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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, center left, and Turning Point CEO Erika Kirk, center right, pose for a photo at the Governor's Mansion, in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins,File)

Turning Point USA’s high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns

A push by Republican leaders to promote Turning Point USA chapters in public high schools is stirring a free speech debate.

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A rainbow Pride flag flies with an American flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Trump administration agrees to return rainbow Pride flag to New York’s Stonewall monument

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Protesters demonstration against homosexuality in Dakar, Senegal, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, file)

Senegal has first conviction under law toughening punishment for homosexual acts

April 13

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump administration terminates agreements to protect transgender students in several schools

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An LGBTQ+ rights supporter holds a flag in the hallway outside an Iowa House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Appeals court lets Iowa enforce book ban and restrictions on LGBTQ+ topics in K-6 classes

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Fired librarian says moving LGBTQ-themed children’s books is a First Amendment violation

A fired Tennessee librarian stands by her decision not to move LGBTQ-themed books from the children’s section, which she said would have violated the First Amendment. Luanne James spoke with The Associated Press. (AP video/Kristin M. Hall)

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San Francisco leaders rally against Supreme Court conversion therapy ruling

Same sex couples marry in Amsterdam as Dutch mark 25th anniversary of world’s first gay weddings

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Two LGBT activists kiss while holding rainbow's flags during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.(AP Photo, File)

Belarusian parliament passes a bill to crack down on LGBTQ+ rights

April 2

Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola greet supporters at the Santiago Cathedral after attending Mass in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Chile’s new President José Antonio Kast brings openly religious views to a changing country

April 1

FILE -From left, Peter Wittebrood-Lemke, Frank Wittebrood, Ton Jansen, Louis Rogmans, Helene Faasen and Anne-Marie Thus, the pairs who were among four couples to get married under the world's first law allowing same-sex marriages with equal rights. cut the wedding cake after exchanging vows at Amsterdam's City Hall early April 1, 2001. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Amsterdam celebrates 25 years since the world’s first same-sex weddings

April 1

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In this photo provided by the Rutherford County Library Alliance, former Rutherford County Library System Director Luanne James speaks at a meeting of the Rutherford County Library Board in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Monday, March 30, 2026, during which the board voted to fire her from her position due to her refusal to move more than 100 books from the children’s section to the adult section. (Ryan Rehnborn/Rutherford County Library Alliance via AP)

Tennessee librarian fired for refusing to move more than 100 books from children’s to adult section

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The Supreme Court in Washington, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids

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Senegal’s president signs harsher anti-gay penalties into law

March 31

Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Bulls waive guard Jaden Ivey after anti-LGBTQ+ comments, remarks about religion on Instagram

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Attorney General Pam Bondi listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration sues Minnesota over transgender athletes in girls sports

March 30

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IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Yves Herman/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events by new IOC policy

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People walk on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., on May 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

The clock is ticking for San Jose State to change its policy on a transgender athlete

March 25

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French former Prime minister Lionel Jospin attends a ceremony for the funeral of French designer Sonia Rykiel at Montparnasse cemetary in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

French ex-Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, architect of the 35-hour week, dies at 88

March 23

Taylor Tomlinson arrives at the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello,File)

Taylor Tomlinson’s Netflix special is too ungodly for many churches. This one welcomed her.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks during the Take Back Your Health Tour event at the state Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration

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Young men sit at a beach in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

As Senegal cracks down on homosexuality, gay people say they suffer

March 19

The sign for the Pulse nightclub is removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Pulse nightclub is demolished to make way for a memorial to the 2016 mass shooting

March 18

Haidar Darwish, a belly dancer and artist who came from Syria, attends an inclusive Iftar, the Ramadan fast-breaking meal, with friends who are Muslim, Christian, queer and straight, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

With rising anti‑LGBTQ+ attacks, Muslim man hosts inclusive Ramadan meal

March 13

Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue on Thursday, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)

What to know about Reform Judaism after an attack on one of its largest US synagogues

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A view of the City Court in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, during a session to decide whether to designate two prominent LGBTQ+ rights groups as extremist. (AP Photo)

Russia bans a prominent LGBTQ+ rights group as extremist in a new blow to the beleaguered community

March 3

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The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Supreme Court blocks law against schools outing transgender students to their parents in California

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Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world's 85 million Anglicans, speaks inside Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Conservative Anglican leaders meet in Nigeria, facing debate on a possible breakaway

March 2

The Rev. Dr. Mandy Todd, left, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Lindsborg, Kan., and Rabbi Moti Rieber, right, executive director of Kansas Interfaith Action, protest a new Kansas law that will invalidate hundreds of driver's licenses and birth certificates for transgender people that reflect their gender identities, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, outside the Kansas Senate chamber in the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

2 trans men sue Kansas over a law invalidating their driver’s licenses and about 1,700 others

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The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Sept. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FIle)

Pentagon and Scouting America reach deal to keep ties after Hegseth’s anti-DEI push

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom reacts during a news conference in Wasco, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Gov. Gavin Newsom takes heat from Republicans and LGBTQ+ lawmakers during book tour

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Amber Glenn of the United States competes during the figure skating women's team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

The ‘Blade Angels’ are redefining the image of US women’s figure skating

February 16

A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Judge temporarily blocks Trump officials from rescinding health grants to some Democratic-led states

February 13

New York politicians and activists raise a rainbow flag on a pole in Christopher Park across the street from the Stonewall Inn, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in New York, a few days after it was removed by the National Park Service to comply with guidance from the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

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Gold Queen, from left, Rosaria Fiengo and Lust Queen attend La Juta pilgrimage, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Mercogliano, Italy. (Claire Giangravé via AP)

Catholic rituals blend with Neapolitan folklore in pilgrimage for queer community

February 11

Sweden's Elis Lundholm look on before the women's freestyle skiing moguls qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Hailed as a pioneer, Swedish transgender skier at Winter Olympics just wants to focus on sport

February 11

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Small Pride flags adorn a fence in the Stonewall National Monument while the Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag on the pole, center, in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trump administration takes down a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument

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Amber Glenn of the United States competes during the figure skating women's team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

US skater Amber Glenn faces fallout over politics and issues with music copyright after Olympic gold

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