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- Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials https://www.them.us/story/hiv-aids-vaccine-human-trials-moderna 449 comments
- Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine https://www.them.us/story/moderna-begins-hiv-vaccine-trials-covid-19-research 469 comments
- Texas Reportedly Kept Records of Trans Drivers Who Requested Gender Marker Changes https://www.them.us/story/texas-records-trans-drivers-gender-marker-changes-ken-paxton-opinion 45 comments politics
- A Trans Teacher Is Getting Death Threats After Rep. Nancy Mace Mocked Her on X https://www.them.us/story/nancy-mace-trans-teacher-sabre-death-threats-x 120 comments politics
- Everything That Happened in Anti-Trans Legislation This Week: January 17-24 https://www.them.us/story/everything-that-happened-in-anti-trans-legislation-this-week-january-17-24 11 comments politics
- An Oklahoma Senator Introduces Legislation to Ban All Porn and Imprison Content Creators. SB 593, introduced by Senator Dusty Deevers, is part of a slate of eight bills by the legislator to “restore moral sanity” to the state. https://www.them.us/story/oklahoma-porn-ban 70 comments politics
- Leaked Memo Suggests a Top U.S. Agency Will No Longer Recognize Pride, MLK Day, and Holocaust Remembrance https://www.them.us/story/defense-intelligence-agency-memo-pride-mlk-day-holocaust-remembrance 99 comments politics
- Trump Administration Removes White House Websites Honoring Nex Benedict and Matthew Shepard https://www.them.us/story/trump-administration-removes-white-house-websites-honoring-nex-benedict-matthew-shepard 47 comments politics
- All But 10 Senate Democrats Voted for a Defense Bill With an Anti-Trans Healthcare Ban https://www.them.us/story/senate-democrats-ndaa-chuck-schumer-tammy-baldwin-trans-healthcare-ban 70 comments politics
- 81 Democrats Helped Pass a Defense Bill With Anti-Trans Provisions https://www.them.us/story/81-democrats-joined-republicans-passing-defense-bill-ndaa-anti-trans 466 comments politics
- Trump's Staff and Cabinet Picks Are Shaping Up to Be a Who's Who of Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremists https://www.them.us/story/trump-cabinet-white-house-staff-elon-musk-marco-rubio-anti-lgbtq 34 comments politics
- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to Fellow Democrats: Don't Throw Trans People Under the Bus https://www.them.us/story/andy-beshear-kentucky-governor-democratic-party-nyt-op-ed 61 comments politics
- Crisis Calls From LGBTQ+ Youth Spiked by 700 Percent After Election Day https://www.them.us/story/election-lgbtq-youth-crisis-calls 357 comments politics
- Former Trump Campaign Advisor Roger Stone Calls VP Candidate Tim Walz an Anti-Gay Slur https://www.them.us/story/trump-advisor-roger-stone-calls-vp-candidate-tim-walz-anti-gay-f-slur 191 comments politics
- Before Going MAGA, J.D. Vance Reportedly Brought Baked Goods to His Trans Friend https://www.them.us/story/jd-vance-trans-friend-law-school-baked-goods-conservative-turn#intcid=recommendations_them-bottom-recirc-v4_95dd4bcf-35a8-4031-9909-215485f6af70_roberta-similarity1 19 comments politics
- The Candidate Who Told Voters Not to Be “Weak and Gay” Lost By an Embarrassing Margin https://www.them.us/story/valentina-gomez-missouri-secretary-of-state-weak-and-gay-huge-loss 132 comments politics
- J.D. Vance Told His Former Trans Friend “I Hate the Police” | In emails published by the New York Times, Trump’s VP pick espouses decidedly un-MAGA politics. https://www.them.us/story/jd-vance-trans-friend-sofia-nelson-emails 61 comments politics
