Barney Frank served in Congress from 1980 to 2012, was the first person to come out in Congress by choice, and was the first person married to someone of the same sex in Congress. He died while in hospice care. Alan Chambers led Exodus International, the largest conversion therapy organization in the U.S., before shutting it down in 2013. Chambers allegedly sent explicit messages to a detective posing as a 14-year-old boy online. The Department of Justice has sought hospitals’ private medical records for trans children, and federal judge Reed O’Connor ordered a Rhode Island hospital to turn over records and stop efforts to overturn his decisions. The South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act bans trans students from bathrooms and locker rooms aligned with their gender identity, while allowing schools to permit trans students to use facilities that match their gender identity.
"Barney Frank was a member of Congress from 1980 to 2012, was the first person to come out in Congress by choice, and was the first person married to someone of the same sex in Congress. He passed away this week while in hospice care."
"Alan Chambers was the president of Exodus International, the biggest conversion therapy organization in the U.S., before he shut it down in 2013. Chambers allegedly sent explicit messages to a detective posing as a 14-year-old boy online. Why it matters: There was a time when Chambers was one of the most prominent anti-LGBTQ+ voices in America."
"As part of a now months-long battle by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to get hospitals to turn over trans kids' private medical records, a federal judge in Texas, Reed O'Connor, ordered a hospital in Rhode Island to not only turn over the records but to also stop getting its federal judge in Rhode Island to overturn his decisions."
"The "South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act" bans trans students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity, but gives schools permission to allow trans kids to us"
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