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Added on: 02/25/2021

Transgender Arkansan killed in Pennsylvania

02/24/2021

A 24-year-old transgender woman from Springdale was killed Thursday in Pennsylvania , according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Chyna Carrillo’s death is at least the seventh killing…

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Added on: 02/24/2021

‘I’m still here’: Transgender troops begin new era of open military service

02/23/2021

As the U.S. military adapts to evolving and increasingly complex global threats, highly-trained cyber warriors like Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brock Stone are at the tip…

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Added on: 02/23/2021

New LGBTQ society gets off the ground in Iqaluit

02/22/2021

Branching off from a high school club, Positive Space Nunavut aims to create inclusive spaces, culturally relevant resources and eventually jobs for sexually and gender-diverse Nunavummiut. The…

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Added on: 02/22/2021

Housing for transgender, two-spirit people opens in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

02/21/2021

New housing for transgender, two-spirit and gender-diverse people is set to start accepting residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Ross-Aoki House, a century-old 24-room hotel, was purchased by…

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Added on: 02/22/2021

Guam LGBTQ leaders target ‘systemic discrimination’

02/21/2021

More LGBTQ candidates for public office and more local policy reforms will be sought through Equality Guam, a new LGBTQ advocacy group supported by the island’s lieutenant…

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Added on: 02/18/2021

State anti-transgender bills represent coordinated attack, advocates say

02/17/2021

Bills in at least 20 states are targeting the transgender community in what LGBTQ advocates say is an organized assault by conservative groups. On Thursday, the North…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

Transgender Woman Is Killed in ‘Vicious and Violent Attack’ in Her Miami Apartment

02/16/2021

An attack that a police detective describes as “very vicious and violent” has authorities searching for the killer of a 45-year-old transgender woman found dead two weeks…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

LGBTQ people now protected under the Fair Housing Act

02/15/2021

For the first time, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are now protected from housing discrimination under federal law. The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

A Support Group for Trans Newcomers that Goes ‘Beyond Borders and Binaries’

02/15/2021

Trans, non-binary and gender divergent immigrants and refugees living in British Columbia now have a support group to call their very own. Beyond Borders and Binaries, a…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

A wave of killings against transgender people in Puerto Rico

02/15/2021

Forty-four transgender or gender non-conforming people were killed in the United States in 2020. Six of those people were killed in Puerto Rico alone. This January, the…

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Added on: 02/16/2021

Drag queens rally to make sure LGBT+ seniors had a Valentine’s Day to remember

02/15/2021

A group of drag queens in Chicago showed the power of the queer community when they came together to make sure local LGBT+ seniors received Valentine’s Day…

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Added on: 02/15/2021

Flurry of bills aim to set limits on transgender kids – and their doctors

02/14/2021

Sam Edelman felt like a girl for as long as he could remember, his dad said. As Sam’s 18th birthday approached, and after years of researching hormone…

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Added on: 02/14/2021

Betsy West & Julie Cohen explain why Pauli Murray is the most important queer you’ve never heard of

2/13/21

How could anyone ever top Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Documentary filmmakers Betsy West & Julie Cohen faced that same question upon completing their Oscar-nominated film RBG. Fortunately, the…

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Added on: 02/14/2021

Joe Biden invited to Nigeria to ‘marry a man as his second wife’ by raging homophobic bishop

2/13/21

The angry tirade comes after Biden vowed to advance the cause of LGBT+ rights around the world, threatening financial sanctions on regimes deemed to have infringed on…

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Added on: 02/13/2021

QAnon supporters claim COVID-19 vaccines turn people gay, transgender

02/12/2021

QAnon supporters are peddling the false conspiracy theory that COVID-19 vaccines turn people gay or transgender. BBC investigative reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh posted screenshots from Telegram – the…

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Added on: 02/12/2021

8 Bills Across 7 States: Coordinated Anti-Transgender, Anti-LGBTQ Legislative Push Ramps Up In State Houses Across The Country

02/11/2021

The legislative fight to pass discriminatory anti-transgender legislation is ramping up in state houses across the country, with a significant number of bills expected to have hearings…

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Added on: 02/11/2021

LGTBQ seniors in Philly get COVID-19 vaccine

02/10/2021

Residents of the John C. Anderson LGBT-friendly Senior Apartments received their first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week, with second doses scheduled for next month….

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Added on: 02/09/2021

Lawmakers In 19 States Cloning Idaho’s Transgender Athlete Bill

02/08/2021

Feb. 3, Utah House Representative Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, introduced HB302, which would require public school athletes to play on teams which aligned only with their sex at…

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Added on: 02/07/2021

Biden signs foreign policy memo putting U.S. at ‘forefront’ of global LGBTQ rights

2/5/21

President Joe Biden has issued a historic memorandum committing the United States to promoting LGBTQ rights on the international stage. Released to the public Thursday evening, the…

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Added on: 02/07/2021

LA HOPE DEALER HELPING BREAK DOWN BARRIERS THROUGH ART

2/6/21

Corrie Mattie came to Los Angeles after growing up on the East Coast and knowing it is a competitive industry for creatives. The uncertainty of this, in…

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Added on: 02/06/2021

Brighter days: LGBTQ seniors find support through Rainbow Collective

2/5/21

To be older and alone is a challenge. For LGBTQ seniors, who are far more likely to be childless and estranged from family, the experience can be…

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Added on: 02/06/2021

Transgender Navy SEAL: Biden order ‘going to give a lot of other individuals that chance to finally be themselves’

2/5/21

When Navy SEAL Ashley Nefzger heard rumblings that President Joe Biden could sign an executive order to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans joining the…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

Discrimination Leads to Internalized Homophobia, Increased Suicide Risk for Sexual Minorities

02/04/2021

A recent article, published in the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, examined the relationships between external minority stressors, internalized homophobia, LGBT community connectedness, and suicidal…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

LGBT+ history month: forgotten figures who challenged gender expression and identity centuries ago

02/04/2021

Non-binary and trans people have always been here, not least in every recorded society from the ancient world onwards. Why is it then that they’re often absent…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

New York Repeals ‘Walking While Trans’ Law

02/03/2021

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday that repeals a state anti-loitering law, commonly called the “walking while trans” ban, that critics say police used…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

What’s next for these transgender asylum seekers stranded in Mexico?

02/03/2021

Kataleya Nativi Baca, 29, can see the yellow grasslands of San Ysidro, California, from the crests of Tijuana’s hills. The palm trees swaying less than a mile…

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Added on: 02/03/2021

State Department’s 1st openly gay spokesperson sends signal to the world, advocates say

02/02/2021

Just over two decades ago, President Bill Clinton had to use a recess appointment to install the first openly gay U.S. ambassador over Republican senators’ opposition. Now,…

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Added on: 02/01/2021

The Largest Native American Two-Spirit Powwow Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

01/31/2021

On February 11th, 2012, the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits organization (BAAITS) held the first ever Native American Two-Spirit Powwow. A powwow is a cultural celebration that…

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Added on: 02/01/2021

Three lives, one message: Stop killing Mexico’s transgender women

01/31/2021

Mexico is the second most dangerous country in the world to be transgender, according to human rights groups. Only Brazil has higher rates of transphobia and violence…

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Added on: 01/30/2021

Parents win landmark ruling for transgender Quebecers with right to change official documents

1/29/21

On their farm outside of Montreal, Eby and Jenna are just two parents raising a family. But it’s been a long process to get the courts to…