Florida medical board votes to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors
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The Florida Board of Medicine voted to start drafting a rule that will ban puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries for trans...
How age-old homophobic language is being used to miseducate voters
Lawmakers across dozens of mostly Republican-led states have passed or introduced a record number of anti-LGBTQ bills this year, per a...
Anti-trans laws are on the rise. Here’s a look at where — and what kind.
From bans on gender affirming care to restrictions on names changes, state lawmakers across the country have introduced a slew of...
Thousands march in Turkey to demand ban on LGBTQ groups
An anti-LGBTQ group marched Sunday in Istanbul, demanding that LGBTQ associations be shuttered and their activities banned, in the...
Virginia has moved to restrict the rights of trans students in its public schools
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration has proposed new policies for the state's schools regarding how they treat transgender...
Britain's Conservative party leadership race is turning into a transphobic spectacle
As the race to replace Conservative party leader and Prime Minister Boris Johnson tightens, candidates have been leaning into culture war...
Deadly Violence against LGBT People in Iraq
Laith, a 27-year-old gay man from Baghdad, said he watched as armed group members abducted his boyfriend from his house, tortured and...
Idaho lawmakers seek to punish parents who take trans youth to other states for health care
Idaho's bill is among the strictest of 30 similar pieces of Republican-backed legislation proposed this year. Legal experts said it could...
Texas Parents of Transgender Teen Win Legal Victory
Court forbids the state from investigating family for child abuse under new Texas directive Parents scored a narrow victory Wednesday in...
Profile: Who are Ukraine’s far-right Azov regiment?
The far-right neo-Nazi group has expanded to become part of Ukraine’s armed forces, a street militia and a political party. As the...
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