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Supporters Ask Brooklyn DA to Drop All Charges Against Trans Woman Charged With Felony Offenses

Aviva Stahl

Merci Chrisette was captured on video arguing with and lunging at a man and a woman, a response her supporters say was triggered by the fear that street-based violence could end her life.

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Laws Protecting LGBTQ Youth From ‘Conversion Therapy’ Find Continued Success in 2018

Teddy Wilson

State-level legislation banning so-called conversion therapy could "protect tens of thousands of teens," said Christy Mallory, state and local policy director at the Williams Institute.

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Finally, a Little Good News: Third Circuit Issues Resounding Defense of the Rights of Trans Students

Lisa Needham

The decision beats back the deliberately disingenuous and misinformed positions of law firms seeking to undermine LGBTQ rights.

Why the Methodist Effort to Discipline Sessions Is a Risky Business

Daniel Schultz

Self-definition and even strident public opposition are one thing. Parsing who's a "real" Christian and who's not is something else.

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Should Preventing Unintended Pregnancy Be Family Planning’s Holy Grail?

Dr. Christine Dehlendorf

Our history is marred by examples of contraceptive coercion. Family planning programs and research can counter that history by changing how we define our goals and success.

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This Week in Sex: Does Game-Changing HIV Prevention Regimen Reduce Condom Use?

Martha Kempner

An Australian study finds that some users of PrEP may be lulled into going condom-less. And a tiny animal from Down Under has a lot of sex, but no happy ending.

Pope Compares Abortion to Nazi Eugenics

Sikivu Hutchinson

Comments like these demonstrate why the church poses a mortal threat to the lives, well-being, and earning power of women across the globe.

Presbyterians to Propose Historic Resolution for Religious Freedom and Against LGBTQ Discrimination

Frederick Clarkson

We believe it weakens religious freedom when it is invoked in ways that deprive people of their civil and human rights to equal protection under the law, or seek to justify exclusion and discrimination.

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Legislative Lowlights: Backroom Dealing Gives Pennsylvania Anti-Choice Measure a Boost

Brie Shea

Several states will wrap up their legislative sessions by the end of the month—but anti-choice lawmakers haven't given up quite yet on measures to restrict reproductive rights.

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Anti-Choice Lawmakers Use Federal Budget Bills to Launch All-Out Assault on Reproductive Rights (Updated)

Katelyn Burns

One bill includes provisions that would cut all Title X family planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program funding from the 2019 budget.

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