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Added on: 10/08/2020

How the LGBT community rallied against a ‘homophobic’ Tunisian influencer

10/07/2020

During a 23-minute monologue on Instagram, the Tunisian beauty influencer Lady Samara veered off-piste when she said: “I do not respect homosexuality. A homosexual person is an…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Transgender Voters Face Unique Challenges To Participating In Ohio’s Election

10/07/2020

For many trans people, legally changing their name is a definitive statement of who they are and an affirmation of their identity. The process is not easy,…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with gay pride images

10/04/2020

Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQI+ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag. Proud…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Fight against gay marriage still ‘alive and well’ in U.S., advocates warn

10/06/2020

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month ignited fears of an increasingly conservative…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

‘Unable to learn’ – Transgender schools in Latin America offer a fresh chance

10/06/2020

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a transgender girl growing up in Buenos Aires, Viviana Gonzalez dreamt of being a writer, composing poems to console her…

Added on: 10/06/2020

Arielle – Illinois

My name is Arielle (she/her) and I am a registered Illinois voter. This fall, I will be voting by mail as an Illinois absentee voter. A couple…

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Added on: 10/06/2020

California governor nominates 1st gay to state Supreme Court

10/05/2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated the first openly gay Black man to the state Supreme Court on Monday, potentially replacing one of the court’s…

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Added on: 10/06/2020

Conservative Justices Thomas and Alito Suggest Supreme Court Should ‘Fix’ Its Ruling That Legalized Gay Marriage

10/05/2020

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by fellow conservative Justice Samuel Alito, argued in a Monday statement that the landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide…

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Added on: 10/06/2020

Transgender Sonorans, Allies Celebrate ‘Historic’ Passage Of Identity Measure

10/05/2020

A measure to allow transgender Sonorans to easily modify official documents to reflect their gender identity has been approved. After a brief presentation from its sponsor and…

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Added on: 10/05/2020

An often ‘isolating’ experience: Students launch trans mentorship program

10/04/2020

A new student-run trans mentorship program has launched at UBC. Fourth-year students Alex Gonzalez and Kip Chow, along with a few other students from the Vancouver and…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

10/02/2020

Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

Canada reintroduces bill to ban LGBT+ conversion therapy

10/02/2020

Canada’s Liberal Party has reintroduced a bill to parliament that if passed will criminalise LGBT+ conversion therapy in the country. LGBT+ conversion therapy is defined as any…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

LGBT people nearly four times more likely to be victims of violent crime

10/02/2020

LGBT people are nearly four times more likely than non-LGBT people to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault, and aggravated or simple assault, according to a…

Added on: 10/01/2020

Joey – Massachusetts

Hello! My name is Joey (he/him/his) and I am registered to vote in Cambridge, Massachusetts! I moved to Cambridge in the Spring of 2019, and recently…

Added on: 10/01/2020

Jonathan – New York

My name is Jonathan (he/him/his) and I am registered to vote in New York. I plan to vote in person, and also plan to volunteer at…

Added on: 10/01/2020

Zach – Minnesota

My name is Zach and I’m registered in Minnesota. I’m voting by mail from Boston, where I’m currently a student. I think voting is important because…

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Added on: 10/01/2020

New study examines pathways into poverty for LGBTQ adults

09/30/2020

A new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law provides an exploration of common pathways into and prolonging poverty among a diverse population of…

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Added on: 09/28/2020

California requires correctional facilities to house transgender inmates by gender identity

09/27/2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Saturday a package of measures intended to strengthen protections for LGBTQ people, including one that requires the state’s correctional…

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Added on: 09/27/2020

Key Rights at Stake in US Supreme Court Pick

09/26/2020

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020 leaves a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court and enormous uncertainty over the court’s future…

Added on: 09/27/2020

Emille – Washington, DC

Hello! My name is Emille (she/her) and I am a registered Washington, D.C. voter. The D.C. Board of Elections has opted for mail-in ballots, with the…

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Added on: 09/26/2020

The pandemic hit LGBTQ Canadians differently. Researchers want to know why

09/26/2020

Why were sexual and gender minority people more affected by layoffs, and saw their physical and mental health impacted more severely than Canadians overall as COVID-19 spread…

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Added on: 09/23/2020

A refuge for homeless transgender people is in the works in New Orleans

09/22/2020

A group of advocates in New Orleans have raised more than $400,000 to create what will be the city’s first home for transgender and gender non-confirming people…

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Added on: 09/20/2020

‘Vote like your life depends on it’: Pete Buttigieg’s message to LGBTQ youth

09/19/2020

For Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay candidate to win a presidential primary or caucus, the threat of a second Trump term is both political and deeply…

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Added on: 09/20/2020

‘Love Falls on Us’ explores the intersection of African LGBT rights and American activism

09/19/2020

The book in this installment of the African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular — “Love Falls on Us: A Story of American Ideas and African LGBT Lives” —…

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Added on: 09/18/2020

Could the parents of LGBTQ kids decide the presidential election? Advocates say yes.

09/17/2020

LGBTQ voters are becoming an increasingly key constituency for presidential candidates. On Super Tuesday, 10% of voters identified as queer, a marked jump from the 6% recorded…

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Added on: 09/17/2020

The Most Powerful Man in the World Thinks My Family Is ‘Less Than’

09/16/2020

It was the worst of times; it was the worst of times. I’m an optimist at heart, but there were days this year when looking on the…

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Added on: 09/17/2020

Andrew Gillum comes back to public life, starting with coming out as bisexual

09/16/2020

Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum isn’t the first bisexual politician in the United States. But he is certainly the most prominent Black man to come out…

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Added on: 09/15/2020

UN condemns killing of LGBT activist in northern Mexico

09/14/2020

The U.N. human rights agency called on Mexican authorities Thursday to thoroughly investigate the killing of an LGBT rights activist in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua….

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Added on: 09/14/2020

Woman Opens 1st Mississippi Clinic Dedicated to Trans Healthcare

09/13/2020

When Gulf Coast native Stacie Pace decided to open her own clinic, the nurse practitioner carefully considered one question: Whose healthcare needs were not being met? The…

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Added on: 09/13/2020

Meet the South Dakota swimmer who pushed back against homophobia to become Homecoming King

09/12/2020

Meet Josh Sorbe, the 23-year-old swimming champion for the University of South Dakota. Sorbe captained the school’s Division 1 swim team his senior year, leading the men’s…