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Honor World AIDS Day by Dining Out For Life on Thursday, December 1

Now is the time to make a plan and reserve your table! Here are four simple steps to make our biggest fundraiser of the year an egg-cellent success.     Step 1: Plan your day. Check out the complete list of participating restaurants, coffee shops, breweries, and wineries. Will you grab breakfast, lunch, dinner, or skip dishes entirely and enjoy all three meals out?    Step 2: Make reservations. Many restaurants fill up and are much busier during Dining Out For Life. To make sure you have a table, we highly recommend making reservations now. When you do, let them know that you are excited about the event!     Step […]

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Macy’s Won’t Host Salvation Army This Holiday Season

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Don’t look for Salvation Army bell ringers outside your local Macy’s this holiday season. The department store company didn’t renew its contract with the Salvation Army, a spokesperson told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “We reevaluated our cause and community work and made a significant commitment to driving societal change by empowering underrepresented youth in our community,” the spokesperson said. “With this shift, we made the difficult decision to not continue our partnership with the Salvation Army this holiday season.” The Macy’s rep did not say explicitly if the decision was related to the Salvation Army’s fraught relationship with the LGBTQ+ community. The Salvation […]

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Herschel Walker’s new ad slams trans people barely a day after a mass shooting at an LGBTQ bar

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Barely a day after a deadly LGBTQ bar shooting killed two transgender people and three other patrons, Georgia senatorial candidate Herschel Walker (R) released a campaign ad slamming trans athletes. Democrats are pointing to Republican anti-LGBTQ campaigns like Walker’s as the type of rhetoric that led to the murder of five people at Colorado Springs bar Club Q on Saturday night. The video featured Riley Gaines, a self-described 12-time NCAA All-American swimmer. In March, Gaines tied for fifth place with trans swimmer Lia Thomas. Gaines has been complaining about it ever since. In Warnock’s ad, Gaines says, “For more than a […]

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Christian conservatives campaign against lesbian polar bears in “Peppa Pig”

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The anti-LGBTQ One Million Moms (OMM) is circulating a petition against the beloved British children’s show Peppa Pig after it aired an episode featuring a young polar bear child with two polar bear moms. The petition tells families to “Beware! Peppa Pig is now boldly glorifying gay marriage.” It states that OMM is “concerned with the normalization of a sinful lifestyle choice during a children’s show.” Get the Daily Brief The news you care about, reported on by the people who care about you. “This type of sexuality should never be included in a cartoon designed for children, much less praised. It is especially distressing since […]

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Nancy Pelosi says “MAGA Republicans” are to blame for anti-trans violence

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In the aftermath of the tragic shooting at an LGBTQ bar in Colorado Springs that left five people dead and 18 injured, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said MAGA Republicans are to blame for anti-trans violence. “Whether spouting dangerous rhetoric from cable news desks or openly bullying schoolchildren from the halls of power, MAGA Republicans are cruelly undermining the safety and well-being of our transgender community,” Pelosi said in a statement released on Sunday to mark the Transgender Day of Remembrance. She also touted House Democrats’ work enacting “fully-inclusive federal hate crimes protections with the historic Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. […]

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Sailor Who Heroically Intervened in Club Q Shooting Recovering in the Hospital

The Navy has confirmed that a sailor was among the 18 injured in the Colorado nightclub shooting on Nov. 19 that also left five dead. Local officials and police said the sailor played a key role in stopping the shooting. Information Systems Technician Petty Officer Second Class Thomas James was among those injured, the Navy said in a statement released Tuesday but added that “James is currently in stable condition and we remain hopeful he will make a full recovery.” News of James’ injuries comes as many have begun to praise the heroic actions of another member of the crowd who served in the […]

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Police killed a transgender mother of two while conducting a mental health wellness check

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One night, someone called 911 to ask police in Malvern, Pennsylvania to conduct a mental wellness check on Maddie Hofmann, a 47-year-old transgender woman. The caller said that Maddie had sent an email that sounded like a suicide letter. When police checked on Hofmann, they ended up shooting her three times inside her own home. She died from the injuries. Her death left behind her wife, Rebecca Hoffman, and their two children, ages 9 and 4. Her wife and family are still searching for answers and accountability. “[My wife] belonged on medication, not on a shelf,” Rebecca told The Philadelphia Inquirer, referring […]

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Reckless NY Times reporting fuels disinformation about trans youth

While public sentiment toward transgender people in the U.S. continues to warm, anti-transgender campaigners are exploiting the public’s uncertainty about trans youth to promote Florida-style bans on gender-affirming care. Claims about the irreversible dangers of transition-related care were once the bread and butter of far-right pundits, they have officially entered the mainstream with Monday’s front-page story in The New York Times: “Pressing Pause on Puberty. Drugs Can Buy Time for Trans Youth. Is There a Cost?” And the stakes couldn’t be higher. Boston Children’s Hospital has been on the receiving end of at least three bomb threats this year due to misinformation about health care for transgender […]

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Same-sex marriage protections clear key Senate hurdle, signaling GOP support for passage

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The Senate voted Wednesday to open debate on a bill that would codify federal protections for same-sex marriage, signaling that the legislation has sufficient Republican support to pass. Lawmakers advanced the legislation in a 62-37 vote days after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed to proceed on an updated version of the measure released by a bipartisan group of senators. A dozen Republicans voted with Democrats to advance the legislation: Sens. Roy Blunt, of Missouri; Richard Burr, of North Carolina; Shelley Moore Capito, of West Virginia; Joni Ernst, of Iowa; Cynthia Lummis, of Wyoming; Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska; Rob Portman, of Ohio; Dan […]

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Gay New Yorkers share accounts similar to robberies that left two dead

The cases were weeks apart and eerily similar: Two young men at popular New York City gay bars. They each left with at least one mysterious person. They were both found dead. Both of their bank accounts were drained. And they may not be the only ones. More gay New Yorkers are coming forward for the first time with accounts that share notable similarities to the unexplained deaths this spring of Julio Ramirez, 25, a social worker, and John Umberger, 33, a political consultant. The biggest difference so far: They survived. NBC News spoke to two people who described harrowing experiences that […]

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