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Added on: 05/31/2021

Russia suggests that Disney is denying “family values” over Pixar film with gay character

05/30/2021

The Walt Disney Company has been put on notice by communications regulators in Russia over a short film that is available on the conglomerate’s Disney Plus streaming…

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Added on: 05/30/2021

Why Twitter and Instagram are inviting people to share their pronouns

05/27/2021

Are you a he or a she? A they or a ze? If you’re on Instagram, you can now choose from a list of more than 10…

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Added on: 05/30/2021

Why the LGBTQ community sidelined police for Pride

05/29/2021

The 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn, the famed gay bar in New York City, was no different than many others before it. For decades, before…

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Added on: 05/30/2021

Christian bigot sues for right to discriminate against staff for being gay, trans

05/29/2021

A Christian management company is suing for the right to discriminate against workers for being members of the LGBT+ community, having sex and using Grindr. In June…

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Added on: 05/28/2021

Jewish Press Editor-in-chief, Caught on Film Storming the U.S. Capitol, Is Fired

05/27/2021

Nearly five months after joining a violent mob in storming the U.S. Capitol building in a failed bid to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election,…

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Added on: 05/27/2021

World’s largest gaming service Twitch adds ‘transgender’ tag

05/26/2021

The world’s largest game streaming service Twitch has said that players will be able to add a transgender label to their videos – a move the company…

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Added on: 05/27/2021

Americans Strongly Support Trans Rights — In Some Cases

05/26/2021

Americans strongly support trans service members being in the military — even as they say trans athletes should compete in sports according to the sex listed on…

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Added on: 05/23/2021

Ted Cruz thinks US military are ’emasculated pansies’ for including LGBT+ folk in recruitment ad

5/22/21

Last week, the US Army released a saccharine new recruitment video that uses the tale of a queer family to tug at your heartstrings. Titled “The Calling”,…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Finding My Voice as a Gay Asian Immigrant Filmmaker – and Giving Voice to Others

05/18/2021

When our plane from Taiwan touched down at LAX in 1975, my mother, my father, my two older brothers and I stepped into the hot, dry sunshine…

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Added on: 05/19/2021

Singer Rufus Wainwright urges Americans to fight global LGBT+ threats

05/18/2021

As conservative states seek to limit transgender rights in the United States, double Grammy Award-nominated singer Rufus Wainwright said Americans should not forget the hardships faced by…

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Added on: 05/16/2021

In Juarez, Transgender Women In Limbo Await U.S. Asylum Exception

5/15/21

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We’re going to stick with immigration for a few more minutes. The U.S.-Mexico border has been closed to most migrants during the pandemic, including…

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Added on: 05/16/2021

Police banned from participating in NYC Pride events and march through 2025

5/15/21

Police will be banned from participating in NYC Pride events, including its signature LGBTQ march, until 2025, the organization announced Saturday. NYC Pride is also working to…

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Added on: 05/15/2021

Two Spirit Society & Allies of North Dakota aims to improve life for LGBTQ people

5/14/21

Cardinal Red Bird has more than one story about the verbal abuse he listened to in his on-and-off stays on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in central…

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Added on: 05/14/2021

US Army launches new animated recruitment video featuring LGBT+ family to diversify intake

05/13/2021

The US Army has released a new animated recruitment campaign featuring five diverse soldiers and an LGBT+ family in the hopes of appealing to new young audiences….

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Added on: 05/13/2021

Former foster child abandoned for being gay ‘wouldn’t be alive’ if not for his two dads

05/13/2021

A former foster child adopted by two fathers after being abandoned for his sexuality has urged Congress not to stand in the way of loving LGBT+ families…

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Added on: 05/12/2021

2021 is worst year for gay and trans rights in ‘war’ on LGBT+ Americans

05/11/2021

In less than five months, 2021 has become the “worst year” in recent history for LGBT+ rights in the United States, with dozens of gay and transgender…

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Added on: 05/11/2021

U.S. Lutheran Church Elects its First Openly Transgender Bishop

05/10/2021

A pastor in California became the first openly transgender person to be elevated to the role of bishop in a major American Christian denomination when they were…

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Added on: 05/11/2021

White House Reverses Trump Ban on LGBT Health-Care Protection

05/10/2021

The federal government will begin enforcing protections for LGBT Americans in health care again, reversing a ban put in place by the Trump administration, the Health and…

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Added on: 05/11/2021

Long Eaton school reports chaplain to terrorist watchdog for LGBT sermon

05/10/2021

A Christian school in Long Eaton reported its chaplain to the Government’s anti-terror watchdog after he suggested his students should ‘make up their own minds’ on LGBT…

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Added on: 05/10/2021

Prospects dim for passage of LGBTQ rights bill in Senate

05/09/2021

Controlling Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade, Democrats were hopeful this would be the year they finally secured civil rights protections…

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Added on: 05/10/2021

U.S. Supports Transgender Health Clinics in India

05/09/2021

The United States supports and advocates for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) people everywhere. In India — where transgender people…

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Added on: 05/09/2021

Silicon Valley Not Immune To Anti-LGBTQ Violence

5/8/21

Three years ago, San Jose lawmakers voted to fly a rainbow flag over Chick-Fil-A—an effort to proclaim LGBTQ residents were welcome in one of the world’s most…

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Added on: 05/05/2021

Policing Intersex Americans’ Sex and Gender

05/04/2021

But in one 1629 case, the Virginia General Court took up the question of how to understand an adult intersex person. Thomas/Thomasine Hall was arrested for wearing…

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Added on: 05/05/2021

Policing Intersex Americans’ Sex and Gender

05/04/2021

Unlike many other cultures, the Anglo-American mainstream has always relied on a binary view of sex and gender. In the case of intersex people, who have inherent…

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Added on: 05/04/2021

Hundreds rally against anti-trans bills erasing years of LGBT+ progress ‘with the swipe of a pen’

05/03/2021

Hundreds of people took to the streets of North Carolina to protest two devastating anti-trans bills that threaten “the basic human right to be human”, activists say….

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Added on: 05/03/2021

Undoing 4 years of ‘damage’: LGBTQ advocates on Biden’s first 100 days

05/02/2021

Finn Cooper, who lives in Cincinnati, volunteered for the Michigan Democratic Party to call voters in the swing state on behalf of the Biden-Harris presidential campaign in…

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Added on: 05/02/2021

Donald Trump’s cruel ban on trans people joining the military is officially over

5/1/21

Pentagon policies that allow trans folk to serve in the US military went into effect Thursday (April 30), finally undoing Donald Trump’s cruel and unnecessary ban. It…

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Added on: 05/02/2021

Gender-affirming care leads to better mental health among trans people

5/1/21

Transgender people who are able to receive gender-affirming surgery reported improved mental health outcomes, according to a new study published Wednesday. The study, published in JAMA Surgery…

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Added on: 04/30/2021

Father arrested while testifying against anti-trans health ban in Arkansas

04/29/2021

Chris Attig was arrested while testifying against HB 1570 in the Arkansas House on March 9. When their speech went 30 seconds over the allotted two minutes,…

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Added on: 04/28/2021

Black Gay Man in Critical Condition After Cop Shot Him Multiple Times

04/28/2021

A 32-year-old Black gay man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times by a police officer in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Isaiah Brown was on the…