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Added on: 06/18/2021

Supreme Court sides with Catholic adoption agency that refuses to work with LGBT couples

06/17/2021

The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a unanimous defeat to LGBT couples in a high-profile case over whether Philadelphia could refuse to contract with a Roman Catholic…

Global News

Added on: 06/17/2021

Mexico’s Wild Ride to Marriage Equality

06/16/2021

Twenty of Mexico’s 31 states and the federal capital Mexico City have marriage equality and same-sex couples can marry in the other 11 states if they go…

Global News

Added on: 06/17/2021

I’m a gay, Christian pediatrician and have no doubt: Jesus would reject anti-trans laws

06/15/2021

“What would Jesus do?” This slogan has been used by Christians for decades, serving as a reminder to act in the way Jesus did (and would today)…

Global News

Added on: 06/16/2021

Canada’s LGBTQ population now 1 million — but hate crimes are rising too: Statistics Canada

06/15/2021

Canada is now home to about one million people who identify as members of the LGBTQ community, with people under the age of 25 accounting for a…

Global News

Added on: 06/15/2021

Brooklyn Liberation March Brings Attention to Trans Youth

06/14/2021

For a second consecutive year, a large crowd of people donning white shirts marched in the historic Brooklyn Liberation demonstration — and this time the focus was…

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Added on: 06/14/2021

In US, wave of anti-transgender legislation casts shadow on Pride Month festivities

06/13/2021

It’s Pride Month, and gay Americans should have a lot to celebrate: A new president who has pledged to advocate for LGBTQ people, an easing of a…

Global News

Added on: 06/13/2021

Transgender athletes fight Florida’s new ban

6/12/21

They’ve spent months in limbo, anxiously waiting to figure out how they would be able to celebrate Pride Month 2021. They could emerge from more than a…

Global News

Added on: 06/12/2021

LGBTQ activists react to Justice Department defense of Title IX religious exemption

6/11/21

LGBTQ advocates are criticizing the Justice Department for a court filing in which the DOJ wrote it would “vigorously” defend a religious exemption that allows federally funded…

World Voices

Added on: 06/11/2021

Eli Rigatuso – Two Spirit of the Menominee Nation

Savita Sukul

Alturi Contributor

“I think I started advocating the moment I was born, I just didn’t have the language,” Eli says his focus for advocacy is currently very specific to…

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Added on: 06/10/2021

Manitoba gay couple lose fight to have 1974 marriage validated

06/08/2021

A gay Winnipeg couple have lost their fight to have their marriage of nearly five decades registered by the province of Manitoba. Chris Vogel and Richard North…

Global News

Added on: 06/08/2021

‘Hope In A Box’ Program Aims To Promote LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculums At Public Schools

06/07/2021

“Hope in a Box ultimately wants to make LGBTQ-inclusive education the norm, rather than the exception in every single public school in this country,” said founder and…

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Added on: 06/07/2021

The Pentagon Is Keeping Its Ban On The Pride Flag At Installations

06/06/2021

The Pentagon confirmed Friday it will not allow rainbow pride flags to fly at military facilities in celebration of Pride Month. That fell in line with the…

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Added on: 06/06/2021

Hundreds of Catholics share sacred blessings with LGBT+ worshippers in defiance of Vatican

6/5/21

Hundreds of Catholics stepped forward to bless LGBT+ people during a virtual service in response to the Vatican’s ban on blessings for same-sex couples. The live-streamed event…

Global News

Added on: 06/06/2021

Pentagon not to allow pride flags to be flown on installations

6/5/21

The Pentagon said on Friday that it would not make an exception to allow U.S. military installations to fly rainbow pride flags in June, keeping a policy…

Global News

Added on: 06/05/2021

The Lives Of LGBTQ+ Youth In Puerto Rico Are In Danger — More Than Ever

6/4/21

A transgender woman, Mila García, was 12 years old when she started conversion therapy in Puerto Rico. Her parents found a love letter she had exchanged with…

Global News

Added on: 06/05/2021

Groups Come Together to Create Safe Spaces for Asian American LGBTQ Community

6/4/21

Several groups in the D.C. area are raising awareness about what it means to be LGBTQ and Asian American. “We exist in so many different ways, and…

Global News

Added on: 06/04/2021

More than 100 LGBTQ candidates compete in Mexican election

06/02/2021

For years, transgender activist Roshell Terranova protested in the streets and knocked on the doors of Mexico’s Congress to make the demands of the country’s LGBTQ community…

Global News

Added on: 06/03/2021

Boaters rescue group hurling anti-gay abuse at them after their boat explodes

05/02/2021

It could be viewed as a dramatic demonstration of the concept of karma: a group of young boaters hurling homophobic abuse towards another vessel flying gay pride…

Global News

Added on: 06/02/2021

How the Religious Right Made Same-Sex Marriage a Gay Rights Crusade

06/01/2021

In 1989, when The New Republic published Andrew Sullivan’s “Here Comes the Groom: A (Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage,” few L.G.B.T.Q. activists took the proposition seriously. They…

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Added on: 06/01/2021

Coming Supreme Court decision in major LGBT rights case seen as bellwether of conservative court

05/31/2021

The Supreme Court is expected to release a decision in the coming days that could provide the first glimpses of how its 6-3 conservative majority will shape…

Global News

Added on: 05/31/2021

Russia suggests that Disney is denying “family values” over Pixar film with gay character

05/30/2021

The Walt Disney Company has been put on notice by communications regulators in Russia over a short film that is available on the conglomerate’s Disney Plus streaming…

Global News

Added on: 05/30/2021

Why Twitter and Instagram are inviting people to share their pronouns

05/27/2021

Are you a he or a she? A they or a ze? If you’re on Instagram, you can now choose from a list of more than 10…

Global News

Added on: 05/30/2021

Why the LGBTQ community sidelined police for Pride

05/29/2021

The 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn, the famed gay bar in New York City, was no different than many others before it. For decades, before…

Global News

Added on: 05/30/2021

Christian bigot sues for right to discriminate against staff for being gay, trans

05/29/2021

A Christian management company is suing for the right to discriminate against workers for being members of the LGBT+ community, having sex and using Grindr. In June…

Global News

Added on: 05/28/2021

Jewish Press Editor-in-chief, Caught on Film Storming the U.S. Capitol, Is Fired

05/27/2021

Nearly five months after joining a violent mob in storming the U.S. Capitol building in a failed bid to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election,…

Global News

Added on: 05/28/2021

Tijuana city candidate accused of posing as gay to gain favor with voters

05/27/2021

A lawsuit has been filed against a candidate running for Tijuana’s city council for pretending to be a member of the LGBT community. The legal action was…

Global News

Added on: 05/27/2021

World’s largest gaming service Twitch adds ‘transgender’ tag

05/26/2021

The world’s largest game streaming service Twitch has said that players will be able to add a transgender label to their videos – a move the company…

Global News

Added on: 05/27/2021

Americans Strongly Support Trans Rights — In Some Cases

05/26/2021

Americans strongly support trans service members being in the military — even as they say trans athletes should compete in sports according to the sex listed on…

Global News

Added on: 05/23/2021

Ted Cruz thinks US military are ’emasculated pansies’ for including LGBT+ folk in recruitment ad

5/22/21

Last week, the US Army released a saccharine new recruitment video that uses the tale of a queer family to tug at your heartstrings. Titled “The Calling”,…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Finding My Voice as a Gay Asian Immigrant Filmmaker – and Giving Voice to Others

05/18/2021

When our plane from Taiwan touched down at LAX in 1975, my mother, my father, my two older brothers and I stepped into the hot, dry sunshine…