January 20, 2021 |
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 Justice Department Seeks to Limit Scope of Landmark LGBT Rights Decision
The new directive, aimed at a 2020 Supreme Court ruling, comes in the waning moments of the Trump administration.
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December 25, 2020 |
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 Sex & Sexuality Featuring Noah Michelson
I’m Noah Michelson and I’m from Racine, Wisconsin, which is a good place to go home to now but not a great place to grow up if you’re queer and especially in the 80s. And I was the queerest kid that I...
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 LGBTQ+ Catholics Share Stories From Inside The Church In New Film
Yuval David, the director of Wonderfully Made - LGBTQ+R(eligion) explains why his upcoming film is sparking a nerve before its release.
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December 16, 2020 |
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 Hungary Effectively Bans Gay Adoption and Expands Executive Power
The legislation allows Prime Minister Viktor Orban to further consolidate power while eroding civil liberties. It also makes it harder to scrutinize how the government spends public funds.
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November 29, 2020 |
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 Deb Price, Pioneering Columnist on LGBTQ+ Issues, Dead at 62
Price, a lesbian, had the first column on LGBTQ+ issues to be nationally syndicated to mainstream outlets.
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November 15, 2020 |
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 It's time to end the tyranny of coupledom
The couple norm has proved tenacious in the face of enormous social changes. But increasingly, people are challenging it, says psychotherapist Sasha Roseneil
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October 28, 2020 |
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 Pope Francis Endorsing Civil Unions Was a Huge Deal. These LGBTQ Catholics Know Exactly Why.
They were pushed out of their jobs for being gay.
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October 16, 2020 |
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 Halloween coronavirus canceled LGBTQ
The pandemic is taking away a celebration that, for generations, has given LGBTQ people a chance to dress however they please, and be whomever they want.
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October 09, 2020 |
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 A global look at how COVID-19 has affected LGBTQ activism
As part of Worldwide Week at Harvard, the Weatherhead Institute for International Affairs hosted “Rethinking Resistance Politics in Troubling Times: Transnational Queer Solidarity During COVID-19,” an...
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October 05, 2020 |
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 Gay men hijack Proud Boys Twitter hashtag with messages of love, pride
Star Trek star George Takei appears to have started the online campaign to reclaim the label Proud Boys from the far-right group.
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 The #ProudBoys Twitter hashtag has been taken over by gay men
The Proud Boys hashtag, which members of the far-right group have been using, was trending Sunday after gay men on Twitter hijacked it and flooded the feed with photos of their loved ones and families...
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 The Proud Boys Are Furious That Gay Men Have Taken Over #ProudBoys On Twitter
The Proud Boys, a far-right hate group, are enjoying increased attention thanks to President Trump. Gay Twitter users attempted to seize the spotlight from them, much to their dislike.
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September 25, 2020 |
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 Experience: I came out to my husband, then he came out to me
I realised that Joe and I shared our own gay culture the whole time we were married – we both loved the film Beaches
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September 16, 2020 |
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 Tiny Love Stories: ‘Should I Download Grindr Again?’
‘The Closest Profiles Are Miles Away’ - Finding love is hard. Finding love as a 30-year-old gay man living in his parents’ basement on an Iowa dairy farm during a pandemic is impossible. Lying in dark...
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September 09, 2020 |
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 From AIDS to COVID: The Political Capture of America’s Public Health Establishment
COVID-19 and AIDS are very different diseases. Still, there are eerie echoes of the destructive political bias that contributed to our AIDS failures, both in public health policy and in the activist c...
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 What My Parents’ Little Gay Porn Shop Taught Me
Filmmaker Rachel Mason, whose Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary “Circus of Books” explores her parents’ gay porn shop, writes about why we need to respect sex workers.
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August 31, 2020 |
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 Mr Gay England: The trans man competing 'against an idea of male beauty' - BBC News
Chiyo feels his masculinity is judged every time he steps outside. Next year it will be judged on stage.
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August 17, 2020 |
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 LGBT Rights Are Flashpoint in Culture War Dividing Europe’s East and West
Simmering cultural differences splitting Europe are flaring into an outright battle between the more conservative East and liberal West over issues of gender identity.
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August 04, 2020 |
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 Queer Appalachia, a popular Instagram account, raises funds for LGBTQ people. It’s not clear where those donations go.
Queer Appalachia highlights important social issues affecting a vulnerable region — and collects donations from followers.
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July 30, 2020 |
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 Which Caribbean islands are safe for gay travellers?
Well, we're glad you asked! The Caribbean is a region of the Americas located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. It’s famous for its tropical weather, beautiful blue skies and crystal-clear waters.
