ADDED ON: 03/15/2019
How ‘Real America’ Became Queer America
This may seem like a strange time to feel optimistic about the future of L.G.B.T. rights in America. But as a queer transgender woman who has spent most of her adult life…
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ADDED ON: 03/13/2019
Adoption assessment tool is not LGBT-inclusive, claims study
The tool that assesses potential candidates as adoptive parents does not meet the needs of lesbian, gay or gender minority adults, a new study has observed. Sarah Dow-Fleisner, lead author of the…
ADDED ON: 03/12/2019
American Transgender ‘Woman’ Named ‘Miss International Queen’
American contestant Jazell Barbie Royale was crowned “Miss International Queen” in Thailand on Friday at a beauty pageant for transgender women, becoming the first person of colour to win the competition since…
ADDED ON: 03/12/2019
Trump to host Brazil’s anti-gay president Jair Bolsonaro at White House
Donald Trump has invited Brazil’s anti-LGBT president Jair Bolsonaro to the White House. The far-right Brazilian leader, who holds extreme anti-LGBT beliefs, will meet with Trump at the White House on March…
ADDED ON: 03/12/2019
After decades-long legal battle, gay couple’s 1971 marriage officially recognized
In 1971, gay couple Michael McConnell and Jack Baker applied for a marriage license from Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The clerk, not realizing one of the individuals listed on the application was…
ADDED ON: 03/11/2019
161 businesses form coalition to push for Equality Act
A coalition of 161 major businesses —including Apple, Coca-Cola and Target Corp. — has formed to urge Congress to ban anti-LGBT discrimination with passage of the Equality Act, the Human Rights Campaign…
ADDED ON: 03/10/2019
Equality Florida Sounds Alarm Over Preemption Bill
Equality Florida, the only statewide LGBT rights group, is sounding an alarm over HB 3, which could threaten local LGBT rights protections if passed. “So House Bill three is a sweeping preemption…
ADDED ON: 03/09/2019
Pelosi: Equality Act to ban anti-LGBT discrimination to be introduced next week
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday during her weekly news conference the Equality Act, legislation that would enact long sought-after federal protections against anti-LGBT legislation, would be introduced next week. Pelosi…
ADDED ON: 03/08/2019
Trump’s newly confirmed federal judge has ties to anti-gay ‘hate group’
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Allison Jones Rushing to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, handing the 36-year-old judge a lifetime seat on one of the nation’s top courts.…
ADDED ON: 03/07/2019
Author Samantha Allen’s Road Trip Through Red States Reveals LGBTI Communities Everywhere
Author and journalist Samantha Allen wanted to go beyond the headlines in her new book, "Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States." "Often the stories we hear are just, 'Oh, this anti-LGBT…
ADDED ON: 03/05/2019
Supporting LGBT Migrants at U.S. Border
I would think that 6 trips to the U.S.-Mexico border to reunite children with their parents and to help asylum seekers find refuge here would make a difference. Three of these trips…
ADDED ON: 03/05/2019
In a Virginia school, a celebration of transgender students in a kindergarten class
When Jaim Foster began teaching nearly two decades ago in Nebraska, he said he was discouraged from being an openly gay educator. He had championed LGBT causes at his liberal arts college…
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