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Rep. Sharice Davids introduces bill to improve mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth

"We are failing our most vulnerable children on this issue," Davids said.

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New Republican House bill bans transgender troops & seeks to strip trans vets of security clearances

Alabama GOP Rep. Barry Moore wants to enshrine discrimination against transgender people into federal law.

U.S. Rep. Mark Takano at last year's Democratic National Convention

Congressional Equality Caucus condemns Medicaid cuts, anti-trans provisions in budget bill

Republicans are advancing a "cruel reconciliation bill," Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano says.

From left: U.S. Reps. Mark Takano and Becca Balint

Congress members denounce VA's end to gender-affirming care, demand answers

U.S. Rep. Mark Takano and others sent a pointed letter to VA Secretary Doug Collins.

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Over 80 U.S. House members rally against Trump's anti-transgender passport policy

Trans, nonbinary, and intersex people deserve passports that reflect their identity, the representatives say.

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LGBTQ+ Democrats will take a stand during Trump’s joint address — including skipping it entirely

“I won’t sit and watch him lie,” Vermont Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balint said.

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Democratic congressmen: Federal personnel office can't discriminate against trans Americans

U.S. Reps. Mark Takano, Jamie Raskin, and Gerry Connolly sent a strongly worded letter to the Office of Personnel Management, saying that implementing Trump's "two sexes" executive order would violate the Constitution and Supreme Court precedent.

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Democrat Robert Garcia condemns ‘madman’ Donald Trump’s ‘monstrous’ response to D.C. plane crash

Instead of consoling a grieving nation, the president has tried to score political points by falsely blaming diversity efforts for the tragedy.

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Republicans are trying to ban transgender Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride from using the women's bathroom

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly went so far as to threaten a "physical altercation" if trans women were allowed to use the women's restroom.

Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Congressman Mark Pocan speaks press conference surrounded by supporters condemning anti LGBTQI agenda that House Republicans are moving

LGBTQ+ Reps. condemn 'outrageous' forced outing bill advancing in Congress

The Congressional Equality Caucus is calling out the "outrageous" bill going to vote in the House that would forcibly out transgender students to their guardians.

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Gay members of Congress worried about mpox outbreak ask for data in letter to Joe Biden (exclusive)

Reps. Ritchie Torres and Mark Pocan sent a letter to the president and Health and Human Services Secretary to learn what the administration is doing to prepare against a potentially worse mpox outbreak.