#JKRowling unleashes string of anti-trans tweets

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J.K. Rowling unleashes string of anti-trans tweets "It isn’t hate to speak the truth." she says after her team previously claimed she isn't anti-transgender, she's just "middle-aged." Police union loses fight to keep identity of cop who killed Black trans man Tony McDade a secret The union claimed the officer was "the victim." Actors Justice Smith & Nicholas Ashe just came out together. They’re a couple. "You’ve been my rock and guiding light through all of this and I love you so much," Justice wrote while discussing the importance of queer inclusion in the Black Lives Matter movement. Indianapolis honors LGBTQ people of color in Pride proclamation The state has seen some of the most vociferous fights over equality over the past decade. Cops beat LGBTQ protestors leaving demonstration at Stonewall Inn One activist's arm was broken and he required multiple staples to close wounds on his head, but he wasn't given medical attention for the 11 hours he was held in custody. Marque Snow could be the first LGBTQ person of color in the Nebraska Legislature If LGBTQ people "don’t see someone they can relate to and they’re in a community that is always going to be the same group, then they really don’t pay attention to politics." Indy Pride will cut ties with local police force that groped & brutalized unarmed women "It is important now more than ever to remember the first Pride marches were protests against police brutality led by brown and black people." Iowa police raid gay bar for providing first aid supplies to protestors Police showed up in two trucks to raid the bar and dragged employees outside. Activism doesn’t need to be peaceful. Larry Kramer taught us that. Neither Marsha P. Johnson nor Larry Kramer protested “the right way,” but we look back on them as heroes.  Archived Getty Images photos show the evolution of Pride through the years While some of the most famous photos from queer history are part of the archive, there is also an untold number of lesser-known pictures that haven't been displayed publicly.