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Texas Department of Public Safety data shows that bias incidents against queer people occur at over 4 times the rate of all hate crimes.

Detractors say the bills would further isolate LGBTQ students and open teachers and school districts to legal risks

Republicans are backing legislation targeting gender-affirming care for children, classroom lessons about sexuality and drag shows.

The legislation closely mirrors a Florida bill passed last year, dubbed by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which detractors say would further isolate LGBTQ students and open teachers and school districts to legal risks.

SEATTLE — The Department of Justice has settled a claim filed by a Des Moines, Washington, man who was arrested and detained by immigration agents in 2017 despite his protected status as a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status.

AUSTIN, Texas — LGBTQ youth in Texas experienced suicidal thoughts at higher rates than their peers in large states and had a harder time accessing mental health care, according to a survey by the Trevor Project.

So Judge Ricardo Martinez ruled last week in Edge v. City of Everett (W.D. Wash.): The Dress Code Ordinance requires all employees, owners, and operators of "Quick-Service Facilities" to wear clothing that covers "the upper and lower body (breast/pectorals, stomach, back below the shoulder blades, buttocks, top three inches of…

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