A newly-filed bill – Texas HB3399, which is also being described locally as the “Texas trans ban” – could officially end gender-affirming care for people of all ages in the state if passed. Filed on Wednesday (26 February), the Texas House bill would amend existing law in the state to restrict hormone therapy, gender-reassignment surgery, […]
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Today (February 28) shoppers have decided to initiate a 24-hour boycott on stores that have rolled back their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programmes. The economic blackout which began today is just one of several boycotts planned by consumers and activists to protest those companies in the aftermath of president Donald Trump’s efforts to eliminate […]
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Many people, when asking “when was gay marriage legalised in the US?” may be surprised to discover that marriage equality in America is actually a relatively recent development – in place for less than a decade. On Friday June 26, 2015, queer Americans celebrated as the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is, indeed, a […]
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The X account of the House Judiciary Committee Republicans has been widely condemned for pranking users with a link it claimed contained the Epstein client list, however, but was actually a Rick Astley music video. Jeffery Epstein, an American financier, was convicted in 2008 of child prostitution charges. He died in 2019 while awaiting trial […]
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Hundreds of Iowa residents have filled the Iowa Capitol building waving Pride flags to protest an anti-trans bill that seeks to remove gender identity as a protected class in the state’s civil rights act. Iowa House members voted 60-36 on Thursday to pass Senate File 418, which removes protections against gender identity discrimination from the […]
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