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Added on: 07/20/2021
07/19/2021
The ACLU of Montana filed a lawsuit against the state, seeking to challenge a recently passed birth certificate law that it alleges makes it “difficult, if not…

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Added on: 07/18/2021
7/17/21
Police arrested several dozen people and fired non-lethal projectiles to disperse an unruly crowd on Saturday after a dueling protest over transgender rights at a Los Angeles…

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Added on: 07/17/2021
New York City Health & Hospitals, the largest public healthcare system in the United States, has instituted a policy to defer all medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex…

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Added on: 07/16/2021
07/13/2021
Nonbinary Vikings – Viking imagery in contemporary culture is heavily associated with stereotypes surrounding masculinity; long-haired, heavily muscled warriors are used to sell everything from beer to…

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Added on: 07/16/2021
07/15/2021
WESTCLIFFE, Colorado, July 16 (Reuters) – The ranch hand walks along rocky ground, the beam of her flashlight cutting through the moonlit night. She holds a shotgun…

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Added on: 07/15/2021
07/14/2021
New York’s oldest museum will soon expand to incorporate a museum dedicated to LGBTQ history. Representatives for the New-York Historical Society, established in 1804, announced earlier this…

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Added on: 07/08/2021
07/07/2021
There are only 21 lesbian bars remaining in the US – a vertiginous drop from 200 in the 1980s. The much-loved Cubbyhole is one of them. Everyone…

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Added on: 07/08/2021
07/07/2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it was concerned about reports that China had restricted use of social media accounts of LGBTQI Plus…

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Added on: 07/04/2021
Over the objections of three conservative justices, the US Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a Washington State flower shop that violated state anti-discrimination law…

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Added on: 07/01/2021
(WB) The White House on Friday announced it has named Jessica Stern as the next special U.S. envoy for the promotion of LGBT rights abroad. Stern for…

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Added on: 06/25/2021
06/25/2021
In the ongoing conversation about LGBTQ representation, sometimes the need to expand beyond the American zeitgeist gets lost. Last year, writer/director Ray Yeung managed to do just…

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Added on: 06/25/2021
06/25/2021
Bryce Dershem was sharing his turbulent experience of coming out at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, New Jersey, when his microphone was muted. Wearing a Pride…

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Added on: 06/24/2021
06/24/2021
Xiukui Ji, a then-22-year old Chinese international student at the University of Arizona, was on the phone with his sister when he told her, “Oh, by the…

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Added on: 06/22/2021
06/21/2021
Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib came out in a personal Instagram post on Monday, saying he has “agonized over this moment for the last 15 years.” “I…

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Added on: 06/21/2021
06/21/2021
The owners of the Stonewall Inn in New York say they will not serve some beers at the famous LGBTQ+ bar during Pride weekend – and will…

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Added on: 06/21/2021
06/20/2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to offer gender confirmation surgery to transgender veterans, Denis McDonough, the secretary of veterans affairs, announced over the weekend at a…

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Added on: 06/19/2021
6/18/21
The White House partnered with the Smithsonian Institution for an exhibit that displays information on LGBTQ+ history and features photos, documents, and memorabilia. The exhibit is on…

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Added on: 06/18/2021
06/17/2021
The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a unanimous defeat to LGBT couples in a high-profile case over whether Philadelphia could refuse to contract with a Roman Catholic…

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Added on: 06/17/2021
“What would Jesus do?” This slogan has been used by Christians for decades, serving as a reminder to act in the way Jesus did (and would today)…

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Added on: 06/15/2021
06/14/2021
For a second consecutive year, a large crowd of people donning white shirts marched in the historic Brooklyn Liberation demonstration — and this time the focus was…

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Added on: 06/14/2021
06/13/2021
It’s Pride Month, and gay Americans should have a lot to celebrate: A new president who has pledged to advocate for LGBTQ people, an easing of a…

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Added on: 06/13/2021
They’ve spent months in limbo, anxiously waiting to figure out how they would be able to celebrate Pride Month 2021. They could emerge from more than a…

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Added on: 06/12/2021
6/11/21
LGBTQ advocates are criticizing the Justice Department for a court filing in which the DOJ wrote it would “vigorously” defend a religious exemption that allows federally funded…

World Voices

Added on: 06/11/2021
Savita Sukul
Alturi Contributor
“I think I started advocating the moment I was born, I just didn’t have the language,” Eli says his focus for advocacy is currently very specific to…

Global News

Added on: 06/08/2021
06/07/2021
“Hope in a Box ultimately wants to make LGBTQ-inclusive education the norm, rather than the exception in every single public school in this country,” said founder and…

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Added on: 06/07/2021
06/06/2021
The Pentagon confirmed Friday it will not allow rainbow pride flags to fly at military facilities in celebration of Pride Month. That fell in line with the…

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Added on: 06/06/2021
Hundreds of Catholics stepped forward to bless LGBT+ people during a virtual service in response to the Vatican’s ban on blessings for same-sex couples. The live-streamed event…

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Added on: 06/06/2021
6/5/21
The Pentagon said on Friday that it would not make an exception to allow U.S. military installations to fly rainbow pride flags in June, keeping a policy…

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Added on: 06/05/2021
A transgender woman, Mila García, was 12 years old when she started conversion therapy in Puerto Rico. Her parents found a love letter she had exchanged with…

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Added on: 06/05/2021
Several groups in the D.C. area are raising awareness about what it means to be LGBTQ and Asian American. “We exist in so many different ways, and…