Federal prosecutors have charged U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) with criminal violations of federal statues. Originally reported by CNN on Tuesday, the exact nature of the charges couldn’t immediately be learned but the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department’s public integrity prosecutors in New York and D.C. have been examining allegations of false […]
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Missouri rabbi says anti-trans policies threaten his children
Last month, the office of Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey temporarily removed its online form for members of the public to lodge “a complaint or concern about gender transition intervention” they may have “experienced or observed.” Bailey had just issued an emergency rule proscribing gender affirming care in the state for minors as well […]
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Gunned down SF Black trans activist remembered at vigil
The pain of a community mourning a young Black trans man who was gunned down outside of a San Francisco Walgreens made itself known Monday — with a hundred people showing up at a vigil to remember him.
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Workplace discrimination prevents three-quarters of LGBTQ+ women from coming out at work, reveals research
Three-quarters of LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people still fear coming out at work because of high rates of discrimination, according to new research carried out by myGwork, global talent platform and professional network for the LGBTQ+ community. The study, carried out to coincide with Lesbian Visibility Week, delves into some of the specific challenges that […]
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Justice Department sues Tenn. over law banning healthcare for transgender youth
The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a complaint challenging Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1, a recently enacted law that denies necessary medical care to youth based solely on who they are. The complaint alleges that SB 1’s ban on providing certain medically necessary care to transgender minors violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The department is also […]
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Workplace Discrimination Prevents Three-Quarters of LGBTQ+ Women from Coming Out at Work, Reveals Research
Three-quarters of LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people still fear coming out at work because of high rates of discrimination, according to new research carried out by myGwork, global talent platform and professional network for the LGBTQ+ community. The study, carried out to coincide with Lesbian Visibility Week, delves into some of the specific challenges that […]
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Harry Belafonte, ‘King of Calypso’ and LGBTQ ally, dies at 96
A rainbow banner slung over his right shoulder proudly proclaimed the spry octogenarian a “Grand Marshal 2013” of the New York City LGBT Pride March, joining another vibrant octogenarian, Edith “Edie” Windsor, who was also a “Grand Marshal 2013” that bright sunny June day. Between the two of them, the honor was an acknowledgement of […]
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Pa. legislators hope to expand statewide protections for LGBTQ community
While GOP-led state legislatures are advancing a record number of anti-LGBTQ bills in 2023, the Pennsylvania Assembly’s LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus seeks to make significant pro-LGBTQ changes to state law. With two new bills, state lawmakers hope to formally codify marriage equality as well as expand anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community. The intent by several […]
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Biden criticizes GOP-led efforts to ban books
President Joe Biden criticized elected Republican officials for the increasingly widespread practice of banning books from America’s schools and libraries in prepared remarks delivered from the White House on Monday. Addressing an audience gathered in the Rose Garden for the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Teachers of the Year event, the president said, “Empty […]
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CDC: Almost 90% of mpox-associated deaths involved Black men
A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that almost 90% of pox-related deaths in the United States were among Black men, CNN noted. Moreover, nearly all of the victims
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House Republicans pass legislation to ban transgender students from competing in sports
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (HR 734), a bill that would prohibit transgender women and girls from competing on school sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Members voted 219-203 along party lines for passage of the bill, which was introduced by U.S. […]
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LGBTQ Agenda: HRC, Equality Florida hold online forum as DeSantis administration issues new anti-LGBTQ policies
The Human Rights Campaign joined Equality Florida Wednesday in a forum Wednesday about the unprecedented assault on LGBTQ rights in the Sunshine State
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The Attic launches new arts program to foster young LGBTQ performers
The Attic Youth Center (The Attic), Philadelphia’s only organization exclusively serving LGBTQ youth, announced the formation of the Jake Snipes Performing Arts Program, an initiative that will prioritize arts-based programming to provide LGBTQ+ youth with tools to build self-confidence, self- esteem, and growth. The program will also foster opportunities for creative expression to help LGBTQ+ […]
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SF City Hall to be lit up for Lesbian Visibility Week
San Francisco City Hall will join a handful of cities around the world lighting up select buildings for Lesbian Visibility Week from April 24-30.
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LGBTQ, intersex Gambians continue to suffer persecution
LGBTQ and intersex Gambians continue to face persecution, even though President Adama Barrow ousted Yahya Jammeh in 2016 after 22 years in power. Jammeh during his rule enacted several laws that specifically targeted LGBTQ and intersex Gambians. The former president who is currently in exile in Equatorial Guinea introduced the Criminal Code (Amendment) Act 2014 […]
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Hungarian parliament passes ‘snitch on your gay neighbor’ law
The National Assembly of Hungary last week approved legislation that included a provision for citizens to anonymously report on same-sex couples who are raising children. The wording of the provision specifies that Hungarians may report those who contest the “constitutionally recognized role of marriage and the family” and those who contest children’s rights “to an identity […]
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Danielle Moné Truitt on Playing a Queer Character on Law & Order: Organized Crime
Actress Danielle Moné Truitt is the woman behind Law & Order: Organized Crime’s Sergeant Ayanna Bell—aka, the Law & Order franchise’s most groundbreaking co-lead character yet, for being both a Black woman and queer. And while Truitt herself is straight, within her journey to this role—a personal breakthrough, too—there is a peripherally queer theme: It […]
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Ada Bello, LGBTQ pioneer who made Philadelphia home, dies at 89
Living a life spanning nearly nine decades means you see many welcome and unwelcome changes that shape the life you know. Philadelphia resident, academic, and LGBTQ-activist Ada Bello, who passed away March 31 at Chestnut Hill Hospital after battling COVID and pneumonia, saw those changes firsthand. Born on November 6, 1933 in Havana, Cuba, Bello […]
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Supreme Court, Biden weigh in on trans athletes
Transgender athletes saw two significant victories last week: one from the conservative U.S. Supreme Court and the other from the LGBTQ-friendly White House of President Joe Biden. The events triggered a flood of national media attention,
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Record number of LGBTQ+ candidates elected to Chicago City Council; LGBTQ+ representation increases from seven to nine
Washington, DC — Tonight three LGBTQ+ Chicago City Council candidates won runoff elections: Timmy Knudsen, Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth and Lamont Robinson all three of whom Victory Fund endorsed. Manaa-Hoppenworth is now