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Added on: 11/13/2022

Hate speech surged on Twitter during first week under Musk’s ownership: report

11/12/2022

Hate speech surged during the first week of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter, according to a new report released by the Center for Countering Digital…

Global News

Added on: 11/10/2022

OPINION Twitter takeover: Real-world risk to LGBTQ+ users

11/09/2022

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has sent a shockwave through social media and the LGBTQ+ community. Bloomberg reports the world’s richest man has ordered a review of the…

Global News

Added on: 11/10/2022

Leigh Finke to become first transgender legislator in Minnesota House

11/09/2022

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Leigh Finke will be the first transgender legislator in the Minnesota House after she handily won the seat for District 66A on Tuesday…

Global News

Added on: 11/09/2022

Maura Healey Becomes First Lesbian Governor in U.S. History

11/08/2022

Democratic candidate Maura Healey has been elected the first out lesbian governor in the U.S. as well as the first woman to lead Massachusetts. In 2014, Healey…

Global News

Added on: 11/08/2022

Pennsylvania’s First Openly Queer Women Lawmakers Take A Stand In GOP-Controlled Legislature

11/07/2022

The Mid-Atlantic state of Pennsylvania includes the liberal metropolis of Philadelphia, the state’s biggest city with the highest population, and runner-up Pittsburgh on the west side of…

Global News

Added on: 11/06/2022

Texas politicians rake in millions from far-right Christian megadonors pushing private school vouchers

11/05/2022

Texas Republicans bankrolled by Christian conservative donors are hoping to ride a wave of parental anger over the teaching of race and sexuality in schools to achieve…

Global News

Added on: 11/05/2022

Centaurus High to perform ‘The Crucible’ through LGBTQ lens

11/04/2022

Centaurus High theater students wanted a fall play that celebrated their diversity and tackled a social issue. They chose Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” a 1953 play that…

Global News

Added on: 11/04/2022

In a first, two gay men contest same Congress seat in U.S. elections

11/03/2022

NEW YORK, Nov 3 (Openly) – History is in the making. For the first time, two openly gay candidates are competing for election to a U.S. congressional…

Global News

Added on: 11/02/2022

Darling of the “detransition” movement comes out again as transgender

11/01/2022

Like the ex-gay movement that rose to prominence in the early 2000s and then came crashing down as leaders recanted their “conversions,” the detransition movement is showing…

Global News

Added on: 10/30/2022

Republican Governor Wants a Statewide Ban on Gay Marriage

10/28/2022

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said at a debate on Wednesday night that he would enforce a state ban on same-sex marriage if the U.S. Supreme Court…

Global News

Added on: 10/26/2022

Judge Dismisses Second Challenge to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Law

10/25/2022

A federal judge has dismissed a second lawsuit challenging Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” law, also dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law for its restrictions on speech…

Global News

Added on: 10/23/2022

Protest after transgender student suspended 3 times for using ‘incorrect’ bathroom

10/21/2022

Dozens of students and community members came together in protest at Norman North and Norman High School on Friday over the suspension of a trans student using…

Global News

Added on: 10/21/2022

Republicans aim to pass national ‘don’t say gay’ law

10/20/2022

Congressional Republicans introduced a measure Tuesday that would prohibit federal money from being used to teach children under 10 about LGBTQ issues. The bill would prohibit the use of…

World Voices

Added on: 10/19/2022

J.P. Der Boghossian — Queer Armenian Library

Alturi Contributor

Can you tell me a bit about yourself and what led you to establish the Queer Armenian Library? I’m Armenian-American and grew up in the diaspora. My…

Global News

Added on: 10/19/2022

California Becomes First Sanctuary State for Transgender Youth Seeking Medical Care

10/18/2022

California is the first state in the nation to create a sanctuary for transgender youth seeking gender-affirming medical care. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law in…

Global News

Added on: 10/18/2022

The U.S. has never had a lesbian governor. These two women could change that.

