Tag: trans
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Ted Cruz and Colin Allred clash over abortion, trans athletes and Jan. 6 in feisty Texas Senate debate
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred traded quippy one-liners and clashed over policy Tuesday during their first and only debate in a Texas Senate race debate that both candidates agree is up for grabs. Cruz presented himself as a conservative who “will fight to keep Texas Texas,” while Allred cast Cruz as…
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Four college volleyball teams forfeit against San José State over possible trans player
A fourth university has forfeited its women’s volleyball match against San José State University following controversy over the gender identity of one of the team’s players. Utah State University said in a brief statement Tuesday that it would not play its Oct. 23 match against SJSU, joining the University of Wyoming, Boise State University and…
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Sarah McBride’s run to become the first openly trans member Congress is decades in the making
Lisa Goodman, the founding president of Equality Delaware, a statewide LGBTQ organization, worked at the same law firm as McBride’s father. After McBride came out, Dave and Sally talked to Goodman in her office for three hours, Goodman remembered, and she said two things that stuck with them. “I said, ‘This changes everything,’” Goodman recalled,…