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Gender dysphoria is a protected disability, federal appeals court finds
Experts say the opinion gives transgender people a powerful tool to advocate for their rights in workplaces, prisons, schools and hospitals.
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Deshaun Watson receives NFL's highest-ever penalty given for sexual misconduct
The settlement includes an 11-game suspension and a $5 million fine.
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For years, Black trans women have been told their life expectancy is 35 years. That’s false.
While there’s no evidence to support the statistic, experts do worry that it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy for Black trans women.
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Key Equal Rights Amendment activists long avoided tying it to abortion. A group of teenagers is changing that.
Generation Ratify, a group led largely by teenagers, has linked the Equal Rights Amendment with the future of abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights — a message whose urgency has shifted after the end of Roe.
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Recruiting the 'essential workers of democracy': Group aims to sign up poll workers ahead of midterms
Power the Polls helped recruit poll workers during a global pandemic in 2020. Now the nonprofit group is back to help election administrators address new challenges.
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Prisons and jails are 'potentially high-risk' for monkeypox but won't fall under a vaccine mandate
Public health experts say the CDC’s decision not to proactively vaccinate those behind bars threatens the health of the public at large.
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Experts debunk monkeypox myths as misinformation spreads
Can monkeypox spread on the subway? Can it kill like COVID-19? Experts respond to monkeypox myths and misconceptions.
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Formerly incarcerated women feel more confident in finding work but face obstacles to getting basic needs
Among incarcerated women, those who identified as heterosexual were more likely to have an optimistic outlook than those who identified as lesbian or bisexual.
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Liz Cheney believes the country is on the ‘edge of an abyss.’ She thinks young women can save it.
Cheney may be on the brink of losing her primary, but she has been raising a lot of money and honing an argument that women will be the ones to take down Trump.
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Florida's medical board considers delaying gender-affirming care for adults and banning it for youths
Gender-affirming care remains unchanged in Florida right now, but the board’s action is just the latest move by state officials targeting transgender people.