Protest safety 101: How to protect yourself when exercising your First Amendment rights
Here are some tips to help protect your safety and privacy if you plan on attending any upcoming demonstrations.
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Brandon Wolf won’t return to Orlando’s Pulse nightclub where he survived the murder of friends who never left
On Thursday, nine years after he survived the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time, he will carry the victims’ stories forward but won’t set foot back into the condemned building.
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AddamSchauer-Mayhew was watching tennis on his couch Friday when a man threw a rock through his window.
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Suspect arrested in string of attacks on Los Angeles transgender shopkeeper
Samuel Parros has been arrested in connection with the attacks on Sabrina de la Peña, and police are searching for two others.
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Tennessee trans woman who was brutally attacked at storage unit speaks out
Tyler Flanagan said this is the first time she has felt unsafe as a transgender woman in Nashville.
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Transgender business owner in Los Angeles attacked again
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Michael Kuilan received a 19-year prison sentence for supplying the drugs that killed her.
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Seattle police arrest 23 during anti-trans rally clashes in LGBTQ+ neighborhood
Far-right Christian group Mayday USA held a rally in a queer part of town. It didn't go well.
May 27 2025 1:57 PM
D.C. police investigate suspected hate crime at bar for queer & trans people of color during WorldPride
As the city ramps up for the world's biggest LGBTQ+ celebration, somebody broke in and vandalized Saints and Sinners, a QTBIPOC space.
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Thieves used Grindr to lure scientist to his death and dismembered him, police say
Authorities had previously thought Alessandro Coatti was mistaken for someone else by rival criminal groups.
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District Attorney Alvin Bragg was heavily criticized for dragging his feet in the case.
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Kady Grass is looking to bring her attackers to justice.
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