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  • LGBTQ rights group Human Rights Campaign launches tour through mostly red states

    07/28/2025 3:29:14 PM PDT · by fwdude · 41 replies
    NBC News ^ | July 28, 2025 | Brooke Sopelsa
    The Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ rights organization, is taking its LGBTQ equality message on the road with a multicity tour focused on changing more hearts and minds, particularly in red states. The “American Dreams Tour” will kick off Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, and travel to cities in predominantly Republican-led states through November. The tour’s goal, according to HRC, is to amplify LGBTQ people’s stories “at a time of rising political attacks and cultural erasure” and “celebrate the communities pushing back against hate and fighting for a future of equality for all.” “For half a century, our movement...
  • LPGA and USGA announce new eligibility rules for transgender golfers

    12/04/2024 3:33:58 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 22 replies
    NBC News | Comcast ^ | December 4, 2024 | By Brooke Sopelsa
    Two national golf associations announced new gender eligibility policies Wednesday that bar transgender women who have gone through male puberty from participating in elite women’s competitions. The LPGA said in a statement outlining its new policy that it had consulted “top experts in the fields of medicine, science, sport physiology and golf performance” and had been advised that “a Player’s exposure to male puberty provides physical advantages that are beneficial to golf performance compared to Players who have not had such exposure.” TheUSGA outlined the same puberty and testosterone requirements as the LPGA in its new gender eligibility rules. It...