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Indiana restaurant is using drag queens to deliver food to customers

05/02/2020

The Michigan City, Indiana restaurant Fiddleheads is now offering Dragside Pickup. Customers can order online or telephone and when they arrive to pick it up, a drag…

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Added on: 05/03/2020

Students unite in support of gay teacher sacked from Catholic school because of his sexuality

05/02/2020

English teacher Jim Zimmerman had worked at Alter High School in Ohio for 23 years, and is a graduate of the school himself. He was forced out…

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Two arrested in alleged hate crime killing of transgender women in Puerto Rico

05/01/2020

Two men have been arrested in Puerto Rico in the shooting death of two transgender women whose bodies were found last week in a burned-out car. The…

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Added on: 05/02/2020

Groups Express Grave Concern about the Commission on Unalienable Rights

05/01/2020

As human rights organizations, scholars, defenders and activists, we the 167 undersigned, write to express our grave concern about the work of the U.S. State Department’s Commission…

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Far-right groups are taking their anti-LGBTQ agenda to lockdown protests

04/30/2020

A slew of far-right groups who have openly embraced anti-LGBTQ messages are taking part in so-called “lockdown protests” across the country — further endangering the lives of…

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Added on: 05/01/2020

Wave of trans murders sparks fear of ‘hunting season’ in Puerto Rico

04/30/2020

Puerto Rico has been hit by an “epidemic of violence” with five transgender murders in two months, LGBT+ activists said on Wednesday, adding that homophobic rhetoric from…

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Added on: 04/30/2020

Gay in Nigeria: The Stark Reality For LGBT People In The West Africa Country

04/29/2020

Michael Ighodaro was attacked by homophobes in his home city of Abuja when he was waiting for a taxi outside his friend’s home. His attackers stormed up…

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Added on: 04/28/2020

This woman realising her chickens are in a lesbian relationship is the ultimate quarantine love story

04/27/2020

Two hens brought together in quarantine have fallen in love, and the story of how their owner realised she had lesbian chickens will melt your heart. Nothing…

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Added on: 04/27/2020

COVID-19: LGBTQ community kept in closet by public health officials

04/26/2020

Everyone knows I’m queer. Except one group of colleagues. Ironically, they’re the ones from my own field — public health professionals. I work for the National LGBT…

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Added on: 04/26/2020

Two transgender women found burned to death in Puerto Rico

04/25/2020

The bodies of two transgender women were found burned to death inside a vehicle this week in Puerto Rico, according to activists, raising alarm about the killings…

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Added on: 04/25/2020

Amid Pandemic, Trump is About to Roll Back Protections for LGBT Patients

04/24/2020

President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be just days away from rolling back an Obama-era policy prohibiting discrimination against LGBT patients. Politico reports: The health department is…

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Added on: 04/24/2020

During COVID-19 this Catholic group wants to warn you about the ‘mass production’ of LGBT+ people

04/23/2020

Bill Donohue is an anti-LGBT+ extremist who heads the Catholic League, an American Catholic anti-defamation and civil rights organisation. His previous claims to fame include telling gay…

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Added on: 04/24/2020

Books with LGBT+ themes are ‘most challenged’ in U.S.

04/23/2020

Books with gay and transgender topics got a record number of objections at U.S. libraries and schools in 2019, said research on Monday showing growing protests over…

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Netflix’s ‘A Secret Love’ Traces Lesbian Couple’s Unlikely Romance Across 6 Decades

04/22/2020

After years of keeping their relationship under wraps, Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel are getting candid. A new Netflix documentary, “A Secret Love,” explores the couple’s powerful…

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Texas attorney files complaint comparing judge’s pride flag to swastika

04/21/2020

An openly gay Texas judge says she was forced to take down her rainbow pride flag and other colorful materials after a local defense attorney filed a…

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Added on: 04/21/2020

LGBTQ Orgs Say They’re in Deep Fundraising Trouble Because of Coronavirus

04/20/2020

Garden State Equality had its lowest month of fundraising in four years, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time. New Jersey’s largest LGBTQ organization has…

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Added on: 04/20/2020

The Growing Threat of Accelorationists Worldwide

04/20/2020

As the world is paralyzed by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), some violent non-state actors have welcomed the global pandemic as an opportunity to push their…

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Added on: 04/19/2020

Fauci guided US through AIDS crisis, too. Survivors say it’s a roadmap for coronavirus.

04/18/2020

The slight, bespectacled doctor speaking at a White House briefing on TV revived bleak, 30-year-old memories for Gary Cooper. Dr. Anthony Fauci’s reassuring voice guided Cooper and…

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Added on: 04/19/2020

Colorado’s Jewish, LGBT Governor Rebukes Comparison Between His Stay-at-home Order and Nazism

04/18/2020

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis became emotional during a news briefing about the coronavirus crisis in his state when a reporter said that the public has compared his…

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Added on: 04/19/2020

‘A second home’: Halifax’s only dedicated LGBTQ bar closes for good

04/15/2020

Menz and Mollyz, described as Halifax’s only dedicated LGBTQ bar and one of the few safe spaces for the community, is closing permanently. The bar and performance…

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Sharing hormones on Google Docs and ‘grey market’ pharmacies get gender-affirming care during the pandemic

04/17/2020

Evelyn was growing nervous as she watched her supply of spironolactone dwindle while the city of Boston, where she lives, started its coronavirus lockdown in mid-March. Evelyn,…

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Added on: 04/17/2020

Pandemic closures are hurting gay bars, and those serving vulnerable populations may be the hardest hit

04/16/2020

Gay bars have been shuttered by public-place closure orders during the coronavirus pandemic. In March, more than half of US states issued statewide closure orders for bars…

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Erased from utopia: the hidden history of LA’s black and brown resistance

04/15/2020

In August 1965, thousands of young Black people in Watts set fire to the illusion that Los Angeles was a youth paradise. Since the debut of the…

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Added on: 04/15/2020

The Activists: How ACT UP forever changed patients’ rights, protests and political organizing

04/14/2020

SUBMICROSCOPIC INFECTIOUS agents have a way of revealing the worst in us, and the best. That is the story of the AIDS epidemic generally, and in particular…

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Michigan anti-LGBT discrimination ballot drive moves to e-signatures

04/13/2020

A group spearheading a ballot drive to add LGBT anti-discrimination protections to Michigan’s civil rights law is moving to collect voter signatures online because of the coronavirus…

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Leftover fabric from AIDS Quilt will become coronavirus masks for community workers

04/13/2020

Unused fabric from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a landmark memorial to and celebration of those lost to AIDS, will be repurposed to produce face masks for medical…

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Added on: 04/12/2020

Virginia Enacts LGBT Worker Protections, Standing Out in South

04/11/2020

Virginians are now protected from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed a bill (S.B. 868) that prohibits biased treatment…

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Added on: 04/12/2020

Year after trans military ban, legal battle rages on

04/11/2020

In the year since the Trump administration banned transgender individuals from serving in the military, a number of advocacy groups have challenged the policy and many active…

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Added on: 04/11/2020

Frida Kahlo: The surrealist artist and feminist who owned her adverse life story

04/10/2020

A coil of dark braids, usually decorated with a flower crown, a vibrant dress and her signature unibrow, were some of the distinct features that set one…

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Added on: 04/11/2020

Coronavirus pandemic highlights barriers to health care for transgender community

04/10/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted life for billions of people, forcing the world to deal with a sudden loss of jobs, security, and regular health care. But…