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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…

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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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‘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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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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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…

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Transgender anarchist wins GOP nomination for sheriff in Cheshire County

09/12/2020

Keene’s Aria DiMezzo is the first transgender person to win the GOP’s nomination for Cheshire County sheriff after running unopposed in Tuesday’s primary. DiMezzo, associated with the…

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I’m a Muslim Iranian-American With a 9/11 Birthday. Here’s How I’ve Come to Terms With My Identity

09/11/2020

My ninth birthday fell on a school day, a bright and clear-skied Tuesday in September. I expected my mom to bring cupcakes to school during lunch, a…

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Trump rally speaker calls for LGBT Democrats to be murdered. People cheered.

09/10/2020

A Labor Day rally for Trump supporters in Salem, Ore., took a dark turn when a speaker called for the murder of pro-LGBTQ Democratic lawmakers, prompting cheers…

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The conversation surrounding the word ‘queer’ is evolving

09/09/2020

Reclamation is an immensely powerful tool as communities and individuals have been reclaiming hate speech to take the power of these words back. Recently, a large part…

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Trump lists NC native as potential pick for Supreme Court

09/10/2020

A Duke University graduate with ties to an anti-LGBT group has been included in President Donald Trump’s list of nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Allison…

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Mexico’s transgender community in fear after second murder

09/05/2020

The gruesome killing on Saturday of a second transgender woman in northern Mexico has unnerved the local transgender community and amplified calls for greater protections in the…

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White nationalism upsurge in U.S. echoes historical pattern, say scholars

09/05/2020

The first Black woman is on a major party presidential ticket, Americans of all races are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and at…

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Added on: 09/04/2020

Family of transgender woman slain by U.S. Marine in Philippines contests killer’s early release

09/03/2020

A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the Philippines will remain behind bars while a court considers an appeal against a decision to release…

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Added on: 09/02/2020

Looking at implementation of an LGBTQ+ curriculum in state public schools

09/01/2020

On Aug. 9, 2019, Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois House Bill 246 into law, amending the school code to include contributions of LGBTQ+ figures in public schools…

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Added on: 08/31/2020

Homophobic group’s offices declared COVID-19 outbreak site

08/30/2020

The Colorado headquarters of the viciously anti-LGBT+ organisation Focus on the Family, which insists being gay causes “death and disease”, has been declared a COVID-19 outbreak site….

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Added on: 08/30/2020

Student goes viral after drowning out homophobic, racist demonstrator with his trombone

08/29/2020

A US college student has gone viral after he used his trombone to drown out a homophobic and racist demonstrator on campus. According to WLTX, Trey Hogan…

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Added on: 08/30/2020

‘We Are Making Up For Lost Time’: Tracking Little-Known Stories Of African American, LGBTQ And Women’s Colorado History

08/30/2020

There’s a growing movement to locate places in Colorado where historic events happened but were never recorded. The Colorado Historical Foundation is on a mission to change…

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Yurok Tribe joins federal lawsuit over data on tribal, LGBTQ foster youth

08/28/2020

The Yurok Tribe is one of more than half-a-dozen parties that sued the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families on…

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Keith Haring’s Personal Art Collection to Be Auctioned for Charity

08/27/2020

Owning a private collection of nearly 140 artworks by luminaries like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein would be a godsend for most arts organizations, but…

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Teacher ‘put on leave’ after Republican complains about her supporting LGBT+ rights and Black Lives Matter

08/26/2020

A teacher in Texas has reportedly been placed on administrative leave after she allowed students to submit their pronouns and posted LGBT+ rights and Black Lives Matter…

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Added on: 08/25/2020

Black LGBTQ+ people simultaneously fight for multiple equality movements | March on Washington

08/25/2020

WASHINGTON — Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) people of color have often been involved in equality movements throughout American history. But organizers and LGBTQ+ issues…

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Added on: 08/25/2020

Hollywood Boulevard ‘All Black Lives Matter’ street painting will stay permanently to honour the Black queer community

08/23/2020

The huge, LGBT-inclusive ‘All Black Lives Matter’ installation on Hollywood Boulevard is being made permanent to commemorate the history-making march in Los Angeles. Tens of thousands of…