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Added on: 02/09/2022

Lawmakers introduce Arizona LGBT anti-discrimination bill.

02/08/2022

A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers that includes the Republican House speaker announced Monday they were introducing legislation that would for the first time protect gay and…

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Added on: 02/08/2022

Gay Man Becomes Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, Faces Big Challenges

02/07/2022

Sworn-in to lead one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the United States, Chris Magnus also joined a small group of gay national security officials. At…

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Added on: 02/08/2022

More Gay and Lesbian People are Vaccinated than Straight People, CDC Finds

02/07/2022

Gay and lesbian adults in the U.S. have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine at a higher rate than their straight counterparts, according to data released by the Center…

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Added on: 02/06/2022

Meet the 23 Gay Women Competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics

2/4/22

The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off its razzlin’, dazzlin’, flipplin’, slidin’ 16-day event with a fireworks-heavy opening ceremony this morning in Beijing, and if you’re anything like…

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Added on: 02/05/2022

South Dakota signs 1st anti-transgender sports law of 2022

2/4/22

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed an anti-transgender sports bill into law Thursday, restricting transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that match their…

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Added on: 02/04/2022

Gay and lesbian adults had higher COVID-19 vaccination rates than heterosexual adults: CDC

02/03/2022

Gay and lesbian adults are more likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 than heterosexual adults, federal officials said Thursday. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and…

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Added on: 02/02/2022

South Florida Students Rally Against “Don’t Say Gay” Bill In Florida Legislature.

02/01/2022

A group of about a hundred people gathered outside the Pride Center in Wilton Manors Tuesday, rallying against a proposal in the Florida legislature that would limit…

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Added on: 02/01/2022

He started an LGBTQ magazine during the pandemic. Here’s what he learned.

01/31/2022

Ten years have passed since the germ of the idea for a Florida-based LGBTQ publication first came to journalist John Sotomayor. And in 10 years, much has…

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Added on: 01/31/2022

D.C. Digest: Lankford, Inhofe inject themselves into Finnish free speech case

01/30/2022

Finnish Lines: U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Jim Inhofe have taken up the cause of a member of Finland’s parliament whose LGBTQ commentary has brought her into…

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Added on: 01/30/2022

School officials remove student’s ‘Gay is OK’ rainbow artwork and liken it to the Nazi flag

1/29/22

The principal and vice-principal of an Athens, Georgia elementary school are under fire from both parents and faculty after they reportedly ordered an unnamed student’s artwork that…

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Added on: 01/28/2022

First non-binary Winter Olympian challenges ice skating stereotypes

01/21/2022

LONDON, Jan 21 (Openly) – When Timothy LeDuc takes to the ice in Beijing as the first openly non-binary Winter Olympian, the figure skater aims to challenge…

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Added on: 01/28/2022

Texas doctors condemn closure of Dallas clinic for transgender children

01/27/2022

More than 400 doctors and health care professionals signed a letter addressed to two Dallas hospitals decrying the closure of the state’s only comprehensive medical program for transgender children, The…

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Added on: 01/27/2022

Don’t Say Gay’ bill moves forward in Florida

01/26/2022

A Florida bill that would limit classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity and encourage parents to sue schools or teachers that engage in these topics is…

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Added on: 01/26/2022

Woman says military lawsuit is about ‘what they think a lesbian female should look like’.

01/25/2022

A woman suing the U.S. Army and Air Force for discrimination said her case centers on what certain military leaders think a “lesbian female should look like,”…

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Added on: 01/25/2022

California mother claims teachers manipulated her daughter to change her gender identity.

01/24/2022

A California mother said her daughter’s teachers are “predatory” and “disgusting” after she filed a lawsuit against them and school district officials that alleged two teachers brainwashed…

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Added on: 01/24/2022

Oklahoma Watch: Governor’s order throws transgender Oklahomans into legal limbo

01/22/2022

On the second Wednesday of every month, attorney Josh Payton can be found behind a gray table downtown at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. Clients say Payton’s clinic…

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Added on: 01/23/2022

Overturning Roe would also devastate LGBTQIA+ community

1/23/22

This year marks the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and it is no coincidence that there is currently much discourse about the potential for the Supreme…

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Added on: 01/22/2022

House committee in Florida passes ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

1/21/22

A Florida House committee on Thursday passed a bill seeking to ban discussions of sexuality and gender identity in school classrooms, which LGBTQ+ advocates say will effectively…

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Added on: 01/21/2022

NCAA adopts new policy for transgender athletes

01/20/2022

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. Under the new…

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Added on: 01/19/2022

American L.G.B.T.Q.+ Museum Names First Executive Director

01/18/2022

Almost five years exactly after its conception, the American L.G.B.T.Q.+ Museum — which aims to open its doors in 2024 — has found its first executive director….

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Added on: 01/18/2022

LGBTQ Groups Push for Voting Rights, Gun Control on MLK Day

01/17/2022

On what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s 93rd birthday, national LGBTQ groups echoed growing calls for federal voting rights legislation and queer activists held a…

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Added on: 01/17/2022

Tom Cotton Senate bill would separate prison inmates by birth gender, not identity

01/16/2022

A prisoner’s gender at birth, not their gender identity, would determine where they would be housed, under a U.S. Senate bill proposed last week by Republican Tom Cotton of Arkansas. The…

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Added on: 01/16/2022

Historic blood shortage fuels calls for FDA to ease restrictions on gay men donating blood

1/15/22

Pressure is mounting on the Food and Drug Administration to eliminate longstanding restrictions on gay or bisexual men donating blood in the United States as the blood…

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Added on: 01/16/2022

Two-Spirit activists explain why the LGBT+ community needs to unite against the climate emergency

1/15/22

Two-Spirit environmental activists have shared how LGBT+ people can use their power to fight climate change and better the planet for future generations. Weather and climate disasters…

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Added on: 01/15/2022

Veterans can now identify as trans and nonbinary in VA health records

1/14/22

Veterans in the U.S. are now able to identify as transgender and and nonbinary in official medical records, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced this week. “All…

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Added on: 01/13/2022

As high court signals Roe v. Wade reversal, states eye same-sex marriage protections

01/12/2022

Nearly seven years after the Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage the law of the land, New Jersey enacted a law Monday to protect this relatively new right…

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Added on: 01/12/2022

A CNY gay teen shares his ‘biggest challenge’; school’s response sets off a storm.

01/11/2022

Tully, N.Y. — When Tyler Johnson, 17, was selected as a “Senior Spotlight” for his school’s January newsletter, he had to answer several questions. One asked about…

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Added on: 01/10/2022

Study Launched to Determine Risk of Blood Donated by Sexually Active Gay Men

01/09/2022

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A blood shortage exacerbated by the COVID pandemic is adding support to an effort to change the FDA’s longstanding ban on donations by…

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Added on: 01/08/2022

Work resumes on the nation’s only major transgender study

1/7/22

After two years of delays, work on the only comprehensive study of transgender life has restarted. The National Center for Transgender Equality announced on Monday that it…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

Pope Francis praises Sister Jeannine Gramick’s 50 years of L.G.B.T. ministry in handwritten letter

01/06/2022

In another sign of support for L.G.B.T. Catholics and those who advocate on their behalf, Pope Francis sent a handwritten letter on Dec. 10 to Jeannine Gramick,…