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July 19, 2020 |
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 Public Sex Is at the Center of an LGBTQ Culture War
There’s an ongoing culture war within the queer community between those who advocate for public sex and those who believe it’s abhorrent.
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July 16, 2020 |
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 LGBTQ people of color are transforming lives in the South
A report out Tuesday reveals an eye-opening fact: Nearly 1 in 3 LGBTQ people, or 32%, call the South their home. And the area is transforming, led by LGBTQ Southerners of color who are devising unique...
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July 12, 2020 |
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 Why Many LGBT People Have Started Using A New Pride Flag
A simultaneous un-coordinated shift in the symbol for the LGBT community is taking place due to an international focus on Black Lives Matters protests, vitriol in the UK press about trans lives, and t...
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July 02, 2020 |
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 Major LGBTQ Orgs Across the US Are Waking Up to Racial Justice
“It is critical that LGBTQ organizations do not think the quest for LGBTQ equality is separate, distinct, and devoid of the quest for racial justice. If I'm not free as a Black man, I cannot be free a...
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June 30, 2020 |
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 Google Doodle honors LGBTQ pioneer, Stonewall vet Marsha P. Johnson
The gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen was a central figure in the Stonewall riots.
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June 25, 2020 |
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 Party and protest: the radical history of gay liberation, Stonewall and Pride
The long read: A police raid on a gay bar in New York led to the birth of the Pride movement half a century ago – but the fight for LGBTQ+ rights goes back much further than that
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June 22, 2020 |
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 Global Pride 2020 In The Spotlight As PromoHomo.TV Expands Into An Online Broadcast Network
Launch lineup includes The Nicholas Snow Show, Notes From Hollywood, HIGHRPOWRD, Hot In Palm Springs and Outinerary - PromoHomo.TV-branded video content has reached hundreds of thousands of viewers o...
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June 21, 2020 |
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 This couple was determined to get married during Pride month. Not even a pandemic could stop them
Suneel Khanna and Carl Wolter had to scrap their original plans of a wedding with 100 guests amid the COVID-19 lockdown. It didn’t make the day an...
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June 17, 2020 |
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 High court decision spotlights GOP divide over LGBT rights
Democrats flooded Twitter and email inboxes this week with praise for the watershed Supreme Court decision shielding gay, lesbian and transgender people from job discrimination. Republicans — not so m...
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 What Makes the Supreme Court's Gay Rights Ruling So Surprising
Inspired by the civil rights movement, it was decades in the making.
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 I'm Black. I'm gay. The high court proved there's nothing equal about equal rights
The Supreme Court ensured workplace protections for gay and transgender Americans, but all told, Monday was a draw for equal rights.
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May 19, 2020 |
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 'I had two separate lives': LGBT teachers learn to speak up and get promotion
A year-long scheme to train LGBT staff to be themselves, Courageous Leaders, is transforming teachers’ prospects - and their schools
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May 17, 2020 |
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 How we stay together: 'We've grown up with each other and learned each other's craziness'
Immigration and family pressures pushed Freddy Grant and Burton Reynolds together fast, but an abiding affection for each other has kept them that way
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May 16, 2020 |
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 What Does ‘Wife’ Mean for Queer Women?
Do married lesbians use the title “Mrs.?” The answer is often “no.” Women also have strong feelings about the word “wife.”
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May 12, 2020 |
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 Census coronavirus: LGBTQ advocates face tough outreach in pandemic
Advocates were mobilizing LGBTQ people everywhere for the 2020 census. Then the coronavirus pandemic erupted.
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May 08, 2020 |
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 The Census's Sex Question Sucks. But LGBTQ People Should Still Fill It Out
There still aren't any questions on the Census about sexual orientation and gender identity, but LGBTQ groups say queer people everywhere need to participate.
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April 25, 2020 |
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 Online dance clubs are reviving a fierce and fundamental part of LGBTQ2 culture
During the COVID-19 crisis, queer and trans folk learn and love to slay at home while attending wild parties online.
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April 24, 2020 |
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 Britain's first TikTok house gay couple fly flag for LGBT+ representation under lockdown
As LGBT+ charities advise young people to stay in the closet during coronavirus lockdowns, Sebastian Wood and Monty Keates say they recognise the importance of being a visible young gay couple in Brit...
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April 22, 2020 |
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 GLAAD announces 'Together in Pride: You are Not Alone' with star-studded lineup
LGBTQ media advocacy group, GLAAD, has announced a long list of LGBTQ stars and activists for Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone. In response...
