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Transgender athletes: US Olympics quietly makes major policy shift

Transgender women will no longer be eligible to compete for the United States in the Olympic or Paralympic Games in women's sports, after a policy adjust from the USOPC.

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Hong Kong decide rules in favor of trans person bathroom access

A Hong Kong decide has ruled in favor of transgender people’s rights to access public toilets matching their gender identity

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Puerto Rico bans hormone therapy and gender surgery for transgender youth

Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill that prohibits hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth, a shift that has drawn sharp criticism from activists in the largely conservative U.S. territory

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Late poet welcomed camera crew to movie their last days for upcoming doc

The late poet Andrea Gibson is the focus of the highly anticipated documentary "Come Spot Me in the Good Light."

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What&#;s Behind the Rapid Go up in LGBTQ Identity?

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Daniel A. Cox, Jae Grace, Avery Shields

Since , Gallup has tracked the size of America’s LGBTQ population. For the first few years, there was not much news to report. The percentage of Americans who identified as gay, lesbian, multi-attracted , transgender, or queer was relatively low and inching up slowly year over year. Recently, the pace has sped up. Gallup’s newest report recorded the single largest one-year expand in LGBTQ identity. In , nearly one in ten ( percent) Americans identify as LGBTQ.

The stable rise in LGBTQ individuality among the public is worth noting, but it’s not the most key part of the story. Most of the uptick in LGBTQ identity over the past decade is due to a dramatic increase among young adults, particularly young women. In less than a decade, the percentage of juvenile women who identify as LGBTQ has more than tripled.

The gender gap in LGBTQ identity has exploded as well. A decade earlier, young women were only slightly more likely to identify as LGBTQ than young men. For inst

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Police, DA refuse to emit records on Latina senator’s DUI citation near Capitol

Sen. Sabrina Cervantes’ attorney says she was targeted for DUI without generate because she’s a Latina member of the LGBTQ caucus. Authorities are refusing to release records that could show who is telling the truth.

By Ryan Sabalow and Jeanne Kuang • June 18,

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Trump wants to cut funding for California schools over one transsexual athlete. It’s not so easy

Trump is threatening to withhold funding from California over its policy toward transgender student athletes, but actually doing so could prove tricky for the president.

By Adam Echelman • June 11,

Education

Trump cites California Queer centers to justify massive cuts to &#;woke&#; campuses

San Diego&#;s community college district finds itself directly in Trump&#;s crosshairs: Its "pride centers" were the only items called out by name in the administration&#;s plan to slash more than $10 billion of federal spending on education.