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Thousands rallied against anti-transgender campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull in Auckland today, putting t...

The world's first openly transgender mayor and MP, Georgina Beyer, has died after a long illness.

Days after her scheduled swearing-in, Vermont’s U.S. Rep.-elect still hasn’t taken the oath of office.

D.C. Council approves bill banning LGBTQ panic defense By : Lou Chibbaro Jr. OF THE WASHINGTON BLADE, COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL LGBT MEDIA ASSOCIATION December 21, 2020 Share this story: ABOVE: D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), photo via Allen’s Facebook page. The D.C. Council voted unanimously Dec. 15 to give final approval of a bill that bans the use of the so-called gay and transgender panic defense in criminal trials. A coalition of local LGBTQ advocacy groups that lobbied for...

Councilmember Charles Allen helped push the new hate crime bill through, which bans gay and trans panic defences in Washington DC. (Bill OLeary/The Washington Post via Getty) Washington DC has voted to ban gay and trans panic defences from being used by attorneys in criminal trials in a landmark win for LGBT+ rights. Gay and trans panic defences have been heard in courtrooms around the world when a person accused of a violent crime, such as a murder or attempted murder, claims that the shock of...