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Boy George Seeks Young Actor To Portray Him In Biopic

Apr 20, 20211 min read

Boy George Seeks Young Actor To Portray Him In Biopic

A Boy George biopic may be in production as soon as this summer. Deadline reports that the project, titled Karma Chameleon, has moved...

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Lil Nas X Claps Back At People Who Says He's Gay For Clout

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Apr 20, 20211 min read

Lil Nas X Claps Back At People Who Says He's Gay For Clout

Out entertainer Lil Nas X once again took another opportunity to dunk on his haters. This time, the “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”...

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Florida's New Bill Legalizes Teen Athlete Genital Inspections

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Apr 19, 20211 min read

Florida's New Bill Legalizes Teen Athlete Genital Inspections

HB 1475 has been passed in Florida. The bill allows genital inspections for trans women and girls are specifically approved in the bill...

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Kelloggs launches Glittery Heart-Shaped rainbow “Pride” cereal

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Apr 19, 20211 min read

Kelloggs launches Glittery Heart-Shaped rainbow “Pride” cereal

“Together with Pride” is coming to stores in May and will have rainbow-colored cereal hearts in the colors of the rainbow flag. And...

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Lil Nas X Introduces Montero Twerk Video Game Online

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Apr 13, 20211 min read

Lil Nas X Introduces Montero Twerk Video Game Online

Lil Nas X continues to immerse us in the world of his “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" music video and we never want to leave! Yesterday...

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Black Trans Woman Is Shot By Man She Met On A Dating Site

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Apr 12, 20211 min read

Black Trans Woman Is Shot By Man She Met On A Dating Site

A Black transgender woman in Missouri was shot to death this week, and investigators swiftly tracked down a suspect they believe shot her...

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Arkansas Bill Allows People That Share Bathrooms With Trans People To Sue

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Apr 12, 20211 min read

Arkansas Bill Allows People That Share Bathrooms With Trans People To Sue

Another bill will be considered in the Arkansas legislature starting this week that will target trans, non-binary and gender...

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District Attorney Says Rep. Park Cannon Won't Face Charges

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Apr 7, 20211 min read

District Attorney Says Rep. Park Cannon Won't Face Charges

A district attorney in Atlanta said Wednesday that she will not pursue charges against a Georgia state lawmaker who was arrested during a...

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Black trans woman’s body is found in canal sparks investigation

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Apr 5, 20211 min read

Black trans woman’s body is found in canal sparks investigation

One Texas community is mourning while a neighboring community’s police department is investigating after a transgender woman was found...

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Judge Rules Professor Has Constitutional Right To Degrade Trans students

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Apr 1, 20211 min read

Judge Rules Professor Has Constitutional Right To Degrade Trans students

Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio, refused to refer to a transgender woman using female...

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A Black Trans Woman Hasn't Received Any Of Her A $50k Discrimination Lawsuit

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Mar 29, 20211 min read

A Black Trans Woman Hasn't Received Any Of Her A $50k Discrimination Lawsuit

Giana Desir experienced sexual harassment and anti-transgender discrimination from a real estate broker while looking for housing in...

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A Video Sums Up Anti Trans Sports Bills In 40 Seconds

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Mar 25, 20211 min read

A Video Sums Up Anti Trans Sports Bills In 40 Seconds

HRC just released a damning video that shows just how little Republican lawmakers know about transgender youth as they try to ban them...

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Dr. Rachel Levine Makes History As Senate Confirms Her Role

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Mar 25, 20211 min read

Dr. Rachel Levine Makes History As Senate Confirms Her Role

Dr. Rachel Levine has been confirmed in a bipartisan Senate vote to be assistant secretary of health at the Department of Health and...

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Arkansas Law Allows Medical Professionals To Refuse To Treat LGBTQ Community

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Mar 22, 20211 min read

Arkansas Law Allows Medical Professionals To Refuse To Treat LGBTQ Community

One of the "most extreme and deadly anti-LGBTQ healthcare bills" seen in quite some time has been passed by the Senate and now headed to...

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Kataluna Enriquez With Her Win In A Nevada Beauty Pageant

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Mar 22, 20211 min read

Kataluna Enriquez With Her Win In A Nevada Beauty Pageant

Kataluna Enriquez has made history by becoming the first out transgender woman ever to win the Miss Silver State USA beauty pageant, the...

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Police Say Murder Of Black Trans Woman Isn't A Hate Crime

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Mar 17, 20211 min read

Police Say Murder Of Black Trans Woman Isn't A Hate Crime

Diamond Kyree Sanders is the latest trans woman violently killed. She was found alive with gunshot wounds in a parking lot on the morning...

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School Calls Transgender Book Inappropriate For Kids

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Mar 17, 20212 min read

School Calls Transgender Book Inappropriate For Kids

The book, 'Call Me Max', by Kyle Lukoff is described as an "age-appropriate introduction to what it means to be transgender." The story...

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N.C. Schools Will List Transgender Students Chosen Name

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Mar 11, 20212 min read

N.C. Schools Will List Transgender Students Chosen Name

Supporters of transgender students praise a change that will see North Carolina public schools switch from showing students' legal names...

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Ghana May Outlaw LGBTQ Activism In Its Current And Future Forms

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Mar 10, 20213 min read

Ghana May Outlaw LGBTQ Activism In Its Current And Future Forms

The African nation Ghana may ban LGBTQ activism “in all its current and future forms” if members of parliament have their say. The...

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Trans Inmate Housed With Convicted Rapists Despite Policies

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Mar 8, 20212 min read

Trans Inmate Housed With Convicted Rapists Despite Policies

A transgender inmate has filed a lawsuit alleging that correction officials showed “deliberate indifference” by housing her with...

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