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Added on: 05/06/2020
05/05/2020
Henrietta Hudson, the country’s longest operating bar for queer women, is pleading for financial help from the LGBTQ community after requests for government aid went unanswered. “Over…

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Added on: 05/04/2020
Ta’Ron Carson knew how to apply makeup, so his expertly contoured jawline and highlighted cheekbones stood out as he twirled along the sidewalk on Main Street in…

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Added on: 05/03/2020
05/02/2020
The Michigan City, Indiana restaurant Fiddleheads is now offering Dragside Pickup. Customers can order online or telephone and when they arrive to pick it up, a drag…

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Added on: 05/03/2020
05/02/2020
English teacher Jim Zimmerman had worked at Alter High School in Ohio for 23 years, and is a graduate of the school himself. He was forced out…

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Added on: 05/02/2020
05/01/2020
Two men have been arrested in Puerto Rico in the shooting death of two transgender women whose bodies were found last week in a burned-out car. The…

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Added on: 05/02/2020
As human rights organizations, scholars, defenders and activists, we the 167 undersigned, write to express our grave concern about the work of the U.S. State Department’s Commission…

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Added on: 05/01/2020
A slew of far-right groups who have openly embraced anti-LGBTQ messages are taking part in so-called “lockdown protests” across the country — further endangering the lives of…

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Added on: 04/30/2020
04/29/2020
Michael Ighodaro was attacked by homophobes in his home city of Abuja when he was waiting for a taxi outside his friend’s home. His attackers stormed up…

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Added on: 04/28/2020
04/27/2020
Two hens brought together in quarantine have fallen in love, and the story of how their owner realised she had lesbian chickens will melt your heart. Nothing…

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Added on: 04/27/2020
04/26/2020
Everyone knows I’m queer. Except one group of colleagues. Ironically, they’re the ones from my own field — public health professionals. I work for the National LGBT…

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Added on: 04/26/2020
04/25/2020
The bodies of two transgender women were found burned to death inside a vehicle this week in Puerto Rico, according to activists, raising alarm about the killings…

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Added on: 04/25/2020
04/24/2020
President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be just days away from rolling back an Obama-era policy prohibiting discrimination against LGBT patients. Politico reports: The health department is…

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Added on: 04/24/2020
04/23/2020
Bill Donohue is an anti-LGBT+ extremist who heads the Catholic League, an American Catholic anti-defamation and civil rights organisation. His previous claims to fame include telling gay…

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Added on: 04/24/2020
04/23/2020
Books with gay and transgender topics got a record number of objections at U.S. libraries and schools in 2019, said research on Monday showing growing protests over…

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Added on: 04/23/2020
04/22/2020
After years of keeping their relationship under wraps, Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel are getting candid. A new Netflix documentary, “A Secret Love,” explores the couple’s powerful…

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Added on: 04/22/2020
04/21/2020
An openly gay Texas judge says she was forced to take down her rainbow pride flag and other colorful materials after a local defense attorney filed a…

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Added on: 04/21/2020
04/20/2020
Garden State Equality had its lowest month of fundraising in four years, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time. New Jersey’s largest LGBTQ organization has…

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Added on: 04/20/2020
As the world is paralyzed by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), some violent non-state actors have welcomed the global pandemic as an opportunity to push their…

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Added on: 04/19/2020
04/18/2020
The slight, bespectacled doctor speaking at a White House briefing on TV revived bleak, 30-year-old memories for Gary Cooper. Dr. Anthony Fauci’s reassuring voice guided Cooper and…

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Added on: 04/19/2020
04/18/2020
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis became emotional during a news briefing about the coronavirus crisis in his state when a reporter said that the public has compared his…

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Added on: 04/18/2020
04/17/2020
Evelyn was growing nervous as she watched her supply of spironolactone dwindle while the city of Boston, where she lives, started its coronavirus lockdown in mid-March. Evelyn,…

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Added on: 04/17/2020
Gay bars have been shuttered by public-place closure orders during the coronavirus pandemic. In March, more than half of US states issued statewide closure orders for bars…

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Added on: 04/16/2020
04/15/2020
In August 1965, thousands of young Black people in Watts set fire to the illusion that Los Angeles was a youth paradise. Since the debut of the…

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Added on: 04/15/2020
04/14/2020
SUBMICROSCOPIC INFECTIOUS agents have a way of revealing the worst in us, and the best. That is the story of the AIDS epidemic generally, and in particular…

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Added on: 04/14/2020
04/13/2020
A group spearheading a ballot drive to add LGBT anti-discrimination protections to Michigan’s civil rights law is moving to collect voter signatures online because of the coronavirus…

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Added on: 04/13/2020
04/13/2020
Unused fabric from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a landmark memorial to and celebration of those lost to AIDS, will be repurposed to produce face masks for medical…

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Added on: 04/12/2020
04/11/2020
Virginians are now protected from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed a bill (S.B. 868) that prohibits biased treatment…

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Added on: 04/12/2020
04/11/2020
In the year since the Trump administration banned transgender individuals from serving in the military, a number of advocacy groups have challenged the policy and many active…

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Added on: 04/11/2020
04/10/2020
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted life for billions of people, forcing the world to deal with a sudden loss of jobs, security, and regular health care. But…

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Added on: 04/11/2020
04/10/2020
AIDS began as a frightening medical mystery, with clustered outbreaks in California and New York City. Dr. Paul Volberding, who later helped San Francisco General Hospital open…