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Added on: 03/17/2021

Equality Act is creating a historic face-off between religious exemptions and LGBTQ rights

03/16/2021

In some ways, full LGBTQ rights has never seemed more within reach. First came the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage. Then its decision last year…

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Added on: 03/16/2021

“Ex-gay” pastor loses lawsuit against Vimeo for taking down videos promoting conversion therapy

03/14/2021

A pastor who identifies as a “former homosexual” has officially lost his lawsuit attempting to force the video streaming service to host his videos promoting so-called conversion…

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Added on: 03/14/2021

Sponsors of North Dakota’s transgender athletes bill have ties to anti-LGBT organizations

3/14/21

When state Sen. Janne Myrdal testified before the North Dakota House Human Services Committee in support of HB 1298, she said she believes the bill has little…

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Added on: 03/06/2021

American Psychological Association opposes transgender conversion “therapy” in historic statement

03/05/2021

The biggest professional psychologist organization in the U.S. has come out against transgender conversion therapy in a new statement, saying that the practice puts “individuals at significant…

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Added on: 03/05/2021

Mississippi governor to sign bill banning transgender student-athletes from female sports teams

03/04/2021

Mississippi legislators have passed a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams in schools and universities — one of over two dozen…

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Added on: 03/04/2021

The Trailer: Why Republicans keep running against trans rights

03/04/2021

In this edition: The GOP’s transgender politics, lessons from CPAC and a sit-down with a Republican running for Congress against Trump. We don’t have the Kraken anymore,…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

United Methodist conservatives detail breakaway plans over gay inclusion

03/02/2021

Conservative leaders within the United Methodist Church unveiled plans Monday to form a new denomination, the Global Methodist Church, with a doctrine that does not recognize same-sex…

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Added on: 03/01/2021

Different fight, ‘same goal’: How the Black freedom movement inspired early gay activists

02/28/2021

On April 25, 1965, three teenagers refused to leave Dewey’s Restaurant in Philadelphia after employees repeatedly denied service to “homosexuals and persons wearing nonconformist clothing,” according to…

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Added on: 02/28/2021

Different fight, ‘same goal’: How the Black freedom movement inspired early gay activists

2/28/21

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Added on: 02/28/2021

The Untold Story of Queer Foster Families

2/28/21

When Don Ward was a child, in Seattle, in the nineteen-sixties, his mother, each December, would hand him the Sears catalogue and ask him to pick Christmas…

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Added on: 02/27/2021

More young people identify as LGBTQ+ than ever before, poll finds

2/26/21

More young people are out than ever before, and most people who identify as LGBTQ+ are attracted to more than one gender, according to new data. A…

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Added on: 02/26/2021

LGBT+ Americans inch closer to ‘freedom’ as House passes Equality Act

02/25/2021

By a vote of 224 to 206, the House passed the landmark Equality Act, which amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender…

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Added on: 02/26/2021

Outrage as Marjorie Taylor Greene displays transphobic sign in Congress

02/25/2021

The Republican extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene attracted widespread condemnation – from transgender groups, Democrats and her own party – after she hung a transphobic sign outside her…

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Added on: 02/25/2021

American anti-trans activist invited to give Singaporeans a ‘better understanding’

02/24/2021

An American doctor who believes transgenderism as a “myth” and has supported the forced “conversion” of homosexuals has been invited to lead a discussion of the issue…

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Added on: 02/25/2021

Transgender Arkansan killed in Pennsylvania

02/24/2021

A 24-year-old transgender woman from Springdale was killed Thursday in Pennsylvania , according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Chyna Carrillo’s death is at least the seventh killing…

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Added on: 02/25/2021

A record 5.6% of Americans identify as LGBT+, Gallup poll finds

02/24/2021

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A record 5.6% of Americans – or 18 million people – are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, a Gallup poll found…

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Added on: 02/24/2021

‘I’m still here’: Transgender troops begin new era of open military service

02/23/2021

As the U.S. military adapts to evolving and increasingly complex global threats, highly-trained cyber warriors like Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brock Stone are at the tip…

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Added on: 02/22/2021

Guam LGBTQ leaders target ‘systemic discrimination’

02/21/2021

More LGBTQ candidates for public office and more local policy reforms will be sought through Equality Guam, a new LGBTQ advocacy group supported by the island’s lieutenant…

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Added on: 02/18/2021

State anti-transgender bills represent coordinated attack, advocates say

02/17/2021

Bills in at least 20 states are targeting the transgender community in what LGBTQ advocates say is an organized assault by conservative groups. On Thursday, the North…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

Transgender Woman Is Killed in ‘Vicious and Violent Attack’ in Her Miami Apartment

02/16/2021

An attack that a police detective describes as “very vicious and violent” has authorities searching for the killer of a 45-year-old transgender woman found dead two weeks…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

LGBTQ people now protected under the Fair Housing Act

02/15/2021

For the first time, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are now protected from housing discrimination under federal law. The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

A wave of killings against transgender people in Puerto Rico

02/15/2021

Forty-four transgender or gender non-conforming people were killed in the United States in 2020. Six of those people were killed in Puerto Rico alone. This January, the…

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Added on: 02/16/2021

Drag queens rally to make sure LGBT+ seniors had a Valentine’s Day to remember

02/15/2021

A group of drag queens in Chicago showed the power of the queer community when they came together to make sure local LGBT+ seniors received Valentine’s Day…

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Added on: 02/15/2021

Flurry of bills aim to set limits on transgender kids – and their doctors

02/14/2021

Sam Edelman felt like a girl for as long as he could remember, his dad said. As Sam’s 18th birthday approached, and after years of researching hormone…

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Added on: 02/14/2021

Betsy West & Julie Cohen explain why Pauli Murray is the most important queer you’ve never heard of

2/13/21

How could anyone ever top Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Documentary filmmakers Betsy West & Julie Cohen faced that same question upon completing their Oscar-nominated film RBG. Fortunately, the…

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Added on: 02/14/2021

Joe Biden invited to Nigeria to ‘marry a man as his second wife’ by raging homophobic bishop

2/13/21

The angry tirade comes after Biden vowed to advance the cause of LGBT+ rights around the world, threatening financial sanctions on regimes deemed to have infringed on…

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Added on: 02/13/2021

QAnon supporters claim COVID-19 vaccines turn people gay, transgender

02/12/2021

QAnon supporters are peddling the false conspiracy theory that COVID-19 vaccines turn people gay or transgender. BBC investigative reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh posted screenshots from Telegram – the…

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Added on: 02/12/2021

8 Bills Across 7 States: Coordinated Anti-Transgender, Anti-LGBTQ Legislative Push Ramps Up In State Houses Across The Country

02/11/2021

The legislative fight to pass discriminatory anti-transgender legislation is ramping up in state houses across the country, with a significant number of bills expected to have hearings…

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Added on: 02/11/2021

LGTBQ seniors in Philly get COVID-19 vaccine

02/10/2021

Residents of the John C. Anderson LGBT-friendly Senior Apartments received their first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week, with second doses scheduled for next month….

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Added on: 02/09/2021

Lawmakers In 19 States Cloning Idaho’s Transgender Athlete Bill

02/08/2021

Feb. 3, Utah House Representative Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, introduced HB302, which would require public school athletes to play on teams which aligned only with their sex at…