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After SCOTUS ruling Texas lawmakers want to add more LGTBQ safeguards

06/21/2020

LGBTQ Texans marked a major victory Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal civil rights law prevents employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation…

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Added on: 06/21/2020

‘Mama Dragons’, protecting LGBT+ Mormon kids in Utah

06/20/2020

A fierce group of Mormon mothers who call themselves the “Mama Dragons” are on a mission to protect LGBT+ kids in Utah, where suicide among young church…

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Added on: 06/20/2020

New directors at federal media agency have ties to anti-LGBT groups

06/19/2020

Michael Pack, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has appointed to the organization’s board a person with ties to an anti-LGBT…

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Added on: 06/20/2020

Death of trans doctor in Mexico sparks new fears over LGBT+ violence

06/19/2020

Mexican authorities said on Friday they were investigating the death of a leading transgender health advocate whose body was found dumped by a motorway, reigniting fears over…

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Added on: 06/19/2020

Gay Rights and Trans Rights Are Indivisible. SCOTUS Just Showed Why.

06/18/2020

Since the start of the modern LGBT movement in the 1960s, some members of the community have questioned the degree of common interest between lesbian, gay, and…

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Added on: 06/19/2020

Study links opposition to ‘LGBT rights’ to desire for Christian dominance

06/18/2020

A study led by a University of Illinois professor suggests that Americans who oppose same-sex marriage or adding LGBT classifications to discrimination laws want to maintain a…

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Added on: 06/18/2020

How one Egyptian lesbian stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

06/17/2020

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year-old…

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Added on: 06/17/2020

Supreme Court LGBT Ruling Leaves Out 1 in 6 American Workers

06/17/2020

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision holding that employers can’t discriminate against workers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity has a glaring loophole: It doesn’t…

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Added on: 06/17/2020

How globalisation has transformed the fight for LGBTQ+ rights

06/16/2020

Much progress has been made in attitudes towards sexual equality and gender identity – but in many places a dramatic backlash by conservative forces has followed. On…

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Added on: 06/17/2020

Birdwatcher Christian Cooper was an LGBT pioneer at Marvel Comics

06/16/2020

Birdwatcher Christian Cooper was thrust into the media spotlight last month following a racially-charged encounter he shared with a hysterical dog walker in Central Park, but years…

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Added on: 06/16/2020

Is SpongeBob SquarePants gay? Tweet creates rainbow of speculation

06/15/2020

Clearly, most people will know about SpongeBob, but do you think you should give a bit of basic info for the odd reader who has, say, been…

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Added on: 06/16/2020

In landmark ruling, Supreme Court bars discrimination against LGBT workers

05/15/2020

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights and a defeat for President Donald Trump’s administration by ruling that a longstanding federal…

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Added on: 06/15/2020

Health Care Advocates Push Back Against Trump’s Erasure of Transgender Rights

06/14/2020

Health advocates representing American hospitals, medical groups, insurers and civil rights associations condemned the Trump administration on Saturday for rolling back protections for transgender patients, and for…

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Added on: 06/14/2020

Some of the Best Movies About Racism in America

06/13/2020

We’ve been asked by friends, family, and readers to recommend movies about systemic racism, police brutality, and civic unrest that can help contextualize the current Black Lives…

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Added on: 06/12/2020

Gay Pride embraces its roots by teaming up with U.S. black activists

06/11/2020

Floats, all-night parties and parades may be out, but the LGBTQ community is returning to its roots by teaming up with black activists for Pride month celebrations…

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Added on: 06/11/2020

Sex Work is Real Work, and it’s Time to Treat it That Way

06/10/2020

Sex workers aren’t always a part of the conversation about police brutality, but they should be. Police regularly target, harass, and assault sex workers or people they…

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Added on: 06/10/2020

LA Pride steps away from ‘All Black Lives Matter’ march after police inclusion sparks outrage

06/09/2020

LA Pride was cancelled almost two months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic, but organisers announced last week that they intended to replace it with a Black…

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Added on: 06/10/2020

Calls grow for police to be banned from Pride marches

06/08/2020

Calls are growing for police to be banned from marching in Pride parades and for the LGBT+ events to return to their roots as rebellions against police…

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Added on: 06/07/2020

We are all George Floyd!

06/06/2020

Most of us must have been troubled by the news of what is happening in the US in the aftermath of the horrific death of George Floyd,…

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Added on: 06/07/2020

For Pride, NOM’s Brian Brown Touts Trump’s Rolling Back Of LGBT ‘Victories’ Under Obama

06/06/2020

In a fundraising email to supporters, Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), touted President Donald Trump’s rolling back of LGBT “victories” under former…

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Added on: 06/07/2020

20 photos that chronicle America’s iconic history of activism

06/06/2020

Tens of thousands of Americans have been marching in the streets daily, demanding an end to police brutality and racism. Following the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna…

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Celebrating Pride Month and rallying for racial equality: LGBTQ groups seek ‘to stand in solidarity with the black community’

06/05/2020

Pride Month began Monday. Many in the LGBTQ community, however, were unsure how to celebrate without overshadowing the ongoing nationwide protests over racial injustice spurred by the…

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Added on: 06/06/2020

Black transgender community to march against injustice

06/05/2020

The LGBTQ community typically marches in June to celebrate pride. This year, some in St. Louis will gather with a different tone. Charles Buchanan with Flower Boi…

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Added on: 06/06/2020

Iowa police raid gay bar for providing first aid supplies to protestors

06/05/2020

An LGBTQ venue was raided by police earlier this week for providing first aid for protestors. The Blazing Saddle, an LGBTQ bar in Des Moines, posted a…

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New Trump Appointee to Foreign Aid Agency Has Denounced Liberal Democracy and “Our Homo-Empire”

06/04/2020

Merritt Corrigan, USAID’s new deputy White House liaison, has condemned the “tyrannical LGBT agenda” and celebrated Hungary’s right-wing prime minister as “the shining champion of Western civilization.”…

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Added on: 06/05/2020

LGBT+ Pride events turning focus to racial injustice in U.S

06/04/2020

Organizers of LGBT+ Pride events in major U.S. cities are shifting their focus to racism and police violence, they said this week, addressing the concerns and demands…

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Added on: 06/02/2020

LGBTQ Groups Call to Bring Into Movement Anti-racism, End to White Supremacy

06/01/2020

Amid the national horror following the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, LGBTQ and civil rights groups have issued a joint statement declaring anti-racism and an…

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Added on: 06/02/2020

As protests roar, LGBT+ activists see chance to return to ‘radical roots’

06/01/2020

As widespread protests over racial injustice roiled the country, LGBT+ campaigners on Monday, the start of the annual Pride month, called for a return to the rebellious…

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Added on: 06/02/2020

Grindr finally drops its much-reviled ethnicity filter in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

06/01/2020

Grindr responded to yearslong accusations of racism levelled at the dating app popular among queer folk for its premium “ethnicity feature” by removing it altogether. For years,…

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Added on: 06/01/2020

Minneapolis Queer Business Owners Watch Protests And Worry

05/31/2020

As the world watches live television coverage of night after night of demonstrations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in dozens of cities across the U.S., so have the…