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A new study found that LGBTQ+ candidates are particularly motivated to run for office and also face unique obstacles.

The assailant used homophobic slurs before pistol-whipping the trans woman, and he shot her two companions.

"Horrified to learn about this incident. Any acts of hate or intolerance are unacceptable and will not be tolerated in Philadelphia," Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement.

“The T stands for transgender,” a teacher explains in a video on a Maine Department of Education website launched during the coronavirus pandemic. “A transgender person is someone who the doctors made a mistake about when they were born,” the teacher says in the lesson plan targeted at kindergartners. “But some people, when they get…

"The T stands for transgender,” a teacher explains in a video on a Maine Department of Education website launched during the coronavirus pandemic.

Democratic political candidates are struggling to counter a barrage of GOP attacks targeting LGBTQ people, particularly transgender people

"The T stands for transgender," a teacher explains in a video on a Maine Department of Education website launched during the coronavirus pandemic. "A

Yesterday's Pennsylvania primary results were a mixed bag for LGBTQ candidates...

If elected, Shapiro could be key to maintaining abortion protections in Pennsylvania. Every Republican candidate supports banning or limiting abortions.

Story at a glance Deja Alvarez is a fixture in Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ public health space, and she could soon be the first out transgender woman of color elected to a state legislature. Alvarez, who…