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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…

Global News

Added on: 09/28/2022

Cardinals Cupich, Dolan blast HHS plan to require transgender procedures over religious objections

09/27/2022

Two of America’s most prominent Roman Catholic leaders — Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich and New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan — said Tuesday that a Biden administration proposal…

Global News

Added on: 09/25/2022

The Most Dominant Toxic Election Narratives Online

09/24/2022

Ballot mules. Poll watch parties. Groomers. These topics are now among the most dominant divisive and misleading narratives online about November’s midterm elections, according to researchers and…

Global News

Added on: 09/23/2022

In a political first, two gay candidates face off in congressional election

09/22/2022

A historic number of LGBTQ candidates will appear on ballots across the country in November. At least 1,095 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have run…

Global News

Added on: 09/21/2022

Michigan Senate passes resolution condemning state’s controversial LGBTQ teacher training videos

09/20/2022

In the first Senate session day since July, a resolution voted along party lines condemning controversial Michigan Department of Education (MDE) teacher training videos was adopted in…

Global News

Added on: 09/20/2022

Montana to let transgender people change their birth record

09/19/2022

After months of defiance, Montana’s health department said Monday it will follow a judge’s ruling and temporarily allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth…

Global News

Added on: 09/19/2022

‘Life-changing’ Hamilton softball league becomes 3rd in Canada to join prestigious LGBTQ+ alliance

09/18/2022

An LGBTQ-friendly softball league in Hamilton has joined the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA), becoming the only Hamilton sports league and just the third in…

Global News

Added on: 09/18/2022

Texas judge halts investigations of transgender families who belong to national advocacy group

09/16/2022

A state district judge on Friday granted a temporary halt into the investigations of families with transgender children who belong to one of the largest LGBTQ advocacy…

Global News

Added on: 09/17/2022

Japan’s first gay elected member of parliament visits SF

09/16/2022

San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society Museum welcomed Taiga Ishikawa, Japan’s first gay member of parliament, during his recent visit to San Francisco. Ishikawa, 48, is Japan’s highest-ranking…

Global News

Added on: 09/11/2022

Yeshiva University Can Bar L.G.B.T. Club for Now, Justice Rules

09/09/2022

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Friday that Yeshiva University in Manhattan can for now disregard a state court ruling that ordered it to recognize an L.G.B.T. student…

Global News

Added on: 09/10/2022

Montana permanently blocks transgender birth certificate changes

09/09/2022

Montana health officials on Friday made permanent a rule that blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery. The move by…

Global News

Added on: 09/09/2022

‘No rings, no guests’: supreme court fears spur LGBTQ ‘shotgun’ weddings

09/08/2022

On a late June day in 2015, recent high school graduate Kaliyah Halsey and their mother were shopping for dormitory supplies when Kaliyah’s mother looked at her…

Global News

Added on: 09/08/2022

How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Are Part of the Authoritarian Playbook

09/07/2022

In the last three decades, protections for LGBT people’s rights have advanced rapidly in many countries and regions. However, rising populist authoritarianism poses a significant threat to…

Global News

Added on: 09/08/2022

Texas Judge: Letting Gay Men Die Is Religious Freedom

09/07/2022

A district judge in Texas with a long record of extreme rulings against the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and against LGBTQ equality today managed to attack both of them at once, striking…

Global News

Added on: 09/07/2022

A new PAC has launched to campaign against anti-LGBTQ candidates

09/06/2022

As Republicans continue to threaten LGBTQ rights, a group of politicians and strategists have launched a new super PAC focused on keeping right-wing candidates out of office….

Global News

Added on: 09/06/2022

Louisiana tells schools to keep discriminating against trans students

09/05/2022

The Louisiana State Superintendent of Education is telling schools they can continue to discriminate against transgender students if they want to. In June, the Biden administration released…

Global News

Added on: 09/05/2022

Tijuana’s Gay Men’s Chorus harnessing the power of music to make LGBT community more visible

09/04/2022

The chords and notes from the Tijuana Gay Men’s Chorus spilled out from the basement of the red brick Casa de la Cultura and into the still…

Global News

Added on: 09/04/2022

Gay man helps queer families fleeing red states with ‘above ground railroad’

09/03/2022

A Texas estate agent has developed a programme to help LGBTQ+ homeowners across the US “flee red [Republican] states”. When broker Bob McCranie and his partner bought…

Global News

Added on: 09/03/2022

EXPLAINER-What is Drag Queen Story Hour and why are the events under attack?

09/02/2022

Children’s storytime sessions led by drag queens are growing in popularity in countries from the United States to Japan – while fierce opposition campaigns are also gathering…

Global News

Added on: 09/02/2022

Armed left- and right-wing protesters face off at ‘drag brunch’ in Texas

08/30/2022

Right- and leftwing protesters, some heavily armed with semi-automatic rifles, faced off outside a “drag brunch” at a restaurant in Roanoke, Texas, video showed. The standoff on…

Global News

Added on: 09/01/2022

The secret millions behind Florida religious schools banning gay children

09/01/2022

Bill Mutz had served on the board of Lakeland Christian School near Tampa, Florida for more than 20 years. As the mayor of Lakeland and a devout…

Global News

Added on: 08/30/2022

Texas Conservatives Mobilize Against New Social Curriculum Adding Gender, LGBT and CRT Ideology

08/29/2022

Texas conservatives are revolting over proposed State Board of Education changes that will eliminate edifying the U.S. Constitution and founding principles in some grade levels while including…

World Voices

Added on: 08/29/2022

Daniel Arzola – Artivista Mundial

Alturi Project Strategist

Pasado Creo que el arte puede ser la respuesta del artista a la realidad y al tiempo que nos rodea. Creo que mi trabajo surgió como una…

Global News

Added on: 08/29/2022

‘Straight Pride’ rocked by violence as Proud Boys and LGBTQ+ protesters clash

08/28/2022

A “Straight Pride” event organised by an anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion group ended in violence when the few dozen participants clashed with LGBTQ+ counter-protesters. Police wearing tactical riot gear…

Global News

Added on: 08/26/2022

Nebraska school officials close newspaper after LGBTQ issue

08/25/2022

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Administrators at a Nebraska school shuttered the school’s award-winning student newspaper just days after its last edition that included articles and editorials on…

Global News

Added on: 08/26/2022

LGBT migrants receiving ‘humanitarian parole’ at California port of entry

08/25/2022

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — About 120 asylum-seekers who are members of the LGBT community are being allowed into the U.S. on a daily basis. Enrique Lucero, the…