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Added on: 05/22/2024

UCP legislature members banned from Alberta Pride events in push for policy changes

The Gazette
05/21/2024
An Alberta queer community organizer says a Pride ban on United Conservative Party legislature members challenges Premier Danielle Smith to start matching words with actions. “There’s absolutely…
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Global News

Added on: 05/22/2024

Trump-appointed Alabama judge threatens to jail LGBTQ+ rights lawyers; attorneys fight back

Advocate
05/21/2024
A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge in Alabama has threatened to jail several prominent LGBTQ+ civil rights lawyers involved in a long-running forum-shopping dispute. U.S. District Judge Liles…
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Global News

Added on: 05/22/2024

Japanese lesbian couple granted refugee status in Canada

Nextshark
05/21/2024
A Japanese lesbian couple has been granted refugee status in Canada after enduring discrimination in Japan. Eri, aged in her 30s, and Hana, in her 50s, got…
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Global News

Added on: 05/21/2024

Mexican authorities abruptly shutter LGBTQ hotel in Puerto Vallarta

Bay Area Reporter
05/20/2024
Mexican authorities abruptly and without warning shut down a longtime LGBTQ hotel in Puerto Vallarta Friday night, leaving some guests with their belongings tossed in the street….
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Global News

Added on: 05/21/2024

Supreme Court Turns Down Case Challenging School District’s Transgender Policies

Education Week
05/20/2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case about a Maryland school district’s policies to support transgender students and when parents may challenge…
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Global News

Added on: 05/19/2024

Japanese lesbian couple granted refugee status in Canada

Asahi Shimbun
05/18/2024
Canada said it granted refugee status to two Japanese women last September due to widespread discrimination they faced in Japan as lesbians and members of the weaker…
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Global News

Added on: 05/19/2024

US State Dept issues worldwide alert amid threat of violence against LGBTQ+ community

Reuters
05/18/2024
The U.S. State Department on Friday issued a worldwide caution security alert, saying it is aware of increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQ+ people…
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Global News

Added on: 05/18/2024

Court rejects parents’ attempt to opt kids out of LGBTQ-inclusive reading assignments

The Hill
05/17/2024
A federal appeals court rejected a bid from a group of Maryland parents to require Montgomery County Public Schools to allow them to opt their children out…
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Global News

Added on: 05/17/2024

Botswana deports U.S. pastor Steven Anderson over anti-gay views

Reuters
05/16/2024
GABORONE (Reuters) – President Ian Khama of Botswana said on Tuesday he had ordered the arrest and deportation of U.S. pastor Steven Anderson, who was banned from…
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Global News

Added on: 05/17/2024

‘Nothing short of horrific’: Amnesty criticises arrest of man in Qatar ‘trapped’ by police on Grindr

The Guardian
05/16/2024
The family of a gay man who was arrested in Qatar say that he was “trapped” by a fake Grindr account and that he urgently needs access to…
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Global News

Added on: 05/15/2024

18 states sue the Biden administration over transgender worker protections

NBC News
05/14/2024
Eighteen Republican-led states sued the Biden administration late Monday over new federal guidance that aims to protect transgender Americans from workplace discrimination. In a lawsuit filed against…
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Global News

Added on: 05/14/2024

Saskatchewan Party MLAs barred from Regina Pride parade over school pronoun law

The Globe and Mail
05/13/2024
An organizer with Regina’s Pride parade says she was surprised to get an application from the governing Saskatchewan Party asking to take part in the event next…
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Global News

Added on: 05/14/2024

This small town in Ohio had its first Pride celebration last year & the community loved it

LGBTQ Nation
05/13/2024
In the bucolic, and conservative, small town of Broadview Heights, Ohio — south of Cleveland, north of Akron and right next door to the spectacular Cuyahoga Valley…
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Added on: 05/13/2024

A college athletics association banned transgender women from women’s sports. Now all eyes are on the NCAA

