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Added on: 12/05/2022
The pro-equality heroes of the U.S. Senate seem to have inspired online searches for the comic book variety. The internet lit up after the Nov. 29 Senate passage of…

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Added on: 12/04/2022
12/03/2022
Finding a place for rainbows in a sea of red has often been a struggle for those who identify as LGBTQ+ in Colorado Springs, a city with…

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Added on: 12/03/2022
12/02/2022
Having been referred to as Qatar’s first person to come out publicly as gay, Dr. Nasser Mohamed thought having the World Cup on his home soil was…

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Added on: 12/01/2022
11/30/2022
A man ran onto the pitch during Monday’s World Cup group-stage match between Portugal and Uruguay, holding up a rainbow flag to protest Qatar’s anti-LGBT laws. The…

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Added on: 11/30/2022
Canada’s foreign minister, Melanie Joly, has ordered her officials to summon Russia’s ambassador in Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, over a series of “hateful” anti-LGBT tweets, including one aimed…

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Added on: 11/29/2022
11/28/2022
An evangelical group with anti-LGBTQ beliefs showed up at the Club Q memorial. Now a group of queer affirming clergy is standing watch in response….

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Added on: 11/28/2022
11/27/2022
A 21-year-old transgender college student is suing the Department of Defense (D0D) and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for denying her gender-affirming surgery under her dad’s military health…

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Added on: 11/28/2022
11/27/2022
Seth Compton woke early one morning in July to his phone buzzing furiously with new messages. A wave of hate, stirred up far away, was starting to…

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Added on: 11/26/2022
11/25/2022
A sign on the property of the Colorado-based evangelical organisation Focus on the Family was vandalised with graffiti reading “blood is on your hands” and “fives lives…

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Added on: 11/25/2022
11/24/2022
Ky Schevers is fighting back against the anti-trans movement she once took part in. Schevers was assigned the sex of female at birth and later chose to start gender-affirming…

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Added on: 11/23/2022
11/22/2022
The week of Oct. 23 was dedicated to two LGBTQ awareness periods: Asexual Awareness Week and Intersex Awareness Day. The former, also known as “Ace Week,” occurs…

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Added on: 11/22/2022
11/21/2022
One of Maryland’s wealthiest school districts has moved forward with an LGBTQ-inclusive book list for elementary school students while allegedly declining to recommend several children’s books that…

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Added on: 11/21/2022
A rapid increase in recent anti-trans and anti-gay rhetoric and protests set up violence like the overnight murders at Colorado Springs’ Club Q, political scientists and activists…

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Added on: 11/20/2022
Fabu Olmedo is so nervous about clubs and restaurants in Paraguay that before a night out she often contacts one to make sure that she’ll be let…

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Added on: 11/20/2022
11/19/2022
After becoming a member of the Carolina Panthers TopCats cheerleaders in March, Justine Lindsay had heard that there was nothing like the team’s first home game of…

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Added on: 11/20/2022
11/19/2022
A “rainbow wave” that lifted record numbers of LGBTQ candidates to victory in the U.S. midterms is a promising sign of growing acceptance, but tough legislative fights…

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Added on: 11/19/2022
11/18/2022
As the men’s World Cup in Qatar puts a spotlight on the country’s record of human rights violations, Canada Soccer has partnered with a group that aims…

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Added on: 11/18/2022
11/16/2022
The Senate on Wednesday cleared a key procedural hurdle to move forward the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that will codify same-sex marriage into federal law. The…

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Added on: 11/14/2022
11/13/2022
PHILADELPHIA — Taking an “anatomy inventory” during visits can help cultivate a more supportive environment for transgender and non-binary patients to discuss their gender identity and the…

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Added on: 11/13/2022
11/11/2022
Every morning, Mary’s eight-year-old daughter Paige walks into school in the Texan city of Austin with a legal letter in her rucksack, neatly packed with her schoolbooks…

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Added on: 11/13/2022
11/11/2022
A federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that President Joe Biden’s administration had wrongly interpreted an Obamacare provision as barring health care providers from discriminating against…

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Added on: 11/13/2022
11/12/2022
Hate speech surged during the first week of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter, according to a new report released by the Center for Countering Digital…

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Added on: 11/10/2022
11/09/2022
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has sent a shockwave through social media and the LGBTQ+ community. Bloomberg reports the world’s richest man has ordered a review of the…

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Added on: 11/10/2022
11/09/2022
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Leigh Finke will be the first transgender legislator in the Minnesota House after she handily won the seat for District 66A on Tuesday…

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Added on: 11/09/2022
11/08/2022
Democratic candidate Maura Healey has been elected the first out lesbian governor in the U.S. as well as the first woman to lead Massachusetts. In 2014, Healey…

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Added on: 11/08/2022
11/07/2022
The Mid-Atlantic state of Pennsylvania includes the liberal metropolis of Philadelphia, the state’s biggest city with the highest population, and runner-up Pittsburgh on the west side of…

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Added on: 11/08/2022
Guadalajara and Hong Kong will co-host the 2023 Gay Games XI, holding the games from Nov. 3 to 11, 2023, with a kickoff event to begin the…

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Added on: 11/06/2022
11/05/2022
Texas Republicans bankrolled by Christian conservative donors are hoping to ride a wave of parental anger over the teaching of race and sexuality in schools to achieve…

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Added on: 11/05/2022
11/04/2022
Centaurus High theater students wanted a fall play that celebrated their diversity and tackled a social issue. They chose Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” a 1953 play that…

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Added on: 11/04/2022
11/03/2022
NEW YORK, Nov 3 (Openly) – History is in the making. For the first time, two openly gay candidates are competing for election to a U.S. congressional…