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Kate Sosin
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‘People are energized’: LGBTQ+ rights groups and voters are lining up behind Harris
The vice president has a complicated track record on queer rights, but she’s demonstrated the ability to learn and grow, they say.
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Democrats praise Biden’s legacy and follow him in endorsing Harris for president
Elected officials, advocates and organizations applauded Biden’s five decades in politics while lining up their support for the vice president.
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Religious groups are protecting Pride events — upending the LGBTQ+ vs. faith narrative
More than 120 faith groups will fan out across 50 events this June to de-escalate extremist anti-LGBTQ+ protests from hate groups.
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Bigger than our acronym: The 19th’s LGBTQ+ reporters reflect on the community’s past, present and future
To kick off our Pride Month coverage, Orion Rummler and Kate Sosin describe the bright spots emerging this year and why there’s reason to be hopeful.
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A sobering lesson from the ban on gay Boy Scouts
In his new book, "Morally Straight," journalist and former scout Mike De Socio examines the scapegoating of LGBTQ+ people amid the organization's controversies.
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She created a global movement to honor trans people — and even she’s still trying to get accurate IDs
Gwen Smith founded Transgender Day of Remembrance in 1998. Three years before that, she started updating her identity documents to reflect her gender, and she’s still working on it.
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Who coined the term ‘neurodiversity?’ It wasn’t Judy Singer, some autistic academics say
Spurred by new archival research and public comments by Singer about trans people, a group of autistic academics and advocates argue that “neurodiversity” should be credited to the early online autistic community instead.
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Florida’s rule against updating gender on driver’s licenses may violate federal law
Democrats in Congress and several legal experts believe that Florida’s rule likely takes the state out of compliance with the Real ID Act.
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Alabama judge unseals report accusing top LGBTQ+ rights attorneys of improper judge shopping
The report is related to lawsuits brought against Alabama’s 2022 ban on gender-affirming health care for trans youth.