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Apr 30

Republican states challenge new Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The lawsuits are the first to challenge Biden's new Title IX rules, which expand protections to LGBTQ+ students and add new safeguards for victims of sexual assault.

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Apr 29

United Methodists prepare for votes on ending bans on same-sex marriage, LGBTQ clergy

By Peter Smith, Associated Press

One-quarter of the country's United Methodist churches left between 2019 and 2023, mainly conservative churches dismayed by progressive trends, and some are calling for international churches to do the same.

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Apr 28

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News Wrap: Hamas releases video of two hostages, including Israeli-American

In our news wrap Sunday, Hamas released video of two hostages as efforts around a cease-fire deal with Israel intensify, protestors rallied against the Israel-Hamas war outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, tornadoes killed at least four people in Oklahoma,…

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Apr 28

Iraq passes harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law imposing up to 15 years in prison, drawing backlash

By Abdulrahman Zeyad, Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press

Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people. A U.S. State Department spokesperson said that the law “threatens…

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Apr 23

What to know about United Methodists’ first major meeting since its breakup over LGBTQ inclusion

By Peter Smith, Associated Press

This will be the first General Conference since more than 7,600 mostly conservative congregations left the United Methodist Church between 2019 and 2023 because the denomination essentially stopped enforcing its bans on same-sex marriage and having “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” serving…

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Apr 19

California court to weigh in on fight over transgender ballot measure proposal language

By Sophie Austin, Associated Press/Report for America

Proponents of the measure say Attorney General Rob Bonta demonstrated bias in the language he released. They say this has hurt their ability to collect enough signatures to qualify the measure for the November ballot.

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Apr 19

Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ students and sexual assault victims. Transgender athletes aren’t mentioned

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The administration originally planned to include a new policy forbidding schools from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes, but that provision was put on hold. Instead, Biden is officially undoing sexual assault rules put in place by his predecessor and…

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Apr 15

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender children

By Associated Press

The justices' order Monday allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under age 18.

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Apr 12

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills

By John Hanna, Associated Press

The governor of Kansas has vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she says is a vague bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having…

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Apr 10

Trump says Jewish voters who back Biden ‘should have their head examined’

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Trump made his comments Wednesday as part of his continuing criticism of Biden's reaction to the Israel-Hamas war and of Biden's support for the rights of transgender people.

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