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World Pride events pulled from Kennedy Center for LGBTQ+ safety
Organizers said they are moving a week’s worth of events for World Pride DC away from the Kennedy Center.
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Supreme Court appears poised to rule for parents who objected to LGBTQ content in elementary schools
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to rule for parents who objected on religious grounds to books made available in a school district’s elementary schools that feature stories about gay and transgender characters.
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Pope Francis created a ‘seismic shift' toward acceptance, LGBTQ Catholics say
LGBTQ Catholics and theologians said the late pontiff’s legacy teaches that change can happen when leaders are willing to listen.
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Trans pilot falsely blamed in D.C. plane crash sues conservative influencer
Military pilot Jo Ellis said she had to hire private armed security for her family because of the false claims, which went viral on social media.
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Openly gay soccer player still faces online death threats
The first openly gay man to play in Australia’s domestic soccer league says he’s still subject to death threats four years after going public about his sexuality.
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ruled Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates their constitutional rights.
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Lawsuit aims to strike down LGBTQ antidiscrimination protections in Pa.
Two public school districts and several parents have sued the commonwealth in a bid to undo antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Pennsylvania, saying that the two-year-old regulation is illegal because it goes beyond what lawmakers intended or allowed.
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Trump claims transgender children are ‘a lie'
During his joint speech to Congress, President Donald Trump said he seeks to end the “lie that any child is trapped in the wrong body.”
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Senate Democrats block GOP-led bill to ban transgender athletes from women's sports
Legislation that aimed to bar transgender women and girls nationwide from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes failed to advance Monday.
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Brittney Griner pulls out of speaking engagement over ‘Gay Baby Jail' note found in hotel room
Police said they found a piece of tape that said “gay baby jail,” which they determined to be a common video game reference. A convention attracting gamers was taking place at the hotel at the time.
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‘Transgender' word erased from National Park Service website on Stonewall riot
References to transgender people were removed from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument, the New York City park and visitor center that commemorates a 1969 riot that became a pivotal moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
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DOJ orders child safety authority to comply with Trump's ‘gender ideology' order
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said it would be removing all references to transgender people from its public materials.
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Government agencies scrub LGBTQ web pages and remove info about trans and intersex people
The State Department’s web page providing adoption information to LGBTQI+ prospective parents now addresses only “LGB” people.
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Celebration and a mass wedding in Thailand as same-sex marriage law takes effect
The Southeast Asian nation is the third place in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage after Taiwan and Nepal.
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‘Signal of our resolve': Del. church won't be deterred after Pride flag slashed
A Delaware church pastor told her community that a Pride flag that was slashed by a vandal will continue to be displayed as a symbolic gesture outside the Wilmington church.
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Delaware church leaves slashed pride flag on display after vandal struck
Leaders of the Church of the Holy City are reiterating resolve and support for the LGBTQ+ community after someone slashed a pride flag outside the Wilmington, Delaware, church.
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Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy' on LGBTQ+ people and migrants
President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrants in the United States illegally during a prayer service marking his inauguration. Trump and Vice President JD Vance attended Tuesday’s service at Washington National Cathedral. Trump criticized the bishop in an overnight post online....
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Trump's executive orders halt DEI programs, recognize only two biological sexes
President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, and ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies.
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Bernie Sanders' mitten maker on lessons she's learned since last Inauguration Day
Jen Ellis, the Vermont crafter behind Bernie Sanders’ mittens in the iconic photo taken at President Biden’s inauguration in Jan. 2021, shares how the viral moment has changed her life.
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Anita Bryant, a popular singer known for opposition to gay rights, dead at 84
Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died. She was 84.