October 4, 2026

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What the Capitol, the courts and the ballot mean for LGBTQ+ Minnesotans.

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Minnesota’s Most Comprehensive LGBTQIA2S+ Survey Is In. So Now What?

The chair of the Council on LGBTQIA2S+ Minnesotans on what 7,304 survey responses documented, and why it matters heading into November.

By Theo Casio

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Gender, Interrupted

Trump’s second term has turned gender-affirming care into a legal battleground.

By Ellie Krug

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State of the Rainbow

Seven leaders of Minnesota LGBTQ+ organizations talk about what’s changed since 2024 and what’s at stake this November.

Edited by Andy Lien

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117 women learned their jail strip searches were recorded. Their outrage changed the law.

Survivors hope their advocacy for a bill passed in Colorado can be a model for other states after an official was accused of viewing strip-search videos.

By Candice Norwood, The 19th

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