New Zealand’s High Court on Wednesday struck down regulations that banned new puberty blocker prescriptions for minors. The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. challenged the Health Ministry over the regulations it adopted in 2025. “The applicant successfully bought a claim
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Vice President JD Vance is being brutally mocked after a video circulated online of an entire NFL team ignoring him. The video shows Vance standing outside the locker room of the Cincinnati Bengals as the players file in from practice. Presumably, Vance was standing there to gree...
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Billionaire anti-trans activist J.K. Rowling published an essay this week in which she attempts to make the case that trans rights activism is “elitist.” The Harry Potter author framed the piece, posted October 21 on her personal website, as an “update” to her infamous June 2020 ...
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A married gay couple is suing a solar installation company after they say they were harassed by fellow workers, targeted by management, and fired without notice. Wilmer Muchacho, 46, and Jose Cordero, 30, allege in a lawsuit filed last week in Maine District Court that employees ...
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Sophia Bush sat down with host Alex Cooper on the megapopular podcast Call Her Daddy this week to clear up misconceptions about her relationship timeline with soccer star Ashlyn Harris, denying longstanding rumors that their connection began with cheating. Online sapphics, you sh...
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I grew up on a cattle ranch, where the day’s first sounds were gates creaking, hooves shifting, and cows mooing across the pasture. I remember looking into animals’ eyes while feeding them and learning how different each was. Some were bold, some cautious; some wanted touch, some...
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I consider myself fortunate to be able to take an annual transatlantic cruise. When I began doing this, what were called repositioning cruises, moving ships to better climates for a different season, were fairly inexpensive, and never full. That is not the case today. Now they ar...
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A note from Brian: When it comes to sperm donation, most people immediately think of sperm banks. But banks are just one of several ways to find a donor, and each option comes with its own considerations around cost, access, legal protections, and the long-term implications for y...
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Two hundred and fifty years ago in Cumberland, R.I., the Publick Universal Friend proclaimed that the person who had formerly occupied their body (a young woman named Jemima Wilkinson) had died after a short battle with Typhus. After their death, their body was resurrected, reani...
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A thirty-minute documentary released this morning by the Young Turks features three male sex workers who say they were paid to have sex with the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who was long plagued by gay rumors despite his anti-LGBTQ+ policy stances. One man in the documenta...
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Hadouken! Orville Peck is stepping into a new arena. The masked country music star makes his feature film acting debut as Vega, the flamboyant, claw-wielding villain, in the latest live-action Street Fighter film. Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Noah Centineo, Andrew Koj...
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The WNBA has officially declared former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White ineligible for the league after the pair made a mockery of trans women by saying they would pretend to be trans to try out for a WNBA team. Outgoing WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert rejected ...
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Is Ken Paxton looking to make an omelette? Because he may be cracking quite a few eggs. Some parents in a conservative subreddit are upset that the ubiquitous GOP-aligned ads in targeting Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, specifically those that highlight the Democrat’s...
