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Lawmaker pulls proposed transgender birth certificate ban

02/14/2019

A proposal that would have blocked transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates in Utah was shelved Thursday, prompting relief from LGBT advocates…

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Added on: 02/15/2019

Dems introduce bill to take gender-specific terms out of tax code to make it LGBT-inclusive

02/14/2019

A bill introduced by two Democratic lawmakers Thursday would update the U.S. tax code to remove gender-specific references such as “husband” and “wife” and would replace the…

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Added on: 02/13/2019

Mexico: LGBT Activist Oscar Cazorla Found Dead: Promoted Zapotec ‘3rd gender’

02/12/2019

A defender of LGBT rights and proponent of muxe culture in Oaxaca has been found dead in an apparently violent attack. Óscar Cazorla was at home in…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

Two transgender women joined migrant caravan. Only one survived journey to San Francisco.

02/10/2019

Moments before paramedics rushed Roxsana Hernandez out of an ICE jail in New Mexico, Charlotte consoled her dying friend. They’d known each other only a few months,…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

LGBTQ pride and Mexican culture in sweet harmony

02/09/2019

Mariachi music is one of Mexico’s most beloved forms of music. It’s also among the most traditional. After coming out as a gay man, Carlos Samaniego found…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

Can Businesses Turn Away LGBT Customers? Court Battles Bubbling Back Up

02/10/2019

The original story behind the Masterpiece Cakeshop case is both undisputed and well known: a gay couple in Colorado walked into the bakery in 2012 and asked…

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Added on: 02/10/2019

School forced to close after inviting black, gay speaker for assembly

02/08/2019

Protesters forced a school to close after they invited a gay councilperson to speak. Immaculata Catholic School in Durham, North Carolina, told parents that due to several…

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Added on: 02/09/2019

LGBT+ activists fear police missed chances to catch Canadian serial killer

02/08/2019

As Canadian serial killer Bruce McArthur was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of eight men on Friday, LGBT+ activists questioned whether homophobia and racism…

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Added on: 02/09/2019

LGBT police officers say they’ve faced horrible discrimination, and now they’re suing

02/08/2019

It didn’t matter whether Jay Brome called for backup during high-speed stolen car pursuits, intense vehicle impoundments or hit-and-run investigations. His fellow officers at the California Highway…

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Added on: 02/08/2019

Tennessee lawmakers file bills that would allow adoption agencies to refuse service to LGBT couples

02/07/2019

Tennessee lawmakers this week introduced a set of bills that would allow adoption agencies to deny services to LGBT couples on religious grounds. One bill, filed by…

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Added on: 02/07/2019

LGBTI Students to get New Access to Bursary Program from Province

02/05/2019

The Nova Scotia government will broaden who is eligible for a bursary meant to promote diversity in the communications field, after Mount Saint Vincent University students and staff said they…

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Added on: 02/07/2019

When Religion Leads to Trauma

02/05/2019

“We think of church as a place of healing and transformation, and it is,” says Michael Walrond Jr., pastor of the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem….

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Added on: 02/05/2019

CA would ban infant intersex surgeries under Wiener bill

02/04/2019

California would become the first state in the nation to ban surgeries performed on intersex infants if state lawmakers approve a bill authored by gay state Senator…

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Added on: 02/03/2019

Gay cure therapy ban could be blocked because it limits ‘free speech’.

02/01/2019

A US federal magistrate judge has said that a ban on gay cure therapy should be blocked because it violates constitutional free speech protections. Evangelical law firm…

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Added on: 02/01/2019

28 US states still lack basic equality for LGBT people, State Equality Index says.

01/30/2019

28 US states are still lacking in basic equality for LGBT people, according to the Human Rights Campaign’s State Equality Index. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation…

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Added on: 01/31/2019

Bruce McArthur: Canadian Landscapaer Admits Eight Murders

01/29/2019

A Toronto landscaper accused of killing eight men who went missing between 2010-17 has pleaded guilty to their murders. Bruce McArthur, 67, was arrested last January and…

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Added on: 01/28/2019

LGBT Navajos Discover Unexpected Champions: Their Grandparents

01/26/2019

When she was 5 years old, Michelle Sherman learned exactly what her mother thought of gay men. “I remember seeing two guys holding hands, and then my…

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Added on: 01/28/2019

Reconnecting LGBT and Indigenous struggles

01/26/2019

Historically, the LGBT community and Indigenous people have been closely connected in their struggle for equal and fair treatment in Canada. However, that connection has been partially…

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Added on: 01/26/2019

Nearly one in 50 US teen students see selves as transgender, government reports

01/25/2019

Nearly one in 50 U.S. high school students considers themself transgender, and more than a third of those say they attempted suicide in the previous year, according…

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Added on: 01/23/2019

How Coretta Scott King Leveraged MLK’s Legacy to Fight for Gay Rights

01/21/2019

“I once told Martin that although I loved being his wife and a mother, if that was all I did I would have gone crazy. I felt…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities

01/20/2019

When Sarah Spiegel was in her first year at New York Medical College in 2016, she sat in a lecture hall watching a BuzzFeed video about what…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

Court Decisions on LGBT Rights Echo ‘A Wild Wish’

01/17/2019

More than two centuries ago Mary Wollstonecraft laid the foundations for feminist thought with a simple premise: lack of equal opportunity diminished individual self-worth and hobbled social…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

The ‘angels’ helping migrants at US-Mexico border

01/16/2019

Hugo Castro rubs his temples before joining the sea of evening rush-hour traffic that snakes all the way from San Diego to the Mexican border. The beat-up…

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Added on: 01/20/2019

Yale announced ‘non-binary’ gender option in response to Trans Rights Coalition Petition

01/18/2019

Registering as “non-binary” is now a non-issue at Yale. A November petition by the Ivy League university’s LGBT community has successfully changed the Student Information System. Students…

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Added on: 01/17/2019

LGBTI Book is Pulled From School Libraries for Not Being ‘age appropriate’

01/16/2019

A book with LGBT+ characters has been removed from libraries in elementary schools in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, for not being “age appropriate.” The Ottawa Catholic School Board quietly…

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Added on: 01/16/2019

Kelly Reinstates Protections for LGBTI State Workers in Kansas Eliminated by Brownback

01/15/2019

Gov. Laura Kelly ordered Kansas state agencies on Tuesday to again prohibit on-the-job discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender state employees. And the first openly gay…

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Added on: 01/16/2019

New York bans gay conversion therapy, and passes historic trans protection law

01/15/2019

The state of New York has passed bills banning gay conversion therapy and adding gender identity to its anti-discrimination legislation. The state’s legislative body approved the bills on Tuesday…

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Added on: 01/15/2019

Here’s why some gay Brazilians support their country’s rabidly anti-LGBTQ president

01/13/2019

In his first week in office, newly elected Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro started actions to roll back LGBTQ rights. So it was only a matter of time before…

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Added on: 01/15/2019

Conservative group sues to block trans women from using faith-based shelter

01/13/2019

A conservative Christian group in the US has urged a district judge to block trans women from using a faith-based women’s shelter. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) sued…

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Added on: 01/15/2019

Countries that allow gay people to serve in army

01/12/2019

Months after Supreme Court decriminalised consensual gay sex between adults, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has reignited the debate around gay rights by insisting that homosexuality is…