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Added on: 09/29/2021

Hundreds of Texas Students Walk Out of School Over Anti-LGBT Discrimination

09/28/2021

Hundreds of students walked out of a Texas high school on Wednesday, claiming discrimination against queer students and teachers. Many of those protesting at MacArthur High School…

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Added on: 09/28/2021

Bisexual foundation leader blames pansexuals for conversion therapy

09/27/2021

Ian Lawrence-Tourinho, the executive director of the American Institute of Bisexuality (AIB) which oversees the website Bi.org and publication Queer Majority, is receiving criticism for claiming that…

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Added on: 09/27/2021

Liz Cheney: `I was wrong’ in opposing gay marriage in past

09/26/2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Liz Cheney says she was wrong to oppose gay marriage in the past, a stand that once split her family. Cheney, R-Wyo., a…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

LGBT+ conversion therapy thrives even as bans gather pace

09/16/2021

LONDON, Sept 15 (Openly) – Doctors once prescribed long, hard bike rides and testicular transplants to cure gay men of their “sexual abnormality”. More than a century…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

Progress Continues on 10th Anniversary of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal

09/22/2021

Ten years ago this week, the odious policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) came to an end. The law prevented gay people from serving in…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

Transgender people in Puerto Rico say they are invisible in the eyes of the island — and it’s contributing to a culture of violence

09/2/2021

While celebrating her 16th birthday at a gay bar in Puerto Rico a few years ago, Lina, a trans woman, said an older man drugged her and…

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Added on: 09/20/2021

Joe Biden Cancels Meeting With HH After Nalumango Gay Rights Snub

09/20/2021

The highly publicized meeting between US President Joe Biden and President Hakainde Hichilema has been cancelled after Vice President Mutale Nalumango told Parliament that Zambia will not…

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Added on: 09/20/2021

12 Yr Old Gamer Deserves An Ally Award For Saying It Like It Is

09/19/2021

We’ve all heard of horror stories of overly masculine men (or insecure closeted ones) making online gaming not so much of a safe space for LGBTQ+ gamers….

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Added on: 09/18/2021

LGBT vets with other than honorable discharges will get VA benefits under new plan

9/17/21

Tens of thousands of LGBT veterans forced from the military for their sexual orientation and given other-than-honorable discharges will be able to receive full Veterans Affairs benefits…

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Added on: 09/16/2021

Transgender professor ordered reinstated with tenure at university in Oklahoma by federal court

09/15/2021

A transgender professor who was denied a promotion more than a decade ago must be reinstated with tenure at Southeastern Oklahoma State University because the school discriminated…

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Added on: 09/15/2021

Anti-trans legislation will have drastic effects on intersex people & their healthcare

09/14/2021

For months, a conservative-backed wave of anti-transgender legislation has taken the country by storm, leading this year to have the most anti-LGBTQ laws enacted in American history….

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Added on: 09/13/2021

Two New Jersey agencies are working with HRC toward fully LGBTQ inclusive foster care

09/12/2021

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released a new report, 2021 Change-Makers, highlighting the HRC Foundation All Children-All Families (ACAF) program’s partnership with 119 organizations—a 19 percent…

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Added on: 09/12/2021

Evangelical Lutheran church installs 1st transgender bishop

9/11/21

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Saturday. The Rev. Megan Rohrer…

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Added on: 09/11/2021

Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?

9/11/21

The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button…

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Added on: 09/10/2021

Camp True Colors gives LGBTQ+ teens a place to be themselves

09/10/2021

Camp True Colors, at a woodsy, lakeside retreat just north of Hinckley, Minn., is summer camp with all the trappings. There’s canoeing and archery and tie-dyeing and…

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Added on: 09/09/2021

Sex education becomes battlefield in U.S. culture war over LGBT+ rights

09/08/2021

Sex education is emerging as the next battleground in a U.S. culture war over LGBT+ rights, as some conservative state legislators seek to keep discussion of sexual…

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Added on: 09/09/2021

The Guardian accused of ‘censoring’ Judith Butler interview comparing TERFs to fascists: ‘Cowards’

09/08/2021

The Guardian has been accused of “censoring” feminist icon Judith Butler after the newspaper deleted part of an interview in which they compared trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs)…

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Added on: 09/06/2021

The Supreme Court could allow attacks to marriage equality just as they are with abortion

09/05/2021

The five right-wing justices of the Supreme Court who decided to uphold Texas’s anti-abortion law last week are sending a strong signal about the shaky future of…

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Added on: 09/05/2021

US transport secretary Pete Buttigieg and husband show off new babies

9/5/21

Buttigieg, the first openly gay US cabinet member, and his spouse Chasten told The Washington Post in July that the two were trying to adopt ‘We are…

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Added on: 09/03/2021

Lil Nas X honoured for unflinching commitment to ending LGBT+ youth suicide

09/02/2021

Lil Nas X is adding another award to his packed mantle after The Trevor Project announced he has been named their suicide prevention advocate of the year….

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Added on: 09/02/2021

Nearly half of LGBT renters behind on rent fear eviction in next two months

08/31/2021

About half of LGBT U.S. renters who are behind on their payments fear eviction in the next two months, according to research released by the University of…

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Added on: 09/02/2021

20 states sue over Biden admin school, work LGBT protections

08/31/2021

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys general from 20 states sued President Joe Biden’s administration Monday seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ…

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Added on: 08/31/2021

LGBTQ Students Find Hope In New Affirming School: The Magic City Acceptance Academy

08/31/2021

For back-to-school shopping, Elliot likes to hit up one of his favorite thrift stores with his mom. They often go thrifting together, and so far, the rising…

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Added on: 08/31/2021

Colonial Williamsburg adds gay and transgender reenactments

08/30/2021

Colonial Williamsburg is bringing a slice of gay and transgender history to life this Fall. Starting in October, a new musical called Ladies of Llangollen will be…

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Added on: 08/30/2021

‘Love is not divisive’ – Vigil celebrates BYU’s LGBTQ community

08/29/2021

More than 150 people gathered for a candlelit vigil in support of BYU’s LGBTQ community in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. The “Bury Your Weapons” vigil…

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Added on: 08/29/2021

Conservative Christians genuinely believe that LGBT+ progress is a personal attack, study shows

8/28/21

Anti-LGBT+ conservative Christians in America genuinely believe that progress for LGBT+ rights and representation is an attack on their religion, a study has shown. Researchers at Washington…

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Added on: 08/29/2021

Saturday begins with an anti-hate event; ends with 2 arrests at ‘straight pride’ rally

8/28/21

Modesto’s third straight pride rally was preceded Saturday morning with an anti-hate event and ended when a fight led to disbursement, road closures and two arrests. About…

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Added on: 08/28/2021

Indian-American gay couples find new forms of union amid stigma

8/27/21

Excluded by traditional marriage ceremonies, Indian-American gay couples in the US are finding new and unique ways to solemnise their unions, reports Savita Patel. When Sameer Samudra…

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Added on: 08/28/2021

Catholic Medical Association joins lawsuit over HHS ‘transgender mandate’

8/27/21

The Philadelphia-based Catholic Medical Association Aug. 26 joined in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition procedures on any patient despite…

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Added on: 08/26/2021

Canada: True North for LGBTI Afghan Refugees

Alturi Project Strategist

Canada leads with a perfect 10.0 sexual orientation gender identity legal index (SOGI-LI) SOGI-LI ranks countries by the recognition and protection their laws offer LGBTI people. Canada…