson Hernandez Mena is accused of saying before he allegedly killed Juan Cruz at a Florida restaurant this weekend.

New York Schools on Lock Out After Second Bomb Threat Over LGBTQ+ Book

For the second time in two days students in a Rochester-area school district have been terrorized because somebody doesn’t like the books in the school library.

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Black trans woman Honee Daniels killed in hit-and-run in Rochester, N.Y.

Daniels was a pedestrian, and the driver who hit her left the scene.