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Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill has inspired copycat bills around the country.
Sen. Shevrin Jones opened up more about the issues he faced after coming out to his family and voters, driving him…
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Robinson made his remarks at the Asbury Baptist Church in Seagrove, N.C., in June.
David was the subject of an independent investigation he publicly called out as lacking transparency. Refuting his…
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The HRC board reportedly found no sign of wrongdoing by David in the scandal that unseated New York Governor Andrew…
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The former seventh-round draft pick hoped to break the barrier himself but never played in a regular-season game.
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It’s hard being young and Black in America. In fact, it’s hard being part of any marginalized community in the U.S.…
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Sure, awards season may look a little different this year, but the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization…
Another day, another instance of the legal system plainly disregarding the rights of transgender people. A trans…
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Man, who would’ve thought barring an entire group of people from joining the U.S. military would have lasting,…
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It remains one of the most striking demonstrations from a year defined by protest: tens of thousands of people…
On Monday, a 29-year-old Black trans woman was fatally shot in Philadelphia, and city officials have called the…
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TV and film writer (and former contributor to The Root) Felicia Pride has an array of stories bubbling inside of…
Two transgender women, one of them a Black Army veteran and lung cancer survivor, have filed suit against the Trump…
Barack Obama will be delivering a special message to the LGBTQ community at Pride Live’s special Stonewall Day…
More than 15,000 people, all wearing white, came together in front of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on Sunday…
When black people and our allies take to the streets tonight in protest—as we have on previous nights past and as we…
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It’s Pride Month and Da Brat is celebrating the LGBTQIA commemoration for the first time this year, after having…
In the week that has passed since Tony McDade’s killing at the hands of a Tallahassee police officer, everything and…
Black trans people have long stood at the intersection of racist violence and gender violence. In the last month, Nin…