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The Stonewall National Monument’s official website has removed references to transgender and queer individuals, sparking criticism and backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates. This change comes amid ongoing debates and policies related to gender identity under the Trump administration, which has sought to reinforce the idea that only male and female are valid biological sexes. Previously, the
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In another example of President Donald Trump’s weaponization of the Department of Education (DOE), the DOE’s Office of General Counsel is demanding that transgender high school and college athletes be retroactively stripped of their records, titles, and awards. The demand follows Trump’s executive order seeking to ban trans female athletes from all school sports. The
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The U.S. State Department has issued a memo stating that the Donald Trump’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will now only provide HIV-prevention medications, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), to pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBFW), excluding other high-risk groups such as LGBTQ+ people, sex workers, and individuals at greater risk of contracting HIV. The
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A federal judge today has given the administration of President Donald Trump until 11:59 p.m. tonight to restore LGBTQ+-inclusive informational pages and others recently removed from the websites of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The pages were reportedly removed to comply with Trump’s executive orders
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Share Tweet Share Share Email Details of Liam Payne’s troubled relationship with ex-fiancée Maya Henry have surfaced four months after his death in October 2024. Allegations regarding the former One Direction member’s behavior and struggles during their on-and-off relationship from 2018 to 2022 are highlighted in a Rolling
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The prominent LGBTQ+ rights organization Egale Canada will boycott events in the U.S. in protest of the Trump administration’s continued assault on the transgender community. “After deep consideration, we have decided not to engage in-person in this year’s Commission on the Status of Women or any other UN, OAS (Organization of American States) or global
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On Thursday, just hours after President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning transgender student-athletes from participating in school sports nationwide, a high school league in Virginia said it will continue to allow transgender girls to play. Trump’s executive order, one of more than 50 signed since he took office again on January 20, denies
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Two queer artists of color are speaking out after the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, placed a “mature content” warning on an exhibition featuring their work. The exhibition, titled Cowboy, includes a multidisciplinary installation by artists Rafa Esparza and Fabian Guerrero. While the exhibit does not contain any explicit sexual
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Tech giant Google is ending its diversity hiring targets and reviewing its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, becoming the latest U.S. company to scale back or eliminate such programs. The decision comes after years of public commitment to diversity initiatives following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, which sparked nationwide protests and calls
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to block federal funding for schools that allow transgender girls and women to compete on girls’ and women’s sports teams. The order also directs the Department of Justice to prosecute schools that allow trans female athletes in female sports programs. Additionally, the order seeks to convene representatives
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The Biden administration’s latest move to roll back inclusivity measures has sparked backlash across several federal agencies, with a new directive from Donald Trump’s administration mandating that government employees remove pronouns from their email signatures. The policy is part of a broader effort to reduce the influence of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, which
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This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. The science world is in disarray. In just the last 10 days, the Trump administration has paused external communication and most travel for staffers within the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease
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