CNN
05/12/2024
Like any competitive swimmer, Meghan Cortez-Fields knows how high the stakes can be in a sport where mere hundredths of a second can mean the difference between…
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Global News

Added on: 05/12/2024

Trump vows to reverse transgender student protections ‘on day one’

The Hill
05/11/2024
Former President Trump said Friday he would roll back transgender student protections enacted last month by the Biden administration “on day one” of his presidency if he…
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Global News

Added on: 05/12/2024

Out in the World: Bay Area fundraiser for LGBTQ refugee group ORAM features gay Ugandan

East Bay Reporter
05/11/2024
The Organization for Refuge, Asylum, and Migration had a homecoming in the San Francisco Bay Area in an effort to drum up support and talk about its…
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Global News

Added on: 05/11/2024

David Duke’s godchild comes out as transgender in new memoir about leaving white nationalism

Advocate
05/10/2024
In a revealing new memoir titled The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism, R. Derek Black, once known as a figurehead of American white…
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Added on: 05/09/2024

Boy Scouts of America announces new gender-neutral name – and conservatives aren’t taking it well

Pink News
05/08/2024
The largest scouting organisation in the US announced on Tuesday (7 May) that it will change its name to Scouting America as part of an initiative to…
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Global News

Added on: 05/08/2024

More GOP states challenge federal rules protecting transgender students

ABC News
05/07/2024
Seven more Republican-led states sued Tuesday to challenge a new federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools. Republican plaintiffs…
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Global News

Added on: 05/07/2024

Research shows LGBTQI+ health-related content in medical school has increased

Medical Xpress
05/06/2024
Reducing barriers to comprehensive and affirming health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) populations requires physicians to receive LGBTQI+ health content during undergraduate…
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Added on: 05/05/2024

Austin City Council passes transgender protections

News Nation
05/04/2024
Members of the Austin City Council voted Thursday afternoon to approve offering some protections to local transgender people seeking gender-affirming care, though it may lead to more…
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Added on: 05/04/2024

Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers

ABC News
05/03/2024
Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment. Under the deal announced Friday,…
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Global News

Added on: 05/02/2024

United Methodists in US repeal longstanding ban on LGBT clergy

Your Local Guardian
05/01/2024
United Methodist delegates in the US repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBT clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practising homosexuals” from…
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Alturi Blog

Added on: 05/01/2024

MONEY UNLOCKS THREATS: UGANDAN LGBTQ PEOPLE AT RISK

Annie Clark
Alturi Contributor
In 2013, Uganda passed one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world. Under the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which took effect in February 2014, conduct between same-sex individuals…
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Global News

Added on: 05/01/2024

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students

Independent
04/30/2024
Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools by banning blanket policies…
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Added on: 04/30/2024

How a digital archive is preserving Canada’s history of LGBTQ+ activism

The Conversation
04/29/2024
LGBTQ+ organizations in Canada are gearing up for a “Rainbow Week of Action” that will feature rallies across the country calling on governments to do more to…
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Global News

Added on: 04/30/2024

Transgender health care must be paid for by state insurance, says an appeals court

NPR
04/29/2024
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that state health insurance plans must provide coverage for gender-affirming care in North Carolina and West Virginia. Trans advocates say…
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Added on: 04/29/2024

‘Queer Storytime for Palestine’ drag event for children causes outrage

Jerusalem Post
04/28/2024
A Massachusetts-based pro-Palestinian drag event for children from two weeks ago has drawn international criticism, according to global media reports from the last week. Drag queens were recorded encouraging young…
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Added on: 04/28/2024

Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care

CNN
04/27/2024
The Biden administration announced a new rule Friday expanding safeguards against potential discrimination of gay and transgender Americans seeking medical care, in a reversal of Trump-era limitations…
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Added on: 04/27/2024

A trans man facing persecution in Russia heard of ‘trans refuge’ state and fled to Minnesota

MPR News
04/26/2024
Erik Beda’s mere existence is practically a death sentence in Russia. He’s transgender, which is illegal and considered an act of terror in the country. “There is…
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