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. In Portland, Ore., a cluster of sheds has been operating as a shelter for LGBTQ people. But Katia Riddle reports some neighbors have withdrawn their support for it.

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Added on: 10/03/2023

Laphonza Butler, Newsom’s Feinstein replacement, to make LGBT history

10/02/2023

The woman chosen by Gov. Gavin Newsom to replace late Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be the first Black lesbian to serve in Congress in …

Added on: 10/03/2023

Pope Francis opens possibility for blessing same-sex unions

10/02/2023

Pope Francis suggested it may be possible to bless same-sex unions in a newly public response to cardinals who questioned the pope’s affirmation of …

Added on: 10/03/2023

Ugandan court moves toward hearing challenge to anti-gay law

10/02/2023

Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Monday took a first step toward hearing a challenge to an anti-gay law that rights activists and Western governments have …