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Michigan anti-LGBT discrimination ballot drive moves to e-signatures

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

Leftover fabric from AIDS Quilt will become coronavirus masks for community workers

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

Virginia Enacts LGBT Worker Protections, Standing Out in South

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

Year after trans military ban, legal battle rages on

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

Frida Kahlo: The surrealist artist and feminist who owned her adverse life story

04/10/2020

A coil of dark braids, usually decorated with a flower crown, a vibrant dress and her signature unibrow, were some of the distinct features that set one…

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Added on: 04/11/2020

Coronavirus pandemic highlights barriers to health care for transgender community

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

Could Lessons From The Early Fight Against AIDS Inform The Coronavirus Response?

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…

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Added on: 04/10/2020

They Were Warriors

04/09/2020

Thirty years ago this month, activists — many fighting for their lives — took to the streets of downtown Chicago in one of the biggest AIDS demonstrations…

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Added on: 04/10/2020

Evangelical field hospital requires health workers to take anti-gay pledge

04/09/2020

Staff must agree to a statement of faith that says ‘marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.’ An evangelical Christian organization…

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Added on: 04/10/2020

Phyllis Lyon, LGBTQ rights pioneer, dies at age 95

04/09/2020

Phyllis Lyon, an LGBTQ rights pioneer who, with her longtime partner, was among the first same-sex couples to marry in California when it became legal to do…

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Added on: 04/09/2020

Asians mobilize in face of coronavirus-related racism

04/08/2020

LGBT Asians around the world are fighting back in the face of coronavirus-inspired racist attacks against Asians. “Obviously, there has always been racism toward the Asian community,…

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Added on: 04/08/2020

PrEP Users, Many Gay, Bi Men Barred from COVID-Antibody Plasma Donations

04/07/2020

As public health officials worldwide scramble to develop antibody tests to enable individuals who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate their antibody-rich plasma for experimental injections…

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Added on: 04/07/2020

Protester arrested at NYC COVID-19 field hospital run by anti-gay evangelist

04/06/2020

The guerrilla theater activist known as Reverend Billy, decked out in a pink suit and a bandanna mask, was arrested Sunday afternoon at a COVID-19 field hospital…

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Added on: 04/06/2020

Coronavirus pandemic a perfect storm for LGBTQ homeless youth

04/05/2020

Finding a secure place to live has not been easy for Nez Marquez, 23, who has experienced homelessness for the past five years. Born in Mexico and…

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Added on: 04/05/2020

LGBT Migrants Are Vulnerable to Coronavirus, But Our Community Can Help

04/04/2020

Our LGBT communities are impacted in various ways by the global Coronavirus pandemic. Some of us are lucky enough to have a safe place to stay, while…

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The controversial story of the Sacramento Slavic church linked to 71 coronavirus infections

04/04/2020

Bethany Slavic Missionary Church doesn’t shy away from controversy. The giant Pentecostal church near Rancho Cordova, one of the cornerstones of the Sacramento area’s Eastern European immigrant…

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Added on: 04/04/2020

Supreme Court scraps April calendar, delays major cases amid pandemic

04/03/2020

Citing the ongoing coronavirus public health crisis, the US Supreme Court on Friday cleared its calendar for April, extending an already historic delay of major legal cases,…

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Added on: 04/03/2020

U.S. eases ban on gay blood donors amid coronavirus

04/02/2020

The United States eased its policy on gay and bisexual men donating blood on Thursday due to rising concerns about blood supplies during the coronavirus crisis. The…

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Asylum seeker beaten, doused in petrol and threatened with beheading by his own dad finally told he deserves refuge

04/02/2020

A gay asylum seeker from Ghana who was beaten, doused in petrol and threatened with beheading by a homophobic mob led by his own dad has been…

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Added on: 04/03/2020

Meet the lesbian who made political history years before Harvey Milk

04/02/2020

Three years before LGBTQ icon Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Kathy Kozachenko made history in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Forty-six years ago,…

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Added on: 04/02/2020

Are people living with HIV more at risk from coronavirus?

04/01/2020

As coronavirus sweeps the world, many people living with HIV are asking whether their status counts as an underlying condition and makes them more at risk. Many…

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Added on: 04/01/2020

ANNOUNCING AIDS 2020: VIRTUAL

03/31/2020

The health and safeguarding of our community is our highest priority. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020), to be held…

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Added on: 04/01/2020

SPLC Publishes List of ANTI-LGBTQ Groups in US

03/31/2020

The anti-LGBTQ movement continued to enjoy success in mainstreaming its agenda in 2019 as the Trump administration pursued anti-LGBTQ policies at the federal level, while state and…

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Added on: 03/31/2020

Tributes pour in for pioneering transgender Latinx activist Lorena Borjas who has died from coronavirus

03/30/2020

The pioneering transgender activist Lorena Borjas has tragically passed away from coronavirus early on Monday morning. Borjas, 60, was known as the mother of the trans Latinx…

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Added on: 03/31/2020

Idaho governor signs two bills that limit the rights of transgender people

03/30/2020

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed two bills into law Monday that limit the rights of transgender people. One measure bans transgender girls from playing on girls’ and…

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Added on: 03/30/2020

Isolation and HIV memories hit LGBT+ elderly hard in lockdowns

03/29/2020

As lockdowns are imposed around the world to stop the spread of coronavirus, LGBT+ groups are scrambling to support older members of their community who are more…

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Added on: 03/30/2020

HIV-Positive Service Members Targeted by Trump Win Partial Victory

03/27/2020

A federal judge has refused the Trump administration’s request to remove the Modern Military Association of America from a lawsuit challenging discrimination against HIV-positive service members, meaning…

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Added on: 03/29/2020

Quarantine Chronicles: Returning Home as a Gay Person

03/28/2020

For as long as I felt possible, I put off making the decision to leave behind my life in San Diego and return to my hometown to…

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Added on: 03/27/2020

First NYC Nurse Reported to Die of COVID-19 Is a Gay Man

03/26/2020

Kious Kelly has died after a battle with COVID-19. The 48-year-old assistant nurse manager at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai West is the first nurse reported to have died…

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Added on: 03/27/2020

Teen with lesbian moms forced to listen to anti-LGBTQ “sermons” before school basketball practice

03/26/2020

In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, two mothers in Tennessee allege that their son’s middle school basketball coach forced kids to attend his sermons in order…