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 On April 23, Hornet Hosts the #GreatGayStayIn, an LGBTQ Livestream Festival
The #GreatGayStayIn will feature a little bit of everything for a community in quarantine — home workout sessions, a live cooking demonstration, some frank discussion of love and relationships with a ...
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April 21, 2020 |
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 Cyndi Lauper, Troye Sivan, and Others to Appear on LGBTQ Livestream
Fundraiser organized by Stonewall Inn charity will benefit nightlife professionals
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April 19, 2020 |
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 The Coronavirus 2020: Hungary Is Using The COVID-19 Pandemic To Attack Transgender People
“It’s just horrible," a trans woman from Hungary told BuzzFeed News. "I don’t want to lose good people because of this.”
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April 08, 2020 |
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 How 3 Major LGBTQ Centers Are Virtually Keeping Their Communities Alive
For many people, LGBTQ community centers can be crucial lifeline. As such, centers across the country have worked at astonishingly fast rates to convert their operations into robust virtual communitie...
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April 07, 2020 |
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 Quibi shows: Sasha Velour joins host of LGBT stars on new streaming app
Quibi shows include NightGowns with Sasha Velour, The Hot Shot with Keke Palmer and Joel Kim Booster and You Ain't Got These with Lena Waithe.
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March 31, 2020 |
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 How we met: 'I think gay men are often able to negotiate an open marriage'
Dan Butler, 29, a radio journalist, and his husband, Hugh O’Connor, 31, a theatre production designer, are also in a relationship with Charles Davis, 28, another theatre production designer
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March 28, 2020 |
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 Supporting the Queer Service and Entertainment Industries
How to help LGBTQIA workers during COVID-19 pandemic
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March 26, 2020 |
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 ‘Two gay men forced to hide our identities to make our voices heard’: Malaysian LGBT podcast hosts on being queer in a conservative society
Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia, but the anonymous hosts of LGBT podcast Kunyit Squared believe Malaysian society is becoming more tolerant. They talk about the ‘pretty wild’ gay experience there...
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 How Kakande became the face of gay male sex workers in Uganda
Uganda has been dubbed ‘the world’s worst place to be gay’ by The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in one of its documentaries. Yet in the midst of all the persecution, an organisation by and fo...
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March 25, 2020 |
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 As Gay Bars Close, Drag Shows Go Online
“People are excited to do something else besides masturbate and watch TV,” Chicago queen Mini Pearl Necklace says
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March 24, 2020 |
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 Gay Couple Marries During Coronavirus Outbreak as Would-Be Guests Watch from Home
“I’m hoping this is a good story that we’ll be able to tell our children in the future,” says groom Alex Fishman
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March 23, 2020 |
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 South Korea's same-sex marriage ban remains major barrier for LGBT reformers
Same-sex marriages are not recognized in South Korea, but calls for change are beginning.
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 Gay Indonesian YouTuber hits out at country's proposed anti-gay laws
Acep Gates, a gay Indonesian YouTuber has hit out at attempts from lawmakers to introduce a bill that would send gay people to 'rehabiliation centres'.
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March 22, 2020 |
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 Kakande’s path to gay male sex work in Uganda
Persecution of gay people in Uganda has reached international recognition. Legislation proposed life imprisonment or even death for sex between men. Ugandan newspaper ‘The Rolling Stone’ at one time w...
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March 21, 2020 |
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 Scorecard: Mayor Briley made Nashville first Southern city to recognize LGBT-owned businesses.
Here's where things stand today
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 Egypt’s Denial of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The Egyptian government is refusing to recognize the existence of LGBT people, flouting its responsibility to protect the rights of everyone.
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March 20, 2020 |
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 Transgender woman hopes job as Park City ski resort greeter helps Utahns connect with LGBTQ community
Standing in her red uniform and sunglasses, Cami Richardson was one of the first people skiers saw this season after riding the cabriolet up to Park City Mountain Resort.
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 Ken Ken Milan talks to us about Hong Kong's growing voguing scene
Time Out explores an emerging dance movement that's allowing Hongkongers to dance to the beat of their own drums
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 Paul Lisicky's Provincetown: One the Most LGBT-Friendly Place in the US
If you’re lucky in your life, a place, or two, will be offered to you. That place won’t be where you were born or grew up. It will be at some distance, and it will never be yours—you’ll always be a…
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 A Message to BTL Readers and the Greater Michigan LGBTQ Community
The message could not be clearer: respond to the COVID-19 crisis by staying home whenever you can, wash your hands frequently and do whatever you can to not spread the virus. But there is also a much ...
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March 18, 2020 |
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 How Britain's independent bookshops are rallying to help readers during the Coronavirus crisis
With self-isolation become a reality for many people, indies up and down the country