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Added on: 03/17/2022

In 1st for Bay Area, gay Afghan Muslim joins college board

03/16/2022

When a Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees member resigned due to relocating, the search was on to find an appointee to fill the vacancy…

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Added on: 03/16/2022

Black, Latino queer students say they are on edge in the wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.

03/15/2022

Miami eighth grader Zen Nelson, who is Afro Latinx and uses gender-neutral pronouns, said they have been subjected to homophobic slurs from their classmates for at least…

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Added on: 03/14/2022

Transgender children, families rally outside Texas Capitol, Governor’s Mansion

03/13/2022

AUSTIN — More than 200 people showed up on Gov. Greg Abbott’s doorstep Sunday with a message: Leave transgender children alone. The rally dubbed “Trans Kids Cry for HELP!” was a…

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Added on: 03/13/2022

Judge temporarily blocks Texas investigations into families of trans kids

3/11/22

District Judge Amy Clark Meachum said the governor’s directive for the state child welfare agency to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their children was “beyond…

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Added on: 03/11/2022

Georgia legislators introduce a Florida-style ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

03/10/2022

Georgia legislators introduced a bill this week that would prohibit discussions about gender identity and sexual orientation in some private school classrooms. The Common Humanity in Private Education…

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Added on: 03/10/2022

“The Magic Has Died”: Disney Employees Are Outraged That Their Company Won’t Speak Out About The “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

03/08/2022

Disney employees — ranging from characters in the theme parks to writers on their TV shows — are speaking out against their employer after reports the company…

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Added on: 03/09/2022

New Television Campaign Spotlights Transgender Kids Finding Joy In Sports.

03/08/2022

Have you ever met a transgender kid? That is the question The GenderCool Project asks in a national television campaign launching today. The high-energy 30 second spot…

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Added on: 03/09/2022

‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes in Florida, goes to governor

03/08/2022

Florida’s Republican-dominated legislature passed a bill Tuesday to forbid instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, rejecting a wave of criticism from…

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Added on: 03/08/2022

Prominent LGBTQ non-profit loses millions in funding following NY state probe.

03/07/2022

One of New York’s largest LGBTQ non-profits has lost $10 million in state funding after an investigation, first revealed by The Post, found it was mishandling the…

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Added on: 03/07/2022

Republican Utah governor says he plans to VETO legislation banning transgender students from competing in youth sports

03/06/2022

Utah Governor Spencer Cox said that he plans to veto legislation passed on Friday that would ban transgender student-athletes from competing in girls sports within the state. Without his support,…

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Added on: 03/04/2022

Culture war around care for transgender kids heats up

03/03/2022

The confrontation over gender-affirming care for transgender youth hit a boil this week as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his call for state officials to…

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Added on: 03/02/2022

8-year-old transgender activist invited to State of the Union.

03/01/2022

The Department of Family and Protective Services is investigating three cases that go against Governor Greg Abbott’s recent directive viewing gender-confirming care for kids as abuse. “DFPS…

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Added on: 02/28/2022

Will Supreme Court ruling on abortion affect LGBTQ rights?

02/27/2022

With a heavily conservative Supreme Court signaling that they would hobble or overturn landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade, more questions were raised about other seemingly set in…

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Added on: 02/27/2022

A year of progress on global LGBTQ rights, but so much remains to do

2/26/22

U.S. support of worldwide LGBTQ rights during the first year of the Biden administration led to “significant progress” but “there is far to go”, according to an…

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Added on: 02/26/2022

Support group helps parents of LGBTQ Iranians in California

02/25/2022

In Iranian communities outside of the country, queer identity is still often seen as something that must be kept secret, and many suffer from social isolation within…

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Added on: 02/25/2022

Florida House approves bill limiting school discussions of LGBTQ identity

02/24/2022

Feb 24 (Reuters) – Florida’s House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Republican-backed bill that would prohibit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, a measure…

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Added on: 02/24/2022

Texas Gov. Abbott: Agencies must investigate gender-affirming care for trans kids as ‘child abuse’

02/22/22

AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to investigate reports of transgender kids receiving gender-affirming care as “child abuse,” but it’s unclear what immediate effect…

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Added on: 02/23/2022

High court takes case involving refusal to serve gay couples.

02/22/2022

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who…

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Added on: 02/22/2022

Black History Month: Destination Tomorrow Dedicated To Helping LGBTQ+ Community In The Bronx.

02/21/2022

In celebration of Black History Month, CBS2 is taking you to a center dedicated to helping the LGBTQ+ community in the Bronx. As CBS2’s Cindy Hsu reports,…

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Added on: 02/21/2022

From book bans to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, LGBTQ kids feel ‘erased’ in the classroom

02/20/2022

Students have repeatedly vandalized Pride posters at Spencer Lyst’s high school in Williamson County, Tennessee. Teachers have skipped over LGBTQ issues in class textbooks. Trans kids in…

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Added on: 02/21/2022

JFNA release document adding gun reform, LGBTQ advocacy back to policy priority

02/20/2022

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Less than a week after the Jewish Federations of North America removed hot button items such as addressing gun violence and defending LGBTQ rights from…

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Added on: 02/20/2022

It’s not just Florida. 15 other ‘Don’t Say Gay’-style bills are cropping up nationwide

2/19/22

Since Florida’s House committee passed the Parental Rights in Education bill – known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill – in January, a national spotlight has turned…

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Added on: 02/19/2022

One UN human rights expert’s fight to eliminate ‘conversion therapies’

2/18/22

Some 69 States around the world currently criminalise homosexual relations between consenting adults. This means that in just this one area of human rights violations, two billion…

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Added on: 02/19/2022

Pink Pistols aims to arm the LGBTQ community against hate crimes

2/18/22

“Pick on someone your own caliber” is the motto of the Pink Pistols, an LGBTQ gun rights organization in the United States and Canada that advocates for…

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Added on: 02/18/2022

Percentage of LGBTQ adults in U.S. has doubled over past decade, Gallup finds

02/17/2022

The percent of U.S. adults who identify as something other than heterosexual has doubled over the last 10 years, from 3.5 percent in 2012 to 7.1 percent,…

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Added on: 02/16/2022

First out lesbian, LGBTQ person of color confirmed to ambassador-level post

02/15/2022

Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Chantale Wong as the U.S. Director to the Asian Development Bank, making her the first out lesbian and LGBTQ person of…

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Added on: 02/15/2022

Black gay priest in NYC challenges Catholicism from within

02/14/2022

Parishioners worshipping at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Harlem are greeted by a framed portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. — a Baptist minister named after…

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Added on: 02/13/2022

‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is just the beginning of Florida GOP’s cruelty to LGBTQ kids

2/12/22

Florida Republican lawmakers have declared war on LGBTQ children — all in the name of freedom and “parental rights.” Aka, the rights of parents whose views of…

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Added on: 02/12/2022

Out in the World: Passage of Global Respect Act signals US stands with LGBTQ people globally

02/11/2022

Signaling the importance of global LGBTQ issues, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Global Respect Act. The bill, introduced by gay Congressmember David Cicilline (D-Rhode…

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Added on: 02/11/2022

‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill would limit discussion of sexuality and gender in Florida schools

02/09/2022

Proposed legislation in Florida would restrict how teachers can discuss sexuality and gender in the classroom, the latest effort by Republican lawmakers to remove the teaching of…