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Texas Gov. Abbott: Agencies must investigate gender-affirming care for trans kids as ‘child abuse’

02/22/22

AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to investigate reports of transgender kids receiving gender-affirming care as “child abuse,” but it’s unclear what immediate effect…

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Added on: 02/23/2022

High court takes case involving refusal to serve gay couples.

02/22/2022

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who…

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Added on: 02/22/2022

Black History Month: Destination Tomorrow Dedicated To Helping LGBTQ+ Community In The Bronx.

02/21/2022

In celebration of Black History Month, CBS2 is taking you to a center dedicated to helping the LGBTQ+ community in the Bronx. As CBS2’s Cindy Hsu reports,…

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Added on: 02/21/2022

From book bans to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, LGBTQ kids feel ‘erased’ in the classroom

02/20/2022

Students have repeatedly vandalized Pride posters at Spencer Lyst’s high school in Williamson County, Tennessee. Teachers have skipped over LGBTQ issues in class textbooks. Trans kids in…

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Added on: 02/21/2022

JFNA release document adding gun reform, LGBTQ advocacy back to policy priority

02/20/2022

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Less than a week after the Jewish Federations of North America removed hot button items such as addressing gun violence and defending LGBTQ rights from…

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Added on: 02/20/2022

Mexico issues first birth certificate recognising non-binary gender

2/19/22

An LGBT+ activist has become the first person in Mexico to be issued a birth certificate recognising his gender as non-binary. Fausto Martinez received the historic birth…

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Added on: 02/20/2022

It’s not just Florida. 15 other ‘Don’t Say Gay’-style bills are cropping up nationwide

2/19/22

Since Florida’s House committee passed the Parental Rights in Education bill – known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill – in January, a national spotlight has turned…

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Added on: 02/19/2022

One UN human rights expert’s fight to eliminate ‘conversion therapies’

2/18/22

Some 69 States around the world currently criminalise homosexual relations between consenting adults. This means that in just this one area of human rights violations, two billion…

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Added on: 02/19/2022

Pink Pistols aims to arm the LGBTQ community against hate crimes

2/18/22

“Pick on someone your own caliber” is the motto of the Pink Pistols, an LGBTQ gun rights organization in the United States and Canada that advocates for…

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Added on: 02/18/2022

Percentage of LGBTQ adults in U.S. has doubled over past decade, Gallup finds

02/17/2022

The percent of U.S. adults who identify as something other than heterosexual has doubled over the last 10 years, from 3.5 percent in 2012 to 7.1 percent,…

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Added on: 02/16/2022

First out lesbian, LGBTQ person of color confirmed to ambassador-level post

02/15/2022

Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Chantale Wong as the U.S. Director to the Asian Development Bank, making her the first out lesbian and LGBTQ person of…

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Added on: 02/15/2022

Black gay priest in NYC challenges Catholicism from within

02/14/2022

Parishioners worshipping at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Harlem are greeted by a framed portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. — a Baptist minister named after…

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Added on: 02/13/2022

‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is just the beginning of Florida GOP’s cruelty to LGBTQ kids

2/12/22

Florida Republican lawmakers have declared war on LGBTQ children — all in the name of freedom and “parental rights.” Aka, the rights of parents whose views of…

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Added on: 02/12/2022

Out in the World: Passage of Global Respect Act signals US stands with LGBTQ people globally

02/11/2022

Signaling the importance of global LGBTQ issues, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Global Respect Act. The bill, introduced by gay Congressmember David Cicilline (D-Rhode…

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Added on: 02/11/2022

‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill would limit discussion of sexuality and gender in Florida schools

02/09/2022

Proposed legislation in Florida would restrict how teachers can discuss sexuality and gender in the classroom, the latest effort by Republican lawmakers to remove the teaching of…

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Added on: 02/09/2022

Lawmakers introduce Arizona LGBT anti-discrimination bill.

02/08/2022

A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers that includes the Republican House speaker announced Monday they were introducing legislation that would for the first time protect gay and…

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Added on: 02/08/2022

Gay Man Becomes Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, Faces Big Challenges

02/07/2022

Sworn-in to lead one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the United States, Chris Magnus also joined a small group of gay national security officials. At…

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Added on: 02/08/2022

More Gay and Lesbian People are Vaccinated than Straight People, CDC Finds

02/07/2022

Gay and lesbian adults in the U.S. have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine at a higher rate than their straight counterparts, according to data released by the Center…

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Added on: 02/06/2022

Meet the 23 Gay Women Competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics

2/4/22

The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off its razzlin’, dazzlin’, flipplin’, slidin’ 16-day event with a fireworks-heavy opening ceremony this morning in Beijing, and if you’re anything like…

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Added on: 02/05/2022

South Dakota signs 1st anti-transgender sports law of 2022

2/4/22

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed an anti-transgender sports bill into law Thursday, restricting transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that match their…

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Added on: 02/04/2022

Gay and lesbian adults had higher COVID-19 vaccination rates than heterosexual adults: CDC

02/03/2022

Gay and lesbian adults are more likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 than heterosexual adults, federal officials said Thursday. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and…

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Added on: 02/02/2022

South Florida Students Rally Against “Don’t Say Gay” Bill In Florida Legislature.

02/01/2022

A group of about a hundred people gathered outside the Pride Center in Wilton Manors Tuesday, rallying against a proposal in the Florida legislature that would limit…

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Added on: 02/01/2022

He started an LGBTQ magazine during the pandemic. Here’s what he learned.

01/31/2022

Ten years have passed since the germ of the idea for a Florida-based LGBTQ publication first came to journalist John Sotomayor. And in 10 years, much has…

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Added on: 01/31/2022

D.C. Digest: Lankford, Inhofe inject themselves into Finnish free speech case

01/30/2022

Finnish Lines: U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Jim Inhofe have taken up the cause of a member of Finland’s parliament whose LGBTQ commentary has brought her into…

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Added on: 01/30/2022

School officials remove student’s ‘Gay is OK’ rainbow artwork and liken it to the Nazi flag

1/29/22

The principal and vice-principal of an Athens, Georgia elementary school are under fire from both parents and faculty after they reportedly ordered an unnamed student’s artwork that…

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Added on: 01/29/2022

Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board updates guidelines for LGBTQ2S+ claimants—but there’s more work to be done

1/28/22

A queer man is turned away from a refugee claim because the term for his same-sex partner in his native language translates to “girlfriend”; a bisexual person…

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Added on: 01/28/2022

First non-binary Winter Olympian challenges ice skating stereotypes

01/21/2022

LONDON, Jan 21 (Openly) – When Timothy LeDuc takes to the ice in Beijing as the first openly non-binary Winter Olympian, the figure skater aims to challenge…

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Added on: 01/28/2022

Texas doctors condemn closure of Dallas clinic for transgender children

01/27/2022

More than 400 doctors and health care professionals signed a letter addressed to two Dallas hospitals decrying the closure of the state’s only comprehensive medical program for transgender children, The…

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Added on: 01/27/2022

Don’t Say Gay’ bill moves forward in Florida

01/26/2022

A Florida bill that would limit classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity and encourage parents to sue schools or teachers that engage in these topics is…

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Added on: 01/26/2022

Woman says military lawsuit is about ‘what they think a lesbian female should look like’.

01/25/2022

A woman suing the U.S. Army and Air Force for discrimination said her case centers on what certain military leaders think a “lesbian female should look like,”…