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Alejandra Caraballo
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Blue states see ‘shield laws’ as bulwark against Republican efforts to restrict abortion and gender-affirming care
July 14, 2023
As Republican lawmakers have pushed restrictions on abortion and gender-affirming care in recent months, Democratic-led states have increasingly responded by passing so-called shield laws to…
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For social media start-ups, attracting an audience is crucial to scaling a new product — but it can be near impossible to lure loyal users…
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Governor Ron DeSantis’ campaign is leaning into his “terminally online” anti-LGBTQ+ crusade with a new video featuring alt-right imagery, a law expert told Insider. On…
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In siding with a graphic designer who did not want to make customized websites celebrating same-sex marriages, the Supreme Court Friday emphasized the right to…
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More Americans than before oppose transgender athletes competing in sports that align with their gender identity and say transitioning genders is “morally wrong,” according to…
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These Leaders are Standing up for Transgender Care
May 17, 2023
Last month in the Montana statehouse, Democratic State Representative Zooey Zephyr stood up to oppose a bill that bans gender-affirming care for the Montana’s transgender…
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Many of the Black, queer and transgender users who made Twitter a cultural touchstone are growing weary of the platform, which they say has become…
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Famous Twitter users disavow Musk over verification return
April 25, 2023
Celebrities, professional athletes and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don’t know why their blue…
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Twitter quietly changes its hateful conduct policy to remove standing protections for its transgender users
April 19, 2023
Twitter sparked backlash this week after some users noticed it had quietly removed language in its hateful conduct policy that explicitly protected transgender people from…
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Coming up on today’s show: Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic and former staff attorney at the Transgender Legal Defense…
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Puffer coat Pope Francis fooled many with his ‘drip.’ But experts say image underscores danger of AI misinformation.
March 29, 2023
Over the weekend, an image of Pope Francis spread like wildfire on social media platforms. In place of his daily attire of austere white cassocks,…
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On Monday a transgender woman from Saudi Arabia published a suicide note that incriminates her parents with forcing her to detransition. Eden Knight lived in…
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A rash of proposed Florida laws use ‘genocidal rhetoric’ to attack trans people, legal experts say
March 14, 2023
A series of new bills in Florida taking aim at health care providers offering gender-affirming care and parents who support their trans kids are part…
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How LibsOfTikTok Became the Darling of the GOP
March 1, 2023
In the year since Chaya Raichik was unmasked as the operator of the hate-filled Libs of TikTok Twitter account, a primary vector of the right’s…
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An Arkansas lawmaker shocked onlookers this week when he asked a transgender health care professional about her genitals at a hearing on a bill that…
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Last year, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, the Human Rights Campaign, labeled 2021 the “worst year” for LGBTQ rights in modern U.S. history, citing…
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Transgender Americans Feel Under Siege as Political Vitriol Rises
December 12, 2022
Alejandra Caraballo is used to seeing anti-transgender hatred. As an L.G.B.T.Q. rights advocate and a transgender woman, she has received death threats, and her and…
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Why extremism experts say it’s worth discussing the Colorado shooting suspect’s pronouns
December 12, 2022
Attorneys for the alleged gunman in the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ club in Colorado said in court filings the suspect is nonbinary and uses…