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Students at a high school near Erie, Pennsylvania, are standing firmly behind their homecoming queen after her election sparked a wave of anti-transgender backlash online. Sammi, a transgender student at Fairview High School, was crowned homecoming queen during the school’s ...

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After 50+ years of fighting for LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections in Pennsylvania, a handful of State Senate races could change everything.

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Pennsylvania drag artists, your voices matter! 

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