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Ryan Murphy donates medical supplies left over from Pose to coronavirus effort

03/21/2020

Ryan Murphy has donated medical supplies used during filming for Pose to a hospital treating coronavirus victims in the US. The screenwriter, 54, shared a photo of…

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Added on: 03/21/2020

Global Methodist conference in Minneapolis to address LGBT inclusion is postponed

03/20/2020

A historic meeting of the global United Methodist Church — one in which its future position on LGBT clergy and marriage was expected to be determined —…

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Added on: 03/20/2020

Over 140 LGBTQ couples marry in mass wedding in Mexico City

03/17/2020

Ana Scarlett Vargas was assigned male at birth, but she said she knew she was a girl at just 7 years old. At 13, she started performing…

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Added on: 03/20/2020

Rural, gay Americans have more children

03/19/2020

For more than a decade, America’s most prominent gay family have lived on abc. Gay and lesbian television characters were once such a rare sight that glaad,…

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VIRAL VIGILANTES ARE TURNING YOUTUBE AND TIKTOK INTO A WEAPON

03/18/2020

The video begins with an accidental, amateurish lens flare against the window of a car, before the teen’s phone camera settles on a supposedly 35-year-old man who…

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Added on: 03/19/2020

White nationalist groups surge as they move online

03/18/2020

A new report on hate groups in the United States detailed an increase in the number of white nationalist groups even as the overall number of hate…

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Added on: 03/19/2020

Lesbian doctor with coronavirus documents her illness on video

03/18/2020

Lesbian surgical trainee Greta McLachlan is documenting her experience with coronavirus in a series of videos on Twitter. Over the past few days, 36-year-old McLachlan has taken…

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Added on: 03/18/2020

Drag queens take their shows online as coronavirus shuts clubs

03/17/2020

As bars and clubs shutter around the world, drag queens are performing online to make up for lost income and keep their fans in good spirits during…

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Lesbian police officer was fired by her terrible boss – now she’s running to replace him

03/17/2020

A lesbian sheriff who was allegedly fired because of her sexuality is running to replace her boss and become the first female LGBT+ sheriff in her state….

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Transgender adults question gender identity before age 7, study finds

03/16/2020

Transgender adults who undergo gender-affirming surgery may first begin questioning their biological sex as early as age 7, a new study has found. In research published Monday…

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Added on: 03/17/2020

Coronavirus: Three Lessons from the AIDS Crisis

03/16/2020

As of March 15, Seattle had recorded 420 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 37 deaths. As a historian of 20th-century queer and trans politics, I know that’s nothing…

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A very queer and very vibrant art scene is thriving across Mexico

03/15/2020

Unlike Puerto Vallarta, Chiapas is a less familiar state among tourists travelling to Mexico but San Cristóbal de las Casas is the perfect location to discover Chiapa’s…

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Growing List Of Postponed LGBT Pride Festivals Over Coronavirus Concerns

03/15/2020

At least three cities have postponed events related to LGBT Pride celebrations due to concerns over the virus sweeping over the globe. The cancellations come just days…

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NY now lets minors switch gender on birth certificates

03/15/2020

A new policy in New York state allows minors to change the biological sex on their birth certificates to their preferred sex – as a result of…

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The struggle for LGBT inclusion in US St Patrick’s Day parades

03/14/2020

In 1992, Cork made history when its St Patrick’s parade included the first-ever LGBT float to take part, which also won best new entry in that year’s…

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Unique transgender vulnerabilities require tailored and specific interventions

03/14/2020

The virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2020) this week has included research assessing HIV prevalence, risk, access and adherence to medication in transgender women…

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A Clash Across America Over Transgender Rights

03/13/2020

By the time Peyton Badalucco came out to his mother as transgender, he had been secretly binding his chest in a desperate attempt to hide his body….

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Advocates: Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted at ICE Site

03/12/2020

A transgender woman seeking asylum should be released after she was sexually assaulted and harassed while being detained in an Arizona immigration facility with men for nine…

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Toxic masculinity is literally toxic, causing health problems for men in later life

03/2/2020

Toxic masculinity can actually be harmful to men’s health, causing a host of health problems in later life, according to a new study. The study, published in…

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Trans whistleblower Chelsea Manning has just been made a free woman

03/12/2020

A judge has ordered the release of whistleblower Chelsea Manning, after she spent a year back behind bars. Manning, a former intelligence analyst, is best known for…

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LGBT+ community at heightened risk of coronavirus, groups warn

03/11/2020

More than 100 LGBT+ rights groups on Wednesday called on U.S. public health officials to address the heightened vulnerability of gay and trans people to the coronavirus,…

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Miami Mayor to Honor Brazil’s Anti-LGBT, Climate-Change-Denying President

03/10/2020

Miami politicians, quite reasonably, do not like communists. But Miami Mayor Francis Suarez apparently has no problem with raging right-wingers who hate LGBTQ people, heap praise on…

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Added on: 03/09/2020

Right-Wing Pastor Compares Gay People to Coronavirus

03/08/2020

COVID-19 is literally sweeping the globe and not in a good way, with almost 90,000 confirmed cases around the world. While people should be focused on preventing…

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Added on: 03/09/2020

South Carolina lawmaker wants referendum to make county similar to Poland’s ‘LGBT-free’ zones

03/08/2020

Earlier this week councilman Joe Dill voted to block the repeal of an anti-gay resolution from 1996, which stated that “lifestyles advocated by the gay community should…

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Mayor condemns posters spreading ‘fear and hate’ that targeted Saskatoon LGBT, newcomer groups

03/07/2020

Saskatoon’s mayor says a poster campaign spreading “fear and hate” that targeted OUTSaskatoon and the Saskatoon Open Door Society has no place in the city. The posters,…

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Coming out as gay doesn’t absolve you of your anti-LGBTQ+ history

03/07/2020

Aaron Schock, a four-term Illinois congressman, was once a GOP wunderkind. He was the first member of the US Congress born in the 1980s but had the…

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China tech firm to sell gay dating app Grindr for $608 million

03/07/2020

One of China’s biggest mobile gaming companies is selling popular gay dating app Grindr for $608 million after pressure from US authorities concerned over the potential misuse…

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LGBTQ voters flock to Bernie Sanders

03/03/2020

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans — long a reliable voting bloc for Democrats — made up a disproportionately high 9 percent of the electorate in the…

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Queer Mormons say they’ve been put in danger by ‘cruel’ university as it U-turns on homosexuality policy

03/05/2020

The Mormon Brigham Young University (BYU) has backtracked on removing a ban “homosexual behaviour”, announcing that “same-sex romantic behaviour” is still outlawed. BYU in Utah is run…

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LGBT+ candidates win big in U.S. Super Tuesday contests

03/04/2020

Most of the openly LGBT+ candidates competing in this week’s Super Tuesday elections won their races, campaigners said, showing acceptance and momentum building among the nation’s largest-ever…