ADDED ON: 06/20/2019
Transgender migrants find safe haven in Juarez
A rainbow flag sways in the wind outside a pink two-story house in an out-of-the-way Juarez neighborhood. Inside, 38 men and boys tell jokes, try on new skirts or dresses and help…
North America
ADDED ON: 06/20/2019
Sinaloa Congress says no to same-sex marriage by 20-18
Sinaloa lawmakers voted Tuesday against a measure that would have legalized same-sex marriage in the state with 20 votes against and 18 in favor. Most of the yes votes came from the…
ADDED ON: 06/18/2019
Scuffles break out at anti-trans rally in Vancouver
Tempers flared between pro- and anti-trans rights protestors in Vancouver on Saturday (15 June). Several hundred people from both sides converged outside the Vancouver Art Gallery in the early afternoon. The two…
ADDED ON: 06/18/2019
The Lavender Scare: the shocking true story of an anti-LGBT witch-hunt
When Josh Howard began working on his documentary The Lavender Scare, way back in 2009, America was a very different place – not least for its LGBT citizens. Barack Obama had recently…
ADDED ON: 06/17/2019
The Biggest LGBT Center In The World Just Got Bigger — And Better
The construction wasn’t quite finished on the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s new Anita May Rosenstein Campus in mid-May. There was still caution tape on some of the planters outside, and men on…
ADDED ON: 06/16/2019
‘Police are a force of terror’: The LGBT activists who want cops out of Pride
It took half a century, but this LGBT Pride month, the New York police department (NYPD) finally apologized for the infamous 1969 raid on the Stonewall gay bar. Some queer New Yorkers…
ADDED ON: 06/16/2019
Detective investigated for calling for execution of LGBT people
A church sermon by a sheriff’s detective is being investigated after it called LGBT+ people to be arrested and executed. The Knox County Attorney General’s Office is looking into the hour-long sermon…
ADDED ON: 06/15/2019
AP Explains: The rocky rise of LGBT rights in Latin America
Despite a dark past, today many LGBT citizens in Latin America are enjoying the right to marry, choose their gender identity and adopt children. But while laws in several of the region’s…
ADDED ON: 06/14/2019
Mexico City’s LGBT-Inclusive School Uniforms Policy
Mexico City's Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced on June 3 that children in Mexico City would be allowed to choose the uniform they wear to school. The policy applies to pre-schools, elementary schools,…
ADDED ON: 06/14/2019
Reporters granted access to ICE transgender detainee unit
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday for the first time granted reporters access to a unit created specifically for transgender women who are in their custody. Reporters from the Washington Blade;…
ADDED ON: 06/11/2019
Pence says it was ‘right decision’ to prohibit flying LGBT rainbow flag outside US embassies
Vice President Pence on Monday defended the State Department's decision to bar U.S. embassies from flying rainbow flags on their flagpoles during LGBT Pride Month, saying that it was the "right" move.…
ADDED ON: 06/10/2019
LGBT+ pride marches in US interrupted by neo-Nazis and stampede
Separate LGBT+ pride marches in the US were disrupted on Saturday, one by a stampede triggered over fears of a shooting and another by one of America’s biggest neo-Nazi groups. In Washington…
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