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Nancy Mace gets prominent foster care activist arrested on assault charges that eyewitnesses dispute

James McIntyre merely shook her hand at an event and asked her to consider trans kids before she got him arrested, witnesses said.

Nancy Mace's transphobic, slur-filled video posts remain up on Instagram

LGBTQ+ groups say the Republican lawmaker's videos violate the social media company's community standards.

‘I don’t even know what that word means’ says South Carolina mayor who used antigay slur at meeting

Darlington Mayor Curtis Boyd said he meant a ‘bundle of sticks,’ before claiming he didn’t know what the well-known antigay slur meant.

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Rep. Ro Khanna and transgender activist put Nancy Mace on blast at tech summit

The confrontation came at the end of a week when Mace introduced measures in Congress targeting transgender people.

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Nancy Mace said she was 'pro-transgender rights' just last year: 'It's your body, your choice'

Nancy Mace's political stunt targeting Sarah McBride's bathroom use comes just a year after Mace said "I'm pro-transgender rights. I'm pro-LGBTQ."

Nancy Mace fights to keep transgender women out of bathrooms while her aide broke into a woman’s home

Mace’s legislative director, Sean Brislin, was arrested in 2020 for breaking into a woman’s home and sleeping in her bed.

What’s happening with Nancy Mace’s anti-transgender bathroom bans?

A look at the attention-seeking political gamesmanship of the South Carolina congresswoman that will lead to real people getting hurt.

Gay Rep. Robert Garcia condemns GOP’s ‘shameful’ targeting of first trans member of Congress Sarah McBride

“Why [are we] focusing on singling out one member — one new member, a freshman member of this body now,” Garcia asked.

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.

South Carolina slammed with lawsuit from 13-year-old trans boy over bathroom rights

The law violates established legal precedent, the plaintiff’s lawyers argue.

Spate of racist text messages goes out after Trump's election

"You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation," says a racist message circulating in several states.

Man sentenced to life for hate-crime murder of trans woman Dime Doe

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman, in the first federal trial for a hate crime based on the victim’s perceived gender identity.

Book bans nearly triple in 2023-2024 school year: PEN America report

The increase includes books about women's sexual experiences, rape, and abuse, in addition to continued attacks on material with LGBTQ+ or racial themes.

Trump ally Laura Loomer goes after Lindsey Graham: ‘We all know you’re gay’

The South Carolina Republican senator, who has consistently voted for anti-LGBTQ+ policies, has denied being queer.

Southern states can't block protections for transgender students, judge rules

Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia must enforce rules protecting queer students set by the Biden administration, according to a judge.

Here’s all the insanity from day two of the Republican National Convention

It will get even wilder as the final night on Thursday approaches.

All Republican women in the South Carolina Senate lost their primaries — Here's why

Three women GOP State Senators joined Democrats last year to block an extreme conservative-backed bill.

South Carolina governor signs extreme gender-affirming care ban into law, effective immediately

Civil rights groups are denouncing the new law while offering resources to families affected. The law targets not only trans youth, but restricts all trans people from accessing public funds for care.

Joe Biden celebrates 200th judicial confirmation paving the way for more LGBTQ+ judges

His administration hopes to set a new record soon.

South Carolina has passed a gender-affirming care ban. Here's what families can do

Gov. Henry McMaster is likely to sign a gender-affirming care ban into law, but families in South Carolina still have options.