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Added on: 12/12/2020

Mexico’s senior Catholic leader backs civil unions for gay couples

12/11/2020

The Mexican Catholic Church’s highest-ranking bishop agrees with recent comments by Pope Francis in support of legal protections offered by civil unions for gay couples, the prelate…

Global News

Added on: 12/10/2020

Power Up: LGBTQ+ Caucus wants to see more representation in a Biden administration

12/08/2020

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged the “most diverse” Cabinet in U.S. history. But the congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus released a letter last night expressing concern that LGBTQ+…

Global News

Added on: 12/10/2020

North American companies pledge to mentor LGBT+ refugees

12/08/2020

Nearly two dozen North American companies have signed up to mentor LGBT+ refugees, preparing them to find jobs while overcoming obstacles like discrimination in their new homelands,…

Global News

Added on: 12/08/2020

U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to transgender student accommodations

12/07/2020

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday preserved an Oregon public school district’s policy of accommodating transgender students, rejecting an appeal challenging a policy that let…

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Added on: 12/08/2020

Joe Biden makes pledge to lead the “most pro-equality administration in history” of America

12/06/2020

In brief remarks at the International LGBTQ Leaders Conference, President-elect Joe Biden told listeners that he is “committed” to making an LGBTQ-affirming administration along with Vice President-elect…

Global News

Added on: 12/08/2020

No one can stop anti-gay therapy in Florida — for now. How LGBTQ advocates are rethinking their battle strategy.

12/06/2020

Gay rights and mental health advocates in South Florida are trying to come up with new ways to fight conversion therapy, the practice of mental health counseling…

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Added on: 12/06/2020

‘A Butterfly With My Wings Cut Off’: A Transgender Asylum Seeker’s Quest to Come to California

12/4/2020

When she turned 15, like so many girls in her town in Guatemala, Luna Guzmán celebrated with a quinceañera. “My friend lent me the dress because she…

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Added on: 12/04/2020

LGBT-friendly companies outperform in the stock market, Credit Suisse says

12/01/2020

Companies more tolerant of differences in sexuality and gender identity have seen a stock-price boost as well, according to an analysis from Credit Suisse. The investment bank…

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Added on: 12/02/2020

Two Lesbians of Color Named to White House Communications Staff

11/29/2020

Two longtime political activists, both lesbians of color, have been named to White House communications positions by President-elect Joe Biden. Karine Jean-Pierre, who is Black, will be…

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Added on: 12/02/2020

NFL vet Ryan K. Russell still wants to play after coming out. He’s more ready than ever.

11/29/2020

It was August 29, 2019. There were still 11 Democratic presidential candidates. Alex Trebek had recovered from chemotherapy and announced his return to work filming episodes of…

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Added on: 12/02/2020

Gay parents shouldn’t both be on child’s birth certificate, Indiana AG argues

11/30/2020

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s attorney general submitted a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that it should reverse a federal appeals court’s ruling that allowed both members…

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Added on: 11/29/2020

Biden Names Gay Man As White House Social Secretary

11/28/2020

President-elect Joe Biden has named the first openly LGBT person to a position in the incoming administration. According to The Hill, Carlos Elizondo has been named the…

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Added on: 11/29/2020

Rainbow Railroad Launches #60in60 Campaign: How You Can Help

11/28/2020

Rainbow Railroad is a charitable organization that should be on everybody’s lips right now. What they are able to accomplish is beyond incredible and super admirable. Rainbow…

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Added on: 11/28/2020

Conservative MP pushes health minister to end limits on blood donations from gay men

11/27/2020

Eric Duncan, the first openly gay Conservative MP, laced into the federal health minister Thursday over the Liberals failure to end a ban on gay men donating…

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Added on: 11/27/2020

LGBT Marching Band Is First To Perform In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

11/27/2020

The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps (LGBAC) on Thursday became the first LGBT marching band to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. LGBAC, one of…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

First LGBT+ digital banking platform launches in United States

11/25/2020

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The first LGBT+-owned and targeted digital banking platform launched in the United States this week, part of a growing effort to…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Trump’s ban on transgender troops hurts military, former top service physicians say

11/24/2020

The Trump administration’s ban on transgender troops has harmed the military’s ability to protect the nation, according to former military surgeons general. Three top former military health…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

This Digital Posada Is All About Helping The LGBTQ Migrant Community, Who Face A Uniquely Challenging Reality

11/23/2020

With homosexuality still illegal in more than 60 countries around the world and attitudes towards transgendered people often even less welcoming, it’s obvious why so many people…

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Trump’s ban on transgender troops hurt the military, former service surgeons general say

11/22/2020

President Trump’s order banning many transgender people from serving has eroded the military’s ability to fight and win wars by narrowing its recruiting pool and lowering morale…

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Added on: 11/22/2020

Native American LGBT+ youth are at a terrifyingly high risk of suicide: ‘There’s an urgent need to de-colonise systems’

11/22/2020

New research from the Trevor Project shows that LGBT+ youth from American Indian and Alaskan Native backgrounds are 2.5 times more likely to report a suicide attempt…

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Added on: 11/22/2020

Federal appeals court strikes down ‘conversion therapy’ bans in Florida

11/21/2020

A divided federal appeals court Friday struck down measures passed in Palm Beach County and the city of Boca Raton that blocked the controversial practice known as…

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Added on: 11/21/2020

Intersex lesbian born with testicles and a vagina insists ‘people like me are not freaks’

11/20/2020

Courtney Skaggs, 29, is genetically male but was also born with a clitoris. However, her body rejected its male hormones and she now lives as an ‘intersex…

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Added on: 11/21/2020

Trump Judges Strike Down Bans On LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’

11/20/2020

A federal appeals court struck down Friday local ordinances prohibiting licensed therapists from engaging in “conversion therapy” practices that aim to change a minor’s sexual orientation or…

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Added on: 11/19/2020

Lesbian political powerhouse Karine Jean-Pierre is the “top candidate” to be Biden’s press secretary

1/18/2020

Several journalists are reporting that Joe Biden is considering lesbian Democratic advisor Karine Jean-Pierre to be the public face of the White House next year. If she…

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Added on: 11/19/2020

Pedro Julio Serrano – Puerto Rico Para Tod@s

Iván López-Justiniano

Alturi Contributor

Hear the Interview in Spanish How did you get involved in activism? Well, I actually did not start being an activist, I started as a…

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Added on: 11/18/2020

First NYC housing complex bought by and for the LGBTQ+ community opens

11/17/2020

New York City’s first LGBTQ+ owned and run housing complex opened in Queens on Friday, 30 years after the owner said she first conceived the idea. Ceyenne…

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Added on: 11/16/2020

How teens made Yukon one of the only places in Canada to ban conversion therapy

11/15/2020

Aiden Falkenberg was in Grade 11 when they found out conversion therapy was still legal in Canada. They were with a friend, Mercedes Bacon-Traplin, when the two…

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Added on: 11/14/2020

Justice Alito takes aim at gay marriage in ‘politically charged speech’

11/13/2020

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito criticized same-sex marriage as a harbinger of the erosion of free speech in America, drawing renewed concern from LGBTQ advocates about the…

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Added on: 11/10/2020

Rainbow Railroad launches #60in60 campaign to help save at-risk LGBTQ people

11/10/2020

Rainbow Railroad, the Canadian-based international organization that helps LGBTQI people around the globe escape violence and persecution, has launched its #60in60 campaign, which aims to raise $600,000…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Equality Act hangs in the balance as Democrats falter in Senate races

11/08/2020

On May 14, 1974, Rep. Bella Abzug, a feminist icon in women’s rights movement, introduced one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation ever ignored….