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Added on: 04/20/2021

Corporations ask Legislature to drop bills targeting LGBT Texans

04/20/2021

Raising concerns about legislation targeting LGBTQ people, a group of leading corporations is urging Texas lawmakers to focus instead on urgent issues involving the pandemic, electric grid…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

‘It’s not safe’: Parents of transgender kids plan to flee their states as GOP bills loom

04/19/2021

George and Emily Spurrier are leaving their home of 16 years in central Arkansas due to a new law that will ban the health care that they…

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Added on: 04/18/2021

Mormon sex therapist faces excommunication for supporting LGBT+ community

04/18/2021

Natasha Helfer is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist, who is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day…

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Added on: 04/17/2021

How a Canadian court system officially ended misgendering in the courtroom

4/16/21

For trans people, navigating the judicial system can feel daunting at the best of times, and unsafe at worst. If you have to present in court, how…

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Added on: 04/15/2021

Sex ed rules passed in Arizona would require parents to sign off on LGBT discussions

04/14/2021

Arizona has passed new sex education rules that would require parents to sign off on their children learning about LGBT issues. It “requires the school governing board…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Transgender and Non-Binary Youth Influencers Launch Book Collection with Kids Media Disrupter A Kids Book About

04/12/2021

CHICAGO, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — While many teens took e-learning as an opportunity to level-up their gaming skills, a group of young people chose instead to…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

‘I want to show the pride’: photo essay of the Two Spirit Indigenous people

04/13/2021

When Monique “Muffie” Mousseau was in the fourth grade she got expelled from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic school on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Biden scrambles to create Plan B on LGBT rights as Equality Act meets resistance

04/13/2021

President Joe Biden vowed on the campaign trail to pass a law protecting LGBTQ Americans from discrimination within his first 100 days in office. But with the…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Judge to decide if gay couple who tied the knot in 1974 will have marriage validated

04/12/2021

Nearly five decades after they tied the knot, a gay Winnipeg couple is still fighting to have their marriage registered by the Manitoba government. “We’re dealing with…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Mexican Netflix street vendor star ‘Lady Tacos’ eyes jump to political stage

04/13/2021

After Mexico City’s ‘Lady Tacos de Canasta,’ a street vendor featured in a Netflix series, stood up to police who she said harassed her on the street,…

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Added on: 04/12/2021

Anti-LGBT+ groups are now pushing voter suppression and anti-vax conspiracy theories

04/11/2021

In an unsurprising development, a cluster of right-wing groups that actively campaign for anti-trans bills are also backing voter suppression and anti-vaccine conspiracies. New restrictions that could…

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Added on: 04/10/2021

Intersex Kids Are Getting Caught in the GOP’s War on Trans Health Care

4/9/21

Republicans across the country have spent the better part of 2021 trying to cut off transgender children’s access to gender-affirming health care. Some have falsely compared it…

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Added on: 04/09/2021

The Guatemalan asylum seeker who created a refuge for gay and transgender migrants on the US border

04/08/2021

Kissing his partner goodbye on a normal day before heading to work changed the life of 32-year-old Estuardo Cifuentes forever. It was mid-2019 when he stepped out…

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Added on: 04/07/2021

New HIV vaccine ‘based on Moderna’s COVID jab’ shows huge promise after first human trials

04/06/2021

A new vaccine has shown huge promise in the fight against HIV with the treatment successfully stimulating the production of antibodies in human trials. The novel vaccine…

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Added on: 04/07/2021

Venezuela’s Secret: Crimes Against LGBTQ+ Migrants And Sex Workers

04/06/2021

“Hello, Papi, I am in Brazil.” A text message I received sitting in my home office after nearly a month of silence signified Victor Arellano’s nine-month battle…

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Added on: 04/07/2021

How a Black, Gay Refugee Created a Community For Queer Asylum Seekers

04/06/2021

In 2014, Nigeria passed a law providing penalties of up to 14 years in prison for couples that enter into a same-sex union, and up to 10…

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Added on: 04/06/2021

California Stalls Bill Banning Intersex Surgery For Children

04/05/2021

First-of-its-kind California legislation to ban some medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children stalled Monday for the third straight year in the same committee, with the author saying…

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Added on: 04/04/2021

Dr. Rachel Levine defends trans youth who are losing healthcare in GOP-led states

4/3/21

Dr. Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender person to be confirmed to a federal position by the United States Senate, is speaking out on the effort by…

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Added on: 04/03/2021

Study could end blood donor restrictions on gay and bisexual men

4/2/21

A new study funded by the Food and Drug Administration is seeking to develop donor screening questions to determine risk of transmission of blood-borne diseases, in the…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

Lil Nas X’s satanic music video ‘liberating’ for Black gay men

03/30/2021

Lil Nas X may have angered Nike by selling “Satan Shoes” to promote his latest song, but many gay Black people see the video where the rapper…

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Added on: 03/31/2021

Elite Nursing School to Offer Certification in Trans Health Care

03/30/2021

The Columbia School of Nursing in New York is ready to offer a new certificate to its students, one that’s the first of its kind. The Certificate…

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Added on: 03/31/2021

LGBTQ students file class-action lawsuit against Department of Education

03/30/2021

Lucas Wilson said he received conversion therapy from a student club called Band of Brothers at Liberty University from 2008 to 2012, when he was an undergraduate…

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Added on: 03/29/2021

Meet the Jamaican refugee who now runs the community centre that took her in

03/28/2021

Toronto’s Church-Wellesley neighbourhood, bustling and even ebullient in better days, has survived more than a year of COVID-19 lockdown measures, but not without loss. Though a few…

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Added on: 03/28/2021

Majority of Republicans support same-sex marriage for the first time

3/23/21

A majority within all partisan groups, including Republicans, now support same-sex marriage, according to a poll from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) released on Tuesday. In…

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Added on: 03/27/2021

FIFA threatens sanctions for Mexico after anti-gay chant reemerges

3/26/21

FIFA has officially opened an investigation after anti-gay chants were audible during the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying match between Mexico and the Dominican Republic on March 18. Potential…

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Added on: 03/26/2021

Rachel Levine Becomes First Transgender Person Confirmed By Senate

03/25/2021

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Rachel Levine, President Joe Biden’s pick as assistant secretary of health. Levine is the first transgender person to…

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Added on: 03/25/2021

Bill Would Allow Students to Opt Out of LGBT Curriculum

03/25/2021

A Tennessee Senate panel on Wednesday advanced legislation requiring school districts to alert parents of any instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity, allowing them to opt…

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Added on: 03/22/2021

Wave Of Bills To Block Trans Athletes Has No Basis In Science, Researcher Says

03/21/2021

Legislation in several states — Including Kansas and Missouri — would limit or prohibit transgender women from competing in women’s athletics. An expert on sex differences in…

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Added on: 03/21/2021

Pathetic right-wing cranks think the new gay Captain America will ‘contract AIDS’

3/20/21

Right-wing YouTuber Steven Crowder’s controversial podcast is in hot water for suggesting the new gay Captain American will contract AIDS. Dave Landau hosted the Wednesday (17 March)…

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Added on: 03/20/2021

Amazon no longer sells books framing LGBTQIA identity as mental illness

3/19/21

Amazon is no longer selling books that paint LGBTQIA identities as mental illnesses. This was stated in a letter from the company’s Vice President of Public Policy,…