North America

LGBTI Rights in North America


ADDED ON: 12/27/2022

Remote same-sex marriage breaks international boundaries

Same-sex couples in China are making their love official in the United States -- all from the comfort of their own homes. Yi Yang and Johny Ni have been together for about…

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ADDED ON: 12/26/2022

Dani Oliva is 1st trans executive at major music company

Music and technology company Venice Music has named Dani Oliva as their vice president of legal and business affairs. He is the first openly transgender person to become an executive at a major…

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ADDED ON: 12/25/2022

Elon Musk challenged by Tesla investor with trans child: ‘You’re punching down’

In the same month that he tweeted mocking pronouns, and urged people to follow conspiracy theorists QAnon, Musk reportedly told investors he would not “censor” his views on trans people. According to…

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ADDED ON: 12/24/2022

La Tianguis Sexo Disidente: the radical, queer, Mexican flea market

Every day, in the centre of Mexico City, a flea market takes place. At the market, trans girls and queer folx gather under a railway, selling clothing, art, makeup, zines, accessories, sex…

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ADDED ON: 12/23/2022

28 Republicans Who Call Gay People ‘Groomers’ Just Voted Against a Bill Addressing Child Sex Abuse

For the past year, we’ve been subjected to an endless, escalating right-wing fearmongering campaign presenting LGBTQ adults as innate child sexual predators, or “groomers,” and any children in their vicinity as victims.…

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ADDED ON: 12/20/2022

Exclusive: Biden administration pressed Uganda president on anti-LGBTQ record

During last week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., Biden administration officials pressed Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on his country’s anti-LGBTQ policies, theGrio exclusively reports. An anonymous source with knowledge of the…

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ADDED ON: 12/17/2022

Court upholds Connecticut’s transgender athlete policy

A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, rejecting arguments by four cisgender runners who said they…

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ADDED ON: 12/17/2022

A new report proves that online anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate turns into real-life violence

Coordinated online hate targeting doctors and hospitals providing gender-affirming care to youth leads to real-life violence, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). On Tuesday, the Human Rights…

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ADDED ON: 12/16/2022

Drag Queens Were Targeted by the Proud Boys. Whom Did the Police Support?

In November, the First Unitarian Universalist Church and Red Oak Community School in Columbus, Ohio, announced a “Holi-Drag Storytime” event where drag queens would read books to children and perform holiday-themed dances.…

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ADDED ON: 12/14/2022

Club Q Shooting Survivors Press Congress To Act On Guns

Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub testified Wednesday to Congress about the onslaught of threats and violence against members of the LGBTQ community as they urged…

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ADDED ON: 12/14/2022

Biden signs landmark law protecting same-sex and interracial marriages

Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law landmark legislation protecting same-sex marriages, hailing it as a step toward building a nation where “decency, dignity and love are recognized, honored and protected”. The…

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ADDED ON: 12/13/2022

Calgary police offer reconciliation for 2002 gay bathhouse raid

On a warmer-than-average Dec. 12, 2002, Keith Purdy started his shift like any other. He was the bartender at Texas Lounge in Calgary's Beltline neighbourhood — a bar that adjoins Goliath's, Calgary's…

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