- A Sexually Transmitted Fungus Is Making Trillions of Cicadas Hypersexual and Gay https://www.them.us/story/sexually-transmitted-fungus-trillions-cicadas-gay?bxid=5bea03292ddf9c72dc89f9eb&cndid=54983584&esrc=thematic_ballot&hasha=fe5d662adf685ae9dedd7464c832fcdf&hashb=325160894b3da8aacbe57c562af617a415a8ebab&hashc=9c8dbee9bae80a6f003d48aa263a844e4405db0d78e95f698d107181f13667ba&utm_brand=them&utm_mailing=Them_Weekly_041024 13 comments wallstreetbets
- A Mosque Specifically for 'Third Gender' Muslims Has Opened in Bangladesh https://www.them.us/story/mosque-hijra-muslims-opened-bangladesh?bxid=5bea03292ddf9c72dc89f9eb&cndid=54983584&esrc=thematic_ballot&hasha=fe5d662adf685ae9dedd7464c832fcdf&hashb=325160894b3da8aacbe57c562af617a415a8ebab&hashc=9c8dbee9bae80a6f003d48aa263a844e4405db0d78e95f698d107181f13667ba&utm_brand=them&utm_mailing=Them_Weekly_041024 6 comments worldnews
- The Catholic Church Can Bless Same-Sex Couples, the Pope Says https://www.them.us/story/pope-says-catholic-church-can-now-bless-same-sex-couples?bxid=5bea03292ddf9c72dc89f9eb&cndid=54983584&esrc=thematic_ballot&hasha=fe5d662adf685ae9dedd7464c832fcdf&hashb=325160894b3da8aacbe57c562af617a415a8ebab&hashc=9c8dbee9bae80a6f003d48aa263a844e4405db0d78e95f698d107181f13667ba&utm_brand=them&utm_mailing=THEM_Weekly_122023 26 comments europe
- Florida AG Says School Libraries Are for “Government Speech,” Not Free Expression https://www.them.us/story/florida-ag-says-school-libraries-are-for-government-speech-not-free-expression 89 comments law
- In Brazil, Using Homophobic Slurs Is Now Punishable By Prison https://www.them.us/story/brazil-homophobic-hate-speech-punishable-crime 298 comments worldnews
- A Trans Creator Has Raised Over 1.5 Million for Trans Healthcare on TikTok Live https://www.them.us/story/trans-handy-maam-tiktok-live-trans-day-of-visibility-fundraiser 41 comments upliftingnews
- Batista Covered Up a Tattoo Honoring Manny Pacquiao after Homophobic comments by Pacquiao https://www.them.us/story/dave-bautista-tattoo-cover-up-homophobia-manny-pacquiao 325 comments squaredcircle
- Most Americans Support Trans Rights — Except Right-Wing Media Viewers https://www.them.us/story/hrc-trans-rights-survey-right-wing-media 386 comments upliftingnews
- These Moms Just Became the First Gay Couple to Adopt in the Mexican State of Jalisco https://www.them.us/story/first-same-sex-couple-adoption-jalisco-mexico 13 comments upliftingnews
- U.N. Takes a Stand As Ghana Prepares Law Criminalizing LGBTQ+ Advocacy https://www.them.us/story/un-takes-stand-ghana-prepares-law-criminalizing-lgbtq-advocacy 136 comments worldnews
- TV Stations Go Dark for 24 Hours to Protest Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence in Georgia | Activists, journalists, and TV networks in the European country of Georgia are continuing to protest a lack of government action following the killing of a local journalist amid attacks on LGBTQ+ Pride groups. https://www.them.us/story/tv-stations-go-dark-protest-anti-lgbtq-violence-georgia 77 comments worldnews
- France Finally Legalizes IVF for Lesbian Couples | Surrogacy will still remain banned under the new law, however. https://www.them.us/story/france-finally-legalizes-ivf-lesbian-couples 8 comments worldnews
- "Detransition, Baby" Is Up for a Prestigious Prize — And Transphobic Backlash https://www.them.us/story/detransition-baby-prestigious-prize-and-transphobic-backlash-torrey-peters#:~:text=It%20began%20last%20month%2C%20when,acclaimed%20first%20novel%20Detransition%2C%20Baby. 16 comments books
- Ireland Legally Recognizes Same-Sex Parents for First Time in History http://www.them.us/story/ireland-legally-recognizes-same-sex-parents 261 comments worldnews
- Venezuela's Maduro urges legalization of same-sex marriage after Pope’s comments. https://www.them.us/story/venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-pope-francis-same-sex-marriage-legalization 172 comments worldnews
- Russia Is About to Ban Same-Sex Marriage https://www.them.us/story/russia-is-about-to-ban-same-sex-marriage 57 comments europe