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Added on: 10/10/2022

Vanderbilt Transgender Health Clinic suspends gender-affirming surgery for minors

10/09/2022

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s transgender clinic in Nashville has paused gender affirming surgeries for patients under the age of 18, a top executive at the center told…

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Added on: 10/10/2022

Putin says U.S. wants to push gender “perversions” on Russian schoolchildren

10/09/2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed anti-LGBTQ views in his speech following the annexation of four Eastern Ukrainian regions into Russian territory. Putin delivered the speech last Friday in…

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Added on: 10/09/2022

Legal ruling may signal trouble for Biden’s Title IX plan, LGBTQ guidance

10/07/2022

Some legal experts say a new federal court ruling striking down pro-LGBTQ employment policies from the Biden administration may spell trouble for similar guidance from the U.S….

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Added on: 10/06/2022

From “grooming” to “child abduction”: Right’s accusations against LGBTQ advocates get even worse

10/06/2022

Last spring, as the right began using the word “grooming” as a slur against LGBTQ people and their allies, journalist Melissa Gira Grant noted at the New Republic that…

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Added on: 10/05/2022

Challenge to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Thrown Out by Judge

10/04/2022

A federal court in Florida dismissed a challenge to the state’s “don’t say gay” law last week, but left open the possibility the case could be refiled…

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Added on: 10/05/2022

Chinese LGBTQ-plus couples are getting married virtually through weddings hosted in Utah

10/04/2022

Chinese LGBTQ-plus couples are using digital technology to circumvent China’s non-recognition of same-sex marriages. Since 2021, around 200 Chinese and Hong Kong couples have tied the knot…

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Added on: 10/04/2022

Transgender Guatemalan woman’s deportation case to get U.S. Supreme Court review

10/03/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it will take up a transgender Guatemalan woman’s bid to avoid being deported after a U.S. immigration board said…

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Added on: 10/03/2022

A Portland initiative to help unhoused LGBTQ people is facing backlash

10/02/2020

The American Rescue Plan provided more than $5 billion for housing and services for homeless people, and cities are using that money in a variety of ways….

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Added on: 10/03/2022

A trans woman made a map of affirming clinics. Hateful people turned it into a hit list

10/02/2022

When transgender activist Erin Reed first started transitioning, she found it difficult to locate gender-affirming health centers that provide informed consent around hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and…

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Added on: 10/02/2022

Religious Freedom vs. Gay Rights: Why mainstream Jewish groups didn’t defend Yeshiva University

10/02/2022

The latest exchange in the ongoing battle between Yeshiva University and the YU Pride Alliance, a student LGBTQ club, allowed for at least a temporary ceasefire between…

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Added on: 10/02/2022

Tennessee GOP urges pediatric clinic to stop providing gender-affirming surgeries

10/01/2022

A group of GOP lawmakers in Tennessee sent a letter Wednesday to Vanderbilt University Medical Center calling on the hospital’s Pediatric Transgender Clinic — the only one…

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Added on: 09/28/2022

Cardinals Cupich, Dolan blast HHS plan to require transgender procedures over religious objections

09/27/2022

Two of America’s most prominent Roman Catholic leaders — Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich and New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan — said Tuesday that a Biden administration proposal…

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Added on: 09/25/2022

The Most Dominant Toxic Election Narratives Online

09/24/2022

Ballot mules. Poll watch parties. Groomers. These topics are now among the most dominant divisive and misleading narratives online about November’s midterm elections, according to researchers and…

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Added on: 09/23/2022

In a political first, two gay candidates face off in congressional election

09/22/2022

A historic number of LGBTQ candidates will appear on ballots across the country in November. At least 1,095 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have run…

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Added on: 09/21/2022

Michigan Senate passes resolution condemning state’s controversial LGBTQ teacher training videos

09/20/2022

In the first Senate session day since July, a resolution voted along party lines condemning controversial Michigan Department of Education (MDE) teacher training videos was adopted in…

