Trans Americans, drag performers outraged at Trump's use of their images: report
His anti-trans ads have used their images without their consent, and some are considering legal action.
October 30, 2024
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October 25, 2024
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October 25, 2024
Ted Cruz uses unauthorized images of cisgender students in anti-transgender attack ads
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October 25, 2024
New York trans woman settles landmark lawsuit affirming transgender rights while in custody
DeAnna LeTray said officers called her mentally ill and “a guy dressed like a woman.” She just made them change the previously transphobic system.
October 25, 2024
MAGA gays at Trump fundraising event claim LGBTQ+ community already has full equality: ‘We’re past that’
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October 25, 2024
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October 25, 2024
Palm Springs LGBTQ+ group's CEO accused of stealing nearly $1 million in public funds
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Three men arrested in stabbing deaths of two trans women in Pakistan
The men reportedly confessed to being part of an organized crime gang targeting the local transgender community.
October 23, 2024
Kamala Harris stands by trans Americans’ right to gender-affirming care in NBC interview
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October 23, 2024
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.
October 23, 2024
Republicans' unprecedented anti-LGBTQ+ attacks highlighted in new HRC Congressional Scorecard
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October 23, 2024
Lincoln Project cofounder Rick Wilson on the org's new trans ad and its strategy for the next 13 days
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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.
October 22, 2024
Supreme Court trans care case will feature the first out transgender lawyer at the court
The ACLU's Chase Strangio will be the first out transgender attorney to argue before the high court as he challenges Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
October 21, 2024
Harris campaign claps back at Trump’s anti-trans ads' hypocrisy over gender-affirming care for prisoners
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