10/17/2022

Gubernatorial candidates Maura Healey and Tina Kotek are no strangers to political firsts. In 2009, Healey, who is now the Massachusetts attorney general, led the nation’s first…

Global News

Added on: 10/16/2022

Conservative Muslims join forces with Christian right on Michigan book bans

10/15/2022

A recent school board meeting at which about 1,000 people gathered in Dearborn, Michigan, to pressure district officials to censor books with LGBTQ+ themes was in most…

Global News

Added on: 10/16/2022

Transgender students fear being ‘deadnamed’ at college

10/15/2022

Before the fall semester began, Eshe Ukweli emailed her professors. She wanted to make sure they knew her name. Ukweli, a journalism student at Howard University, has…

Global News

Added on: 10/11/2022

Parents up in arms over transgender policy for US military draft

10/10/2022

U.S. policy states that transgender women who were registered as males when they were born must register for the military draft with the Selective Service, while transgender…

Global News

Added on: 10/10/2022

Vanderbilt Transgender Health Clinic suspends gender-affirming surgery for minors

10/09/2022

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s transgender clinic in Nashville has paused gender affirming surgeries for patients under the age of 18, a top executive at the center told…

Global News

Added on: 10/10/2022

Putin says U.S. wants to push gender “perversions” on Russian schoolchildren

10/09/2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed anti-LGBTQ views in his speech following the annexation of four Eastern Ukrainian regions into Russian territory. Putin delivered the speech last Friday in…

Global News

Added on: 10/09/2022

Legal ruling may signal trouble for Biden’s Title IX plan, LGBTQ guidance

10/07/2022

Some legal experts say a new federal court ruling striking down pro-LGBTQ employment policies from the Biden administration may spell trouble for similar guidance from the U.S….

Global News

Added on: 10/06/2022

From “grooming” to “child abduction”: Right’s accusations against LGBTQ advocates get even worse

10/06/2022

Last spring, as the right began using the word “grooming” as a slur against LGBTQ people and their allies, journalist Melissa Gira Grant noted at the New Republic that…

Global News

Added on: 10/05/2022

Challenge to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Thrown Out by Judge

10/04/2022

A federal court in Florida dismissed a challenge to the state’s “don’t say gay” law last week, but left open the possibility the case could be refiled…

Global News

Added on: 10/05/2022

Chinese LGBTQ-plus couples are getting married virtually through weddings hosted in Utah

10/04/2022

Chinese LGBTQ-plus couples are using digital technology to circumvent China’s non-recognition of same-sex marriages. Since 2021, around 200 Chinese and Hong Kong couples have tied the knot…

Global News

Added on: 10/04/2022

Transgender Guatemalan woman’s deportation case to get U.S. Supreme Court review

10/03/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it will take up a transgender Guatemalan woman’s bid to avoid being deported after a U.S. immigration board said…

Global News

Added on: 10/03/2022

A Portland initiative to help unhoused LGBTQ people is facing backlash

10/02/2020

The American Rescue Plan provided more than $5 billion for housing and services for homeless people, and cities are using that money in a variety of ways….

Global News

Added on: 10/03/2022

A trans woman made a map of affirming clinics. Hateful people turned it into a hit list

10/02/2022

When transgender activist Erin Reed first started transitioning, she found it difficult to locate gender-affirming health centers that provide informed consent around hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and…

Global News

Added on: 10/02/2022

Religious Freedom vs. Gay Rights: Why mainstream Jewish groups didn’t defend Yeshiva University

10/02/2022

The latest exchange in the ongoing battle between Yeshiva University and the YU Pride Alliance, a student LGBTQ club, allowed for at least a temporary ceasefire between…

Global News

Added on: 10/02/2022

Tennessee GOP urges pediatric clinic to stop providing gender-affirming surgeries

10/01/2022

A group of GOP lawmakers in Tennessee sent a letter Wednesday to Vanderbilt University Medical Center calling on the hospital’s Pediatric Transgender Clinic — the only one…