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Tucson shooting investigation, Colorado’s transgender rights battles and LGBTQ migrant deportations · The Roundup

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  SPEAKER_00: It's the Lookout News Roundup for the final week of September.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is September 30th, and I'm Joseph Darius Jafari, editor of Lookout News here in the Southwest, and I'm here to give you this week's top headlines in LGBTQ and civil rights news.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, you can get this and more by going to our website at Lookoutnews.org, where you can sign up to have this kind of roundup and more sent to your inbox every Wednesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're starting in Tucson, where newly obtained police records are shedding more light on the planning behind the Venture In shooting.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lookout reports investigators found a list of other LGBTQ-friendly bars, surveillance showing the shooter casing the area, and a manifesto describing plans to kill as many gay people as possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: The records provide new details about how extensively the attack was planned before two men were killed outside Venture Inn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Also in Arizona, Republican gubernatorial candidate Andy Biggs is facing new scrutiny over his ties to an organization accused of promoting anti-LGBTQ policies internationally.
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  SPEAKER_00: Raw story reports Biggs' campaign received$3,000 from leaders of Family Watch International, an organization Biggs has been connected to for years.
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  SPEAKER_00: The investigation also examines his broader political rise and his relationship with the Trump movement.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in a story that is considerably less political, but somehow even messier, former U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: Senator Kirsten Cinema's ex-boyfriend is facing a felony charge after allegedly causing more than$200,000 in damage at her Cape Creek home.
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  SPEAKER_00: LGBTQ Nation reports Matthew Ammel allegedly destroyed paintings, smashed liquor bottles, and damaged a large mirror while Cinema was out of town.
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  SPEAKER_00: Court records say he also demanded that Cinema post a video to social media.
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  SPEAKER_00: Meanwhile, a new investigation into potential non-citizen voting in Maricopa County is producing a much smaller number than initially flagged.
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  SPEAKER_00: VoteBeat reports county prosecutors investigated 60 voters identified as potential non-citizens.
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  SPEAKER_00: 52 were U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: citizens, while only eight were not.
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  SPEAKER_00: Another 147 voters referred for investigation remain under review.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now over to our neighbors in Colorado, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by three parent advocacy groups challenging Colorado's transgender anti-discrimination law.
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  SPEAKER_00: Courthouse News Service reports the judge found the groups did not have standing because they couldn't show they faced a credible threat of enforcement.
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  SPEAKER_00: Similar challenges brought by commercial and medical organizations remain alive because those groups established a potential enforcement threat.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the federal government is formally rolling back the Biden administration's Title IX regulations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Chalkbe reports the U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: Department of Education has rescinded the 2024 rules and formally returned to the 2020 Title IX regulations.
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  SPEAKER_00: The change removes the Biden-era regulatory language that explicitly interpreted Title IX sex discrimination protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Meanwhile, a Denver judge says Children's Hospital Colorado complied with a court order requiring it to offer gender-affirming care to transgender minors.
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  SPEAKER_00: Colorado Newsline reports the ruling does not require individual doctors to prescribe that care, provided the hospital's gender clinic have independently declined to do so amid pressure from the federal government.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now onto national news.
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  SPEAKER_00: CNN is reporting that LGBTQ migrants who had been granted protection for removal to their home countries are being deported to third countries where homosexuality is criminalized, where LGBTQ people face serious risks.
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  SPEAKER_00: The report follows migrants sent to countries including Cameroon and the Central African Republic.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Trump administration says third country agreements are lawful, while advocates argue some migrants are being sent somewhere they have no connection to and where they may face persecution.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in Tennessee, a former library director is suing after being fired for refusing to move more than 100 LGBTQ-related books.
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  SPEAKER_00: WPLN reports Luann James was fired in March after refusing an order to move books from the children's section to the adult section.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is now suing the Rutherford County Library system, alleging the firing violated discrimination laws and her First Amendment rights.
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  SPEAKER_00: And finally, an LGBTQ nightclub in San Francisco says it has lost thousands of followers after Instagram repeatedly deactivated its account.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Bay Area Reporter reports Bo's Instagram account was deactivated for the third time this month before Meta restored it without explanation.
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  SPEAKER_00: The company later said the latest removal was an error.
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  SPEAKER_00: The club says it has lost about 25,000 followers across three accounts.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's it for this week's roundup.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay safe, stay informed, and look out for each other.