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Added on: 09/20/2022

Montana to let transgender people change their birth record

09/19/2022

After months of defiance, Montana’s health department said Monday it will follow a judge’s ruling and temporarily allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth…

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Added on: 09/19/2022

‘Life-changing’ Hamilton softball league becomes 3rd in Canada to join prestigious LGBTQ+ alliance

09/18/2022

An LGBTQ-friendly softball league in Hamilton has joined the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA), becoming the only Hamilton sports league and just the third in…

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Added on: 09/18/2022

Texas judge halts investigations of transgender families who belong to national advocacy group

09/16/2022

A state district judge on Friday granted a temporary halt into the investigations of families with transgender children who belong to one of the largest LGBTQ advocacy…

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Added on: 09/17/2022

Japan’s first gay elected member of parliament visits SF

09/16/2022

San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society Museum welcomed Taiga Ishikawa, Japan’s first gay member of parliament, during his recent visit to San Francisco. Ishikawa, 48, is Japan’s highest-ranking…

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Added on: 09/11/2022

Yeshiva University Can Bar L.G.B.T. Club for Now, Justice Rules

09/09/2022

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Friday that Yeshiva University in Manhattan can for now disregard a state court ruling that ordered it to recognize an L.G.B.T. student…

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Added on: 09/10/2022

Montana permanently blocks transgender birth certificate changes

09/09/2022

Montana health officials on Friday made permanent a rule that blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery. The move by…

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Added on: 09/09/2022

‘No rings, no guests’: supreme court fears spur LGBTQ ‘shotgun’ weddings

09/08/2022

On a late June day in 2015, recent high school graduate Kaliyah Halsey and their mother were shopping for dormitory supplies when Kaliyah’s mother looked at her…

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Added on: 09/08/2022

How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Are Part of the Authoritarian Playbook

09/07/2022

In the last three decades, protections for LGBT people’s rights have advanced rapidly in many countries and regions. However, rising populist authoritarianism poses a significant threat to…

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Added on: 09/08/2022

Texas Judge: Letting Gay Men Die Is Religious Freedom

09/07/2022

A district judge in Texas with a long record of extreme rulings against the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and against LGBTQ equality today managed to attack both of them at once, striking…

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Added on: 09/07/2022

A new PAC has launched to campaign against anti-LGBTQ candidates

09/06/2022

As Republicans continue to threaten LGBTQ rights, a group of politicians and strategists have launched a new super PAC focused on keeping right-wing candidates out of office….

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Added on: 09/06/2022

Louisiana tells schools to keep discriminating against trans students

09/05/2022

The Louisiana State Superintendent of Education is telling schools they can continue to discriminate against transgender students if they want to. In June, the Biden administration released…

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Added on: 09/05/2022

Tijuana’s Gay Men’s Chorus harnessing the power of music to make LGBT community more visible

09/04/2022

The chords and notes from the Tijuana Gay Men’s Chorus spilled out from the basement of the red brick Casa de la Cultura and into the still…

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Added on: 09/04/2022

Gay man helps queer families fleeing red states with ‘above ground railroad’

09/03/2022

A Texas estate agent has developed a programme to help LGBTQ+ homeowners across the US “flee red [Republican] states”. When broker Bob McCranie and his partner bought…

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Added on: 09/03/2022

EXPLAINER-What is Drag Queen Story Hour and why are the events under attack?

09/02/2022

Children’s storytime sessions led by drag queens are growing in popularity in countries from the United States to Japan – while fierce opposition campaigns are also gathering…

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Added on: 09/02/2022

Armed left- and right-wing protesters face off at ‘drag brunch’ in Texas

08/30/2022

Right- and leftwing protesters, some heavily armed with semi-automatic rifles, faced off outside a “drag brunch” at a restaurant in Roanoke, Texas, video showed. The standoff on…