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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…

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Added on: 09/27/2021

Liz Cheney: `I was wrong’ in opposing gay marriage in past

09/26/2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Liz Cheney says she was wrong to oppose gay marriage in the past, a stand that once split her family. Cheney, R-Wyo., a…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

LGBT+ conversion therapy thrives even as bans gather pace

09/16/2021

LONDON, Sept 15 (Openly) – Doctors once prescribed long, hard bike rides and testicular transplants to cure gay men of their “sexual abnormality”. More than a century…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

Progress Continues on 10th Anniversary of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal

09/22/2021

Ten years ago this week, the odious policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) came to an end. The law prevented gay people from serving in…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

Transgender people in Puerto Rico say they are invisible in the eyes of the island — and it’s contributing to a culture of violence

09/2/2021

While celebrating her 16th birthday at a gay bar in Puerto Rico a few years ago, Lina, a trans woman, said an older man drugged her and…

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Added on: 09/20/2021

Joe Biden Cancels Meeting With HH After Nalumango Gay Rights Snub

09/20/2021

The highly publicized meeting between US President Joe Biden and President Hakainde Hichilema has been cancelled after Vice President Mutale Nalumango told Parliament that Zambia will not…

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Added on: 09/20/2021

LGBTQ issues lacking in federal election, say voters from Sask. community

09/19/2021

LGBTQ voters in Saskatchewan say federal leaders have missed the mark on issues important to the queer community during the election campaign. According to recent statistics, Canada…

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Added on: 09/20/2021

12 Yr Old Gamer Deserves An Ally Award For Saying It Like It Is

09/19/2021

We’ve all heard of horror stories of overly masculine men (or insecure closeted ones) making online gaming not so much of a safe space for LGBTQ+ gamers….

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Added on: 09/18/2021

LGBT vets with other than honorable discharges will get VA benefits under new plan

9/17/21

Tens of thousands of LGBT veterans forced from the military for their sexual orientation and given other-than-honorable discharges will be able to receive full Veterans Affairs benefits…

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Added on: 09/16/2021

Transgender professor ordered reinstated with tenure at university in Oklahoma by federal court

09/15/2021

A transgender professor who was denied a promotion more than a decade ago must be reinstated with tenure at Southeastern Oklahoma State University because the school discriminated…

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Added on: 09/15/2021

Anti-trans legislation will have drastic effects on intersex people & their healthcare

09/14/2021

For months, a conservative-backed wave of anti-transgender legislation has taken the country by storm, leading this year to have the most anti-LGBTQ laws enacted in American history….

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Added on: 09/13/2021

Two New Jersey agencies are working with HRC toward fully LGBTQ inclusive foster care

09/12/2021

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released a new report, 2021 Change-Makers, highlighting the HRC Foundation All Children-All Families (ACAF) program’s partnership with 119 organizations—a 19 percent…

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Added on: 09/13/2021

N.S. filmmaker hopes to inspire Indigenous representation with coming-of-age film

09/12/2021

TORONTO — Two-spirit filmmaker Bretten Hannam says they hope their new film “Wildhood” will inspire and open doors for more movie makers to show the lives Indigenous…

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Added on: 09/12/2021

Evangelical Lutheran church installs 1st transgender bishop

9/11/21

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Saturday. The Rev. Megan Rohrer…

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Added on: 09/11/2021

Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?

9/11/21

The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button…

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Added on: 09/10/2021

Camp True Colors gives LGBTQ+ teens a place to be themselves

09/10/2021

Camp True Colors, at a woodsy, lakeside retreat just north of Hinckley, Minn., is summer camp with all the trappings. There’s canoeing and archery and tie-dyeing and…