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Added on: 11/05/2020

2020 election is a ‘seismic’ shift for LGBT+ representation in politics

11/04/2020

As the US election results pour in, the LGBT+ community is celebrating a significant milestone in the political landscape. In Delaware, Sarah McBride was elected to the…

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Added on: 11/05/2020

Are the Olympics ‘dangerous’ for LGBTQ people? One group says they are

11/04/2020

Are the Olympic Games a net-positive or net-negative for the LGBTQ community? On the one hand, no sports event regularly features more out LGBTQ athletes, elevating their…

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Added on: 11/05/2020

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices lean toward Catholic agency in LGBT dispute

11/04/2020

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to religious rights claims against Philadelphia brought by a Catholic Church-affiliated agency after the city refused to use…

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Added on: 11/04/2020

Supreme Court takes up religious freedom, anti-gay discrimination laws in Philadelphia foster care case

11/03/2020

A legal battle over the reach of religious freedom returns to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, requiring the justices to consider whether the Constitution allows a religious…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

16 LGBTQ+ Candidates to Watch on Election Night

11/02/2020

All eyes are on whether voters will oust Donald Trump this week and whether Democrats can claw back their majority in the Senate. There are also thousands…

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Added on: 10/31/2020

De Blasio Team Open but Noncommital to Intersex Outreach Bill

10/30/2020

Intersex advocates who joined a City Council hearing on October 28 made impassioned pleas in favor of a bill to establish an educational and outreach campaign directed…

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Added on: 10/30/2020

A mother told Biden about her transgender child. Then came the attacks.

10/29/2020

In Joe Biden’s town hall earlier this month, one of the questions came from a woman named Mieke Haeck, a 42-year-old physical therapist from State College, Pa….

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Added on: 10/29/2020

CHRISTIAN GROUP SUING UK VENUES FOR AXING ANTI-LGBTQ PREACHER FRANKLIN GRAHAM’S EVENTS

10/28/2020

An evangelical Christian group is reportedly suing a string of UK entertainment venues and city councils after they axed public appearances by anti-LGBTQ preacher Franklin Graham. The…

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Added on: 10/29/2020

Advocates fear Barrett will strip away gay rights. It could begin next week.

10/29/2020

Amy Coney Barrett has been fueling the fears of LGBTQ advocacy groups since President Donald Trump first nominated her to the federal bench in 2017. Now, with…

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Added on: 10/28/2020

Trump-linked groups spending millions campaigning against LGBT and women’s rights in Europe

10/27/2020

Right-wing US groups, some with links to Donald Trump, are spending millions of pounds campaigning against LGBT and women’s rights in Europe, it has been revealed An…

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Added on: 10/27/2020

Intersex Activists Push Hospitals to Ditch Nonconsensual Surgeries on Children

10/26/2020

When Marissa Adams was a toddler, she underwent surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital to make her genitalia look more like a doctor’s idea of “normal.” Like as…

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Added on: 10/27/2020

The Supreme Court’s next major case starts the day after the election

10/26/2020

With Amy Coney Barrett poised to become the next Supreme Court justice, many Americans are wondering what — if anything — the outcome of the upcoming presidential…

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Added on: 10/26/2020

Media coverage of transgender issues is ‘catalyst’ in young people seeking support

10/25/2020

Media coverage of trans issues has been linked to an increase in the number of young people seeking support at specialist gender clinics, a landmark study has…

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Added on: 10/26/2020

How intersex Latter-day Saints struggle to stay in a ‘two gender’ faith

10/25/2020

Courtney Skaggs always felt, well, different from other girls growing up, but she didn’t really know how different until she had the birds-and-the-bees talk with her parents…

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Added on: 10/24/2020

Log Cabin Republicans Endorse Dozen Anti-LGBT Candidates

10/23/2020

The Log Cabin Republicans, which describes itself as “the nation’s original and largest organisation representing LGBT conservatives and straight allies”, has endorsed 34 candidates from across the…

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Added on: 10/22/2020

QAnon’s ‘SaveOurChildren’ Slogan Has Long Anti-LGBT History

10/21/2020

Model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen recently shared the devastating news with her social media followers: she and her husband, singer John Legend, had lost their child…

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Added on: 10/22/2020

Trump administration forces university to start discriminating against trans athletes

10/21/2020

New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce University has agreed to abolish its trans-inclusive policy for athletics, after pressure from the Trump administration and anti-LGBT+ activists. The university agreed to…

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Added on: 10/22/2020

Barrett Was Trustee at Private School With Anti-Gay Policies

10/21/2020

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

Entrepreneurs innovate to help LGBTQ, minority youth online

10/20/2020

Headstream, a San Francisco-based tech incubation project of SecondMuse, an impact and innovation company, is conducting its second Accelerator program, which will give grants to entrepreneurs with…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

The military is having a hard time providing evidence that supports the transgender ban, advocate says

10/19/2020

The military is having a hard time providing documented evidence in support of its transgender ban. In Karnoski v. Trump, one of four challenges to the transgender…

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Added on: 10/18/2020

Amy Coney Barrett Puts Reversal of Marriage Equality ‘Clearly Within Sight’

10/17/2020

While many Republicans and right-wing activists are pretending that they have no idea how Amy Coney Barrett will rule on major issues, anti-equality activists like National Organization…

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Added on: 10/16/2020

How American religious conservatives fought LGBT rights in Ukraine

10/15/2020

This year has seen several blows to LGBT rights in Ukraine. In June, the Law Enforcement committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, voted down a proposed…

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Added on: 10/15/2020

Texas Social Workers Can Refuse LGBT and Disabled Clients Under New Rule

10/14/2020

Texas officials have changed rules for social workers to allow them to refuse service for clients who are LGBTQ or disabled. The Texas State Board of Social…

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Added on: 10/12/2020

Saving Indigenous Trans Women

10/11/2020

The New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force held a public meeting on Thursday on the topic of violence against queer and trans people in…

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Added on: 10/11/2020

Record number of LGBT+ candidates set to run in U.S. election

10/10/2020

A record number of LGBT+ people will run for office in next month’s U.S. election, reflecting stronger support for LGBT+ rights among Americans that is eroding concerns…

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Added on: 10/10/2020

Largest-ever US study on intersex adult health finds disparities

10/09/2020

The largest-ever American study on the social and mental health of intersex adults was released October 9, revealing that the population experiences major health disparities. “A national…

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Added on: 10/08/2020

How the LGBT community rallied against a ‘homophobic’ Tunisian influencer

10/07/2020

During a 23-minute monologue on Instagram, the Tunisian beauty influencer Lady Samara veered off-piste when she said: “I do not respect homosexuality. A homosexual person is an…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Transgender Voters Face Unique Challenges To Participating In Ohio’s Election

10/07/2020

For many trans people, legally changing their name is a definitive statement of who they are and an affirmation of their identity. The process is not easy,…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with gay pride images

10/04/2020

Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQI+ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag. Proud…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Fight against gay marriage still ‘alive and well’ in U.S., advocates warn

10/06/2020

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month ignited fears of an increasingly conservative…