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Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far

Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.

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Spokane City Council passes measure protecting LGBTQ+ rights and gender-affirming care

The Spokane City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday to pass gender-affirming care protections while rejecting proposed anti-trans amendments.

Nancy Mace speaking to the press at the Capitol building November 2024

12 batsh*t things Nancy Mace has done in her anti-transgender attention grab

From slurs to false accusations, here are 12 times Nancy Mace manufactured political stunts just to feel the public eye's gaze.

Nancy Mace in the US Capitol building April 2025

Nancy Mace calls transgender student a transphobic slur at University of South Carolina event

A 20-year-old trans woman asked Nancy Mace to apologize for using a transphobic slur. Mace responded by calling the woman the slur.

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A mom complained about a trans girl using the locker room. Hundreds turned out to support the girl

Hundreds attended a Deerfield school board meeting to support a trans student after the Department of Education launched an investigation into her locker room use.

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University of Cincinnati removes 'biological' bathroom signs, wasting $16K

Maintenance staff had to put up then take down 117 signs across campus, bringing the total cost of labor and materials to $16,000.

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What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15

A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.

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Paul Feig donates $300,000 to LGBTQ+ youth groups: 'We should all do whatever is within our power'

The Bridesmaids director pledged $300,000 to The Trevor Project, Trans Lifeline, and It Gets Better.

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Most Americans support transgender health care and sports bans — yet they oppose discrimination

Most Americans support banning gender-affirming care for youth and preventing trans athletes from participating on teams that align with their identity — yet they also support anti-discrimination laws protecting trans people.

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Transgender people face more harassment in bathrooms that match their sex assigned at birth: study

A new study proves that transgender people are more likely to face harassment when using bathrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth than in facilities that match their identities.

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Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly once again vetoes gender-affirming care ban for minors

Senate Bill 63 sought to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria while allowing the same treatments to continue for cisgender minors with other conditions.

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Queer Congresswoman Emily Randall opens office bathroom to everyone in defiance of anti-trans Capitol rules

“All are welcome to use our restroom regardless of gender identity or expression, political ideology, or shoe size,” U.S. Rep. Emily Randall said.

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Lauren Boebert & Nancy Mace confront woman they thought was trans in ‘predictable’ Capitol bathroom incident

The anti-LGBTQ+ Republican lawmakers followed a cisgender woman they mistook as the first transgender member of Congress into the bathroom.

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House passes bill banning trans women and girls from school sports

Over 400 human rights organizations had asked the Republican-controlled chamber to reject the bill, which "does not address the longstanding barriers all girls and women have faced in their pursuit of athletics."

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Sarah McBride is 'mystified' that Republicans are making trans people a 'priority'

"It defies understanding, except for the fact that it's a pretty obvious part of a politics of misdirection and distraction," McBride said of Republicans' proposed federal anti-trans legislation.

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Transgender youth are terrified of Donald Trump — but they're not losing hope (exclusive)

Ahead of the inauguration, The Advocate asked young trans people about the biggest challenges facing them – and what the rest of us can do to help.

Sarah McBride at the US Capitol Building

Sarah McBride gives moving farewell speech to Delaware Senate as she heads to D.C.

McBride thanked her fellow Delaware representatives for helping her "realize the awesome responsibility and the awesome opportunity that we have to leave this state better and kinder than we found it."

	
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