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Added on: 10/24/2020

Log Cabin Republicans Endorse Dozen Anti-LGBT Candidates

Pink News
10/23/2020
The Log Cabin Republicans, which describes itself as “the nation’s original and largest organisation representing LGBT conservatives and straight allies”, has endorsed 34 candidates from across the…
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Added on: 10/22/2020

QAnon’s ‘SaveOurChildren’ Slogan Has Long Anti-LGBT History

QNotes
10/21/2020
Model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen recently shared the devastating news with her social media followers: she and her husband, singer John Legend, had lost their child…
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Added on: 10/22/2020

Trump administration forces university to start discriminating against trans athletes

Pink News
10/21/2020
New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce University has agreed to abolish its trans-inclusive policy for athletics, after pressure from the Trump administration and anti-LGBT+ activists. The university agreed to…
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Added on: 10/22/2020

Barrett Was Trustee at Private School With Anti-Gay Policies

US News and World Report
10/21/2020
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

Entrepreneurs innovate to help LGBTQ, minority youth online

Bay Area Reporter
10/20/2020
Headstream, a San Francisco-based tech incubation project of SecondMuse, an impact and innovation company, is conducting its second Accelerator program, which will give grants to entrepreneurs with…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

100 Boys Wear Skirts to School to Fight Homophobia, Sexism

Out
10/19/2020
A group of schoolboys in Canada wore skirts to school recently to protest systemic forms of oppression against queer students, along with a dress code that inhibits…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

The military is having a hard time providing evidence that supports the transgender ban, advocate says

Connecting Vets
10/19/2020
The military is having a hard time providing documented evidence in support of its transgender ban. In Karnoski v. Trump, one of four challenges to the transgender…
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Added on: 10/18/2020

Amy Coney Barrett Puts Reversal of Marriage Equality ‘Clearly Within Sight’

Right Wing Watch
10/17/2020
While many Republicans and right-wing activists are pretending that they have no idea how Amy Coney Barrett will rule on major issues, anti-equality activists like National Organization…
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Added on: 10/16/2020

How American religious conservatives fought LGBT rights in Ukraine

Bellingcat
10/15/2020
This year has seen several blows to LGBT rights in Ukraine. In June, the Law Enforcement committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, voted down a proposed…
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Added on: 10/15/2020

Texas Social Workers Can Refuse LGBT and Disabled Clients Under New Rule

Newsweek
10/14/2020
Texas officials have changed rules for social workers to allow them to refuse service for clients who are LGBTQ or disabled. The Texas State Board of Social…
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Added on: 10/12/2020

Saving Indigenous Trans Women

The Advocate
10/11/2020
The New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force held a public meeting on Thursday on the topic of violence against queer and trans people in…
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Added on: 10/11/2020

Record number of LGBT+ candidates set to run in U.S. election

Reuters
10/10/2020
A record number of LGBT+ people will run for office in next month’s U.S. election, reflecting stronger support for LGBT+ rights among Americans that is eroding concerns…
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Added on: 10/10/2020

Largest-ever US study on intersex adult health finds disparities

East Bay Reporter
10/09/2020
The largest-ever American study on the social and mental health of intersex adults was released October 9, revealing that the population experiences major health disparities. “A national…
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Added on: 10/08/2020

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

The New Arab
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

WOSU
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

Reuters
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

NBC News
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

Reuters
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…
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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

Associated Press
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

Newsweek
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

Fronteras
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

Ubyssey
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

AZ Mirror
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

Independent
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

Yuba Net
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…
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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…
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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…
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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

Windy City Times
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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