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Texas GOP Opens Up a New Front in Genocidal Anti-Trans Campaign
A new bill proposes a novel way to block access to transition-related treatment — for adults too.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and the New York Times, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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The People vs. Cop City
Activists Face Felonies for Distributing Flyers on "Cop City" Protester Killing
The activists face 20 years in prison for handing out flyers that identified a cop they said was linked to the killing of a protester in the Atlanta forest.
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Oregon Domestic Terrorism Law Targets the Far Right. Here’s How It’ll Backfire.
The Democrat-sponsored bill has broad bipartisan support, but civil rights groups say it’s open to misuse against climate and racial justice activists.
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Police Shot Atlanta Cop City Protester 57 Times, Autopsy Finds
It looks like Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán was executed by firing squad — underscoring why we must stop the massive police training center.
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Idaho’s Abortion Travel Ban Shows Dangers of GOP’s “Parental Rights” Agenda
The new law will punish anyone who helps a child obtain an abortion across state lines without parental consent.
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Texas Republicans Just Proposed a Bounty on Drag Shows
The latest legal attack pulls from a long legacy of state-sanctioned violence.
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Atlanta Cop City Protesters Charged With Domestic Terror for Having Mud on Their Shoes
The police's guilt-by-association allegations aren't designed to get convictions, but to break up a movement.
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The Real, Sinister Political Threat of Tennessee’s New Anti-Drag Law
Politicians have never needed precise laws to brutally police who can and cannot exist freely in public.
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DeSantis-Stacked Medical Boards Ramp Up Bans on Care for Trans Youth
Last Friday’s public hearing featured impassioned pleas from trans kids, who stand to lose access to lifesaving care in Florida.
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Reproductive Rights Activists Charged Under Law Intended to Protect Abortion Clinics
The Justice Department is calling graffiti on anti-abortion centers a threat to “reproductive health services facilities.”