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Feds quietly scrub transgender people from national security reports on threats to LGBTQ+ community

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The Trump administration’s campaign to extinguish transgender visibility has moved into the mechanics of national security, stripping transgender people from federal intelligence bulletins that are supposed to keep all Americans safe. As first reported by investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, federal threat assessments drafted ahead of Pride Month this year omitted any mention of transgender people, instead referring to the “LGB+ community.” Klippenstein, a Washington-based reporter known for exposing government secrecy, obtained the documents through public records requests and published them on Wednesday. Historically, these assessments used “LGBTQ+” or “LGBTQIA+.” The sudden absence of the “T” is part of a broader project by Republicans to erase transgender people from public […]

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Heritage Foundation uses false data to smear trans people as school shooters

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The Heritage Foundation, the extreme right-wing think tank behind Project 2025, has issued a report claiming half of recent school shootings are linked to “transgender ideology” to back up its call for the FBI to investigate “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism” as a domestic terrorist threat. But Wired magazine has analyzed the report and found it doesn’t align with the facts. The report from the Heritage Foundation and its spin-off organization, the Oversight Project, defines “transgender ideology” as “a belief that wholly or partially rejects fundamental science about human sex being biologically determined before birth, binary, and immutable.” The foundation has a history of demonizing trans people. […]

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Republicans seek deep cuts to HIV prevention and treatment funding

In his 2019 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump pledged to boost HIV spending, with the lofty goal of bringing the nation’s epidemic to heel by 2030. Last year, this federal initiative, Ending the HIV Epidemic, demonstrated progress. This year, however, Republicans are seeking deep cuts to HIV prevention and treatment funding. The Trump administration proposed in its 2026 budget request to eliminate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s HIV-prevention division, and House Republicans are seeking nearly $2 billion in HIV-related cuts in their federal health spending bill. The Senate, on the other hand, proposes to keep HIV funding essentially at current levels in its corresponding […]

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Pope Leo says blessing same-sex weddings is ‘not what the Church teaches’

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Pope Leo is continuing his predecessor’s decision to bless same-sex couples — so long as they don’t look too much like a wedding. The new pontiff recently said in an interview with Christian newspaper Crux that “the church’s teaching will continue as it is” in regards to marriage equality, while criticizing some ceremonies in which priests have blessed couples as they legally marry. “I’ve already spoken about marriage, as did Pope Francis when he was pope, about a family being a man and a woman in solemn commitment, blessed in the sacrament of marriage,” Leo said. “But even to say that, I understand […]

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AIDS United Launches Advisory Council to Advance HIV Care and Prevention for Black Women

AIDS United’s Melanated Movement team is proud to announce the launch of the Melanated Movement Engagement Advisory Council, a group of women-identified leaders committed to reshaping the narrative around HIV care and prevention for both Cis and Transgender women. Rooted in the principles of ViiV Healthcare’s From Risk to Reasons initiative, the Melanated Movement portfolio focuses on the motivations, strengths, and resilience that empower Black women to take charge of their sexual and reproductive health for both Cisgender and Transgender women. The Advisory Council will serve as a guiding body, helping shape the program’s growth, outreach, and impact while ensuring that the voices and experiences of […]

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Kamala Harris discusses trans athletes & why she wouldn’t ‘turn on transgender people’

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s upcoming memoir, 107 Days, out Tuesday, arrives at a moment when transgender rights have become a central battleground in U.S. electoral politics. In it, Harris confronts not just her own record but the broader cultural storm swirling around trans athletes and the politics of fear. According to Politico, Harris writes that she understands concerns from some parents and players about fairness in girls’ athletics, especially in contact sports where “biological factors such as muscle mass” may produce what some consider unfair advantages. She insists that these challenges “can be resolved with goodwill and common sense … without vilifying and demonizing children.” Research shows transgender athletes make up […]

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DOE Vows To Defund NYC Schools Over Trans Rights

Gothamist reports: Millions of dollars in federal funding for New York City’s magnet schools are in jeopardy after the White House told the nation’s largest school district that it must re-evaluate its policies regarding transgender students — including ones that allow students access to sports and bathrooms matching their identities. It’s the latest step the Trump administration has taken to roll back legal protections and resources previously granted to LGBTQ+ people across the country. The city education department told Gothamist New York stood to lose $15 million. The education department has a $41 billion budget this year. Read the full article.

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Trans woman who was viciously attacked says Trump ‘greenlit this type of violence’

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Trans woman Nikki Armstrong was violently assaulted in Renton, Washington in the US earlier this month. She told PinkNews that the attack, which occurred on 15 September at around 8:20pm in the 200 block of Burnett Ave S, followed an argument between her and a group of teens who she said were harassing “everybody waiting on their bus.” She says that she simply asked them, “Don’t you have anything better to do?” According to Renton Police, later that evening, after walking back through the area to the bus station, Armstrong was then confronted by the teens. She said she attempted to pepper spray […]

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LGBTQ+ employees traveling abroad for work feel less safe. What should companies do?

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Most LGBTQ+ people who travel for work say they’ve felt less safe abroad — and yet a new survey has found most companies aren’t offering protections for their employees even as they send them to places where their identities are illegal.  More than half (52 percent) of employees say that traveling for work as a member of the LGBTQ+ community feels less safe compared to their heterosexual or cisgender colleagues, according to a new report from World Travel Protections. This is amplified by the fact that 61 countries still criminalize homosexuality in some form.  Despite the safety concerns, only 13 percent of travelers say that […]

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BOYCOTT: Hulu/Disney+ Page Crashes In Surge Of Cancellations

Yahoo News reports: ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 17 after the late-night host commented on the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The suspension triggered strong responses across social media and beyond. Hashtags like #CancelDisneyPlus and #CancelHulu trended as users shared screenshots of their canceled subscriptions. Lawmakers, unions, and advocacy groups joined the conversation, framing the move as an attack on free expression rather than a programming choice. With cancellations surging, many subscribers reported technical issues. On Reddit’s r/Fauxmoi, one post read, “The page to cancel your Hulu/Disney+ subscription keeps crashing.” Others said they faced looping logins and stalled forms. These […]

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