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LGBTQ+ middle schoolers took a conservative Virginia school board to court to protect their rights — and won
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (1253+ words) King George County changed the rules after students tried to establish a GSA. Now it has changed them back, weeks before the dispute was headed to trial....
I fled Lower Manhattan on 9/11. The memory still haunts me
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (434+ words) Opinion: Twenty-five years later, columnist Josh Ackley still can't watch TV on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The Tribute in Light art installation is illuminated over Lower Manhattan near One World Trade Center on September 10, 2026, on the night before…...
Trump’s wild GOP convention speech was a ratings failure
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (551+ words) Apparently TV viewers were not into watching Trump pledge allegiance to himself or doom non-voters “to hell.” President Trump's speech at the GOP National Convention tanked ratings on FOX News and drew criticism from fellow Republicans. A GoFundMe has been…...
Trump’s funding cuts spell disaster for global LGBTQ+ groups, many ‘may not survive the coming year’
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (792+ words) Outright International surveyed hundreds of organizations around the world and found many on the brink of closure. HIV activists protest to demand that the Trump administration and Congress fully restore PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) programming in the…...
A coming out, the ‘Falling Man’, and 25 years of loneliness since 9/11
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1280+ words) Even when grief is shared by an entire city, each person must carry it alone, writes John Casey. Shocked crowds of downtown Manhattanites observe the burning World Trade Center towers in New York City early September 11, 2001. Apparently TV viewers were…...
Document dump shows anti-LGBTQ+ groups helped craft Maine school district’s anti-trans policies
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (212+ words) Leaked documents show Maine First and the Maine Policy Institute communicated with school officials about bathroom and sports policies....
James Talarico walks back trans athlete position, citing ‘safety’ and ‘fairness’
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (591+ words) The Texas Democratic Senate candidate previously voted in opposition to bans on trans participation in school athletics — but changed course in a Fox News interview....
Ken Paxton’s new anti-trans attack on James Talarico is literally fake
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (564+ words) The deepfake video transforms the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee’s real support for LGBTQ+ equality into a fictional sermon designed to frighten Texas voters....
Trump admits anti-transgender attacks are one of GOP’s ‘great sound bites’
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (462+ words) Before a Dallas arena dotted with empty seats, Trump acknowledged that Republicans deploy attacks on transgender athletes strategically before elections....
Emergency slide deploys on Trump’s Qatari Air Force One
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (428+ words) The tarmac disruption comes amid continuing questions about the lavish jet’s safety, security upgrades and enormous taxpayer cost....