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Added on: 02/10/2020

Queer Asians Refused to Be Left Out of Lunar New Year Celebrations

02/09/2020

“Our first year we used a lot of euphemisms like ‘rainbow family.’ But now we want people to know exactly what we are: a queer Asian contingent.”…

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Added on: 02/09/2020

Buttigieg’s Iowa success unleashes emotion and commentary on his gay identity

02/08/2020

Within moments of Pete Buttigieg officially finishing at the top of the Iowa caucuses this week, the LGBTQ Victory Fund announced its conclusion: “America is ready for…

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Added on: 02/07/2020

National firestorm on horizon as states consider criminalizing transgender treatments for youths

02/06/2020

Rep. Fred Deutsch, sponsor of the South Dakota’s HB 1057, said he introduced the bill Jan. 14 to prevent doctors from pushing children to change their bodies….

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Added on: 02/06/2020

Evangelical Pastor Pushed Pompeo to Fire Yovanovitch for LGBT Support

02/05/2020

In the summer of 2018, an American evangelical pastor and dozens of Ukrainian Christian groups prayed for Marie Yovanovitch to be fired from her job as the…

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Added on: 02/04/2020

How Pete Buttigieg Found Support in Iowa’s Formerly Anti-LGBTQ Communities

02/03/2020

Pete Buttigieg doesn’t often remind people that he’s running a historic presidential campaign. The 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has emphasized an easy-to-like persona: a…

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Added on: 02/02/2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refuses to meet with LGBT activists in Ukraine

02/01/2020

Donald Trump’s anti-LGBT+ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Ukraine this week, but refused to meet with LGBT+ community leaders. Pompeo made the trip to show America’s…

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Added on: 02/02/2020

Tanzania ‘anti-gay’ force official Paul Makonda banned from US

02/01/2020

A top Tanzanian official who launched a surveillance squad dedicated to hunting down gay people has been banned by the US from entering the country. The US…

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Added on: 02/02/2020

Franklin Graham banned by 2nd UK city over ‘repulsive’ LGBT+ views, official says

01/29/2020

Evangelist Franklin Graham was banned Wednesday from coming to a second arena in England on his upcoming summer tour of the United Kingdom. Julie Dore, the council…

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Added on: 02/01/2020

Bernie Sanders Stakes Out Big Lead Among LGBT Voters in Latest Poll

01/31/2020

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the most popular Democratic presidential candidate among LGBT voters, according to the latest poll from Morning Consult. The poll found that 34…

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Added on: 02/01/2020

Trans lawmaker Danica Roem gets powerful words of Equal Rights Amendment tattooed on her arm

01/31/2020

Trans lawmaker Danica Roem has had the first 24 words of the Equal Rights Amendment tattooed onto her arm in a powerful statement on gender equality. Roem…

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Added on: 01/30/2020

Two-spirit powwow coming up in San Francisco

01/29/2020

Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits will hold its ninth annual powwow Saturday, February 8, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina…

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Added on: 01/30/2020

South Dakota Lawmakers Just Voted to Send Doctors to Jail for Helping Trans Kids

01/29/2020

After hours of heated (and often comically inaccurate) debate, South Dakota’s House of Representatives on Wednesday became the first in the country to greenlight a bill that…

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Added on: 01/29/2020

A GOP lawmaker, the son of an Auschwitz survivor, compared doctors treating transgender children to Nazis

01/28/2020

The South Dakota legislature is considering the nation’s first law that could send doctors to jail for treating transgender youths younger than 16 with hormone therapy or…

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Added on: 01/28/2020

Why are Dine LGBTQ people denied access to ceremony?

01/27/2020

When Rei Yazzie started his transition and his voice began to change, he knew it was time to prepare for a tá’cheeh – a traditional male puberty…

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Added on: 01/27/2020

Court Rules for Gay Couple in Indiana Birth Certificate Suit

01/26/2020

A federal appeals court sided with a gay married couple who challenged Indiana’s birth records law, arguing that it discriminates against them and their children because birth…

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Added on: 01/26/2020

Guatemalan Actor Enrique Salanic Blocked From Entering US to Promote LGBT Film ‘José’

01/25/2020

Guatemalan actor Enrique Salanic has been blocked from entering the United States ahead of the U.S. premiere of his award-winning movie “José,” in which he stars. The…

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Added on: 01/26/2020

Denver school board votes to require gender neutral bathrooms in all public schools

01/25/2020

A new school board for Denver Public Schools unanimously passed a resolution in its first meeting requiring all district schools to have at least one all-gender bathroom….

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Added on: 01/25/2020

Who’s the ‘Q’ in LGBTQ? Study shines light on ‘queer’ identities.

01/23/2020

For some, “queer” is a loaded word — a negative epithet from a less accepting time that was hurled at anyone perceived to be gay. But for…

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Added on: 01/25/2020

When lesbians led the women’s suffrage movement

01/24/2020

As Americans commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which granted voting rights to some – but not all – women, it is important to acknowledge the…

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Added on: 01/24/2020

Dozens of anti-LGBTQ state bills already proposed in 2020, advocates warn

01/23/2020

Like most high school students, Aerin Geary does not typically pay attention to state legislation. However, the South Dakota teenager has been closely following House Bill 1057,…

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Added on: 01/23/2020

California governor asked to pardon late gay rights leader Bayard Rustin

01/22/2020

The California Legislature’s LGBTQ and black caucuses on Tuesday asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to posthumously pardon a civil rights leader who was jailed for having gay sex…

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Added on: 01/20/2020

Twitter apologises for letting ads target neo-Nazis and bigots

01/16/020

Twitter has apologised for allowing adverts to be micro-targeted at certain users such as neo-Nazis, homophobes and other hate groups. The BBC discovered the issue and that…

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Added on: 01/19/2020

LGBT activists say new bills target transgender youth

01/18/2020

At the urging of conservative advocacy groups, Republican legislators in more than a dozen states are promoting bills that focus on transgender young people. One batch of…

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Added on: 01/18/2020

Sponsor of controversial Tennessee adoption bill has 2nd bill aimed at LGBT community

01/17/2020

A Tennessee lawmaker who earlier this week passed a controversial measure that lets faith-based agencies reject LGBT couples wishing to adopt or provide foster care to children…

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Added on: 01/16/2020

Tennessee governor says he will sign anti-gay adoption bill

01/15/2020

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday that he’ll sign into law a measure that would assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even…

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Added on: 01/15/2020

Chastity campaigner banned from schools over LGBT comments

01/14/2020

A number of talks due to be given in Ireland this week by Jason Evert, the American Catholic campaigner who promotes conservative Catholic teaching around sex and…

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Added on: 01/14/2020

House Democrats to ask ICE to release all transgender immigrants in custody

01/13/2020

House Democrats are preparing to ask the Department of Homeland Security to release all transgender immigrants being held at long-term federal immigration facilities. Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley…

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Added on: 01/13/2020

AIDS, the Catholic Church and LGBT issues today

01/12/2020

In the series finale of ‘Plague,’ we look at what’s happening in the church in HIV and AIDS care today and then reflects on comments and questions…

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Added on: 01/11/2020

Trump Adviser Promoted Gay Conversion Therapy and Said HIV Was ‘God’s Moral Law’

01/09/2020

President Donald Trump recently appointed anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQ cable news pundit Jenna Ellis as a senior legal adviser to him and his campaign. Ellis has promoted harmful…

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Added on: 01/09/2020

Following backlash, Facebook disables misleading HIV medication ads

01/08/2020

Facebook has disabled some advertisements about the potential side effects of HIV prevention medication Truvada following complaints that they were misleading and a “harm to public health.”…