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Added on: 08/23/2020

Holland, Michigan adopts anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ, others

08/20/2020

After a seven-hour meeting that went into the night and included several hours of impassioned public comment, Holland City Council voted 8-1 early Thursday morning to approve…

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Added on: 08/21/2020

Capitalism Made Gay Identity Possible. Now We Must Destroy Capitalism.

08/15/2020

Gay identity became possible thanks to capitalism’s emancipatory side: its liberation of the individual from material dependence on the family. But that sexual freedom wasn’t automatic —…

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Added on: 08/20/2020

‘The volume has been turned up on everything’: Pandemic places alarming pressure on transgender mental health

08/19/2020

The surgery was supposed to be a turning point. Brenda Emery spent a year preparing for the vaginoplasty. To save up for it, she took jobs in…

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Added on: 08/18/2020

‘My spirit broken’: Mexicans battle to ban conversion therapy

08/07/2020

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When she was 15 years old, Paola Santillan was raped by two men who claimed they would “take the lesbian” out…

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Added on: 08/13/2020

University that bans gay students on ‘morality’ grounds replaces boss with another homophobe

08/12/2020

Jerry Falwell Jr, a key evangelical Trump ally, agreed to step aside from his position at the private Virginia Christian university this month after long-running concerns about…

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Added on: 08/13/2020

A short history of Kamala Harris’ support for the LGBTQ+ community

08/12/2020

Presidential candidate Joe Biden has named senator Kamala Harris as his Vice President running mate. Harris has made history, becoming the first black South Asian American woman…

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Added on: 08/12/2020

Black LGBT Group Wins Award to Combat Voter Suppression

08/11/2020

LGBT Detroit, the city’s Black LGBTQ+ service provider, has been awarded new grant funding by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan to help eliminate a range…

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Added on: 08/11/2020

Trans women pose no threat to cis women, but we pose a threat to them if we make them outcasts

08/10/2020

Dear ladies who are fearful and hostile to trans women, That I grew up and spent most of my life in San Francisco I consider one of…

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Added on: 08/11/2020

Franklin Graham Calls for ‘Prayer March’ on National Mall on Same Day as Religious-Right ‘Return’ Rally

08/10/2020

Evangelist and right-wing political activist Franklin Graham announced Saturday that he will host a “prayer march” from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 26,…

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Added on: 08/10/2020

A gay Republican Trump supporter, reflects on actions at local protests and treatment from opposition

08/09/2020

The photo from last weekend’s protests in Frederick looks almost predictable at this point: A man clad in a red MAGA hat and an American flag t-shirt…

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Added on: 08/08/2020

Queer Black Americans have taken a ‘disproportionate’ financial hit during COVID-19

08/07/2020

Black LGBT+ Americans are suffering “disproportionate” economic consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic with almost one in five losing their jobs, a new report has shown. The report…

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Added on: 08/08/2020

Detroit Archdiocese Vs. LGBT Catholics: No More Church Masses Or Meetings

08/07/2020

Two Metro Detroit groups of Catholics with different sexual orientations “are now forbidden from gathering at churches and having priests perform Mass for them,” the Free Press…

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Added on: 08/06/2020

In search of his lost love, 90-year-old man comes out as gay

08/05/2020

Kenneth Felts didn’t plan on coming out to the world. In fact, he didn’t plan on coming out to anyone until the coronavirus pandemic struck. The 90-year-old…

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Added on: 08/05/2020

Gay billionaire Peter Thiel funded campaign of anti-LGBT+ Republican for US senate

08/04/2020

Gay billionaire PayPal founder Peter Thiel funded the campaign of an anti-LGBT+ Republican running for US senate in Kansas. Kansas US senate candidate Kris Kobach lost the…

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Added on: 08/04/2020

Fact check: “Clovergender” is an alt-right hoax

08/03/2020

Posts on social media claim that people identifying as “Clovergender” are attempting to justify pedophilia. This damaging claim stems from an alt-right hoax intended to slur members…

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Added on: 08/03/2020

In America’s summer of discontent, a transgender doctor becomes a flashpoint

08/02/2020

In Johannesburg, three decades ago, the homophobes were out in force: bible-thumpers trying to save our souls; right-wingers with their AWB swastikas. Last week, too, there were…

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Added on: 08/02/2020

Racist, anti-abortion group plans in-person “straight pride” event in a U.S. COVID-19 hotspot

08/01/2020

The so-called National Straight Pride Coalition (NSPC) is planning an event in Modesto, California for August 29, 2020—in the middle of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic—even though their…

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LGBT+ domestic abuse centre named for Stonewall pioneers Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera opens

08/01/2020

London’s The Outside Project has opened a new LGBT+ domestic abuse refuge, named for transgender pioneers Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson. The grassroots organisation, which in…

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Added on: 08/02/2020

LGBT youth ‘robbed’ by coronavirus, says head of suicide-prevention org The Trevor Project

08/01/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has “robbed” LGBT+ youth – who already had a higher risk of mental-health problems – of support, the head of The Trevor Project has…

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Added on: 07/31/2020

How Latino dads are using TikTok to connect with their children

07/30/2020

Wearing a sultry look on his face and a long, curly gray wig, Genaro Rangel pulled his fake hair out of a ponytail and whipped it dramatically…

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Added on: 07/30/2020

Pro-Trump preacher unleashes homophobic rant at Chicago’s lesbian mayor Lori Lightfoot

07/29/2020

Pro-Trump preacher Dave Daubenmire has taken aim at the mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, for being a married lesbian. Daubenmire, more commonly known as right-wing internet persona…

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Added on: 07/29/2020

Grocery store’s coronavirus sign sparks Pride event and Trump-supporting counter protest

07/28/2020

The small Pennsylvania town of Mifflinburg witnessed a face-off between LGBT+ protestors and Trump supporters on Sunday (26 July). It started as a response to a bizarre…

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Added on: 07/29/2020

LGBT youths’ suicidal thoughts decline with community supports: study

07/28/2020

Supportive communities and a progressive political climate can help combat LGBT teen suicides, especially among girls, new UBC school of nursing research shows. “Consistent evidence has indicated…

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Added on: 07/27/2020

Rideshare Profiles With LGBTQ Symbols Canceled More Often by Drivers

07/26/2020

Racial and anti-LGBTQ+ bias persists in ridesharing services even though companies have taken steps to reduce it, according to a new study from Indiana University Bloomington’s Kelley…

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Added on: 07/26/2020

Mexico City just outlawed traumatising conversion therapy

07/25/2020

Mexico City has become the first jurisdiction in Mexico to outlaw the damaging practice of conversion therapy, in a historic victory for the country’s LGBT+ community. According…

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Added on: 07/25/2020

Pennsylvania governor blasts ‘vile acts’ against transgender official leading pandemic response

07/24/2020

The man sitting in a Pennsylvania carnival’s dunk tank at a fundraiser last weekend was going for a Marilyn Monroe look, he said, styling himself in a…

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Added on: 07/25/2020

Republican platform condemned for claim LGBT+ people ‘recruit children’ and ‘prey’ on cis women

07/24/2020

The Republican Party in North Dakota has been condemned by a raft of party officials after it published vile and offensive remarks about the LGBT+ community. In…

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Added on: 07/24/2020

Her husband kicked out their teenage son for being gay, but this ‘Country Mama’ fought back

07/23/2020

There has been a drastic change in public opinion over homosexuality in the past thirty years, especially when it comes to parents accepting their gay children. According…

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Added on: 07/21/2020

The first drag queen and LGBT rights pioneer was a former slave

07/20/2020

While some still argue that homosexuality is a western import brought to African shores through movies, books, and other means, history shows that one of our most…

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Added on: 07/21/2020

Madonna says Russia fined her $1M for gay rights speech but she didn’t pay

07/20/2020

Madonna said Sunday that the Russian government fined her for a speech she made supporting LGBTQ rights at a concert in St. Petersburg eight years ago. The…