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Added on: 11/03/2021

Supreme Court turns down Northern California Catholic hospital appeal over transgender patient

11/02/2021

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a case involving transgender rights and leaving in place a lower court decision against a Catholic hospital…

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Added on: 11/02/2021

LGBTQ Activists Create Día de Muertos Altar To Honor Trans Victims Who Died While in ICE Custody

11/01/2021

As many of us sit down with friends and family to celebrate Día de Muertos, and honor those we’ve lost, it’s also an important reminder to honor…

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Added on: 10/31/2021

Critically queer: L Heidenreich explores transgender Mestiz@ history

10/29/2021

As someone who identifies as genderqueer, Mestiz@, materialist, and Catholic, L Heidenreich brings a unique perspective to the study of history that is hard to find in…

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Added on: 10/28/2021

United States Issues Its 1st Passport With ‘X’ Gender Marker

10/27/2021

The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation — a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don’t identify…

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Added on: 10/27/2021

Intersex people have been challenging ‘gender-normalizing surgery.’ Doctors are starting to listen

10/26/2021

Bria Brown-King, 29, a Pennsylvania native, was raised as a girl. As Brown-King got older, however, they realized they were developing differently. “I didn’t have the feminizing…

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Added on: 10/26/2021

Restrictions on transgender student athletes’ participation in school sports signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott

10/25/2021

Texas’ transgender student athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed…

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Added on: 10/26/2021

“Obama slams GOP attacks on marriage equality: “I thought that ship had sailed” “

10/25/2021

Former President Barack Obama has criticized Republicans who continue to attack same-sex marriage, six years after the Supreme Court legalized it nationwide. Obama spoke Saturday at a…

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Added on: 10/25/2021

Western Sanctions: Is Zimbabwe being punished for its strong views against gay rights?

10/24/2021

WASHINGTON – The United States has defended its two-decades-old economic sanctions against Zimbabwe saying they only targeted those that undermine democratic processes or facilitate corruption. However, analysts believe…

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Added on: 10/25/2021

Requiring trans people to have surgery to change their legal documents is ‘regressive’ says Quebec MNA

10/24/2021

As the father of a transgender child, Mike Lumsden says he’s worried a newly proposed Quebec law will open the door to further discrimination against the trans…

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Added on: 10/22/2021

LGBTQ History Month: Why we celebrate in October and Pride Month in June

10/21/2021

October is LGBTQ History Month, a 31-day celebration to honor lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer achievement and influence on the world and a time to learn…

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Added on: 10/21/2021

Netflix employees protest ‘transphobic’ Dave Chappelle comedy show

10/20/2021

About 100 people have protested outside Netflix’s headquarters over the airing of a comedy special by Dave Chappelle, which they say was transphobic. Netflix staff and transgender…

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Added on: 10/21/2021

Dr. Rachel Levine makes history as the nation’s first openly transgender four-star admiral

10/20/2021

Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine made United States history Tuesday as the first openly transgender four-star officer in any of the nation’s eight uniformed services,…

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Added on: 10/20/2021

The Book Club That Helped Spark the Gay-Rights Movement

10/19/2021

In the late nineteen-thirties, Gonzálo Segura, known to his friends as Tony, enrolled at Emory University to study biochemistry. He graduated in 1942, and subsequently took a…

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Added on: 10/19/2021

“Look into their eyes”: portrait exhibit presents real people behind the letters LGBTQ+

10/18/2021

Around 1979, Dr. Nancey Johnson Bookstein was outed by a fellow faculty member on the quad of the CU School of Medicine. The woman asked her “Well,…

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Added on: 10/18/2021

Bullying and queerphobia literally change queer people’s genetics, affecting their offspring

10/17/2021

Numerous studies have shown how bullying and queerphobia affect LGBTQ people’s physical health, emotional well-being and social functioning. But scientific research on the effects of ongoing trauma…

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Added on: 10/17/2021

Pete Buttigieg hits back at Fox News host’s criticism of his paternity leave

10/16/21

US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has been on paternity leave since mid-August with newborn twins, called right-wing attacks on his paternity leave “strange” and from “a…

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Added on: 10/16/2021

LGBTQ + Mariachi Uniting Communities

10/15/21

A Los Angeles group which prides itself as the first and only LGBTQ+ Mariachi in the world is breaking barriers, uniting communities and promoting acceptance….

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Added on: 10/16/2021

Texas House votes to keep transgender girls out of female sports

10/15/21

The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill that bans transgender women and girls from participating in female school sports after three previous attempts failed, all but…

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Added on: 10/15/2021

Astronaut Sally Ride will be the first LGBT + person in the US quarter.

10/12/2021

(US Mint / Getty) Astronaut Sally Ride will become the first LGBT + person to appear in US currency, as part of the new American Women Quarters…

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Added on: 10/13/2021

Medical student creates app for improving transgender individuals’ experience with health care

10/12/2021

Rutgers is endorsing the beta launch of TranZap, a web-based application designed by a Rutgers medical student for the transgender community to leave reviews for health care…

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Added on: 10/12/2021

Wyoming librarians may face criminal charges for stocking LGBTQ books

10/11/2021

Local prosecutors in Wyoming may consider charging librarians for having books in the library’s collection that include information about reproduction, sex, or being gay. The books were…

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Added on: 10/11/2021

North Carolina lieutenant governor won’t resign over anti-LGBTQ+ remarks

10/10/2021

The Republican lieutenant governor of North Carolina has said he will not resign or back down over remarks in which he called transgenderism and homosexuality “filth”. Mark…

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Added on: 10/10/2021

‘Why are you attacking me? I’m great’: 8-year-old transgender girl asks lawmakers to oppose sports ban bill

10/7/21

During a marathon hearing Wednesday that lasted more than 10 hours, a transgender child pleaded with Texas House lawmakers to halt a bill that would prevent her…

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Added on: 10/09/2021

N.C. lieutenant governor faces calls to resign for calling LGBTQ people ‘filth’

10/8/21

Multiple North Carolina state representatives are demanding that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, resign after a video surfaced showing him describing the LGBTQ community as “filth.”…

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Added on: 10/08/2021

How a US group with links to the far-right may have influenced a crackdown on Ghana’s LGBTQ community

10/08/2021

Accra, Ghana (CNN)A safe house was the only place Joe felt protected enough to meet. Tucked away in a neighborhood of Accra, off Aflao Road, a group…

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Added on: 10/06/2021

Librarians in Wyoming face criminal ‘obscenity’ charges for stocking LGBT+ books in teen sections

10/05/2021

Prosecutors are reportedly considering whether to bring charges against Campbell County Public Library staff over their decision to stock young adult books about sex education and LGBT+…

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Added on: 10/04/2021

Education culture war finds a new target: Pride flags in classrooms

10/03/2021

Pride flags, which were created to promote unity, are being called political and divisive in some schools across the country. A recent example: An Oregon school board…

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Added on: 10/01/2021

UCLA Study Suggests Nearly Half of LGBT Renters Behind on Rent Fear Eviction Within 2 Months

10/1/2021

According to a recent UCLA study, nearly half of the LGBT renters in the United States who are behind on their payments fear the worst: eviction. In as…

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Added on: 09/29/2021

Hundreds of Texas Students Walk Out of School Over Anti-LGBT Discrimination

09/28/2021

Hundreds of students walked out of a Texas high school on Wednesday, claiming discrimination against queer students and teachers. Many of those protesting at MacArthur High School…

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Added on: 09/28/2021

Bisexual foundation leader blames pansexuals for conversion therapy

09/27/2021

Ian Lawrence-Tourinho, the executive director of the American Institute of Bisexuality (AIB) which oversees the website Bi.org and publication Queer Majority, is receiving criticism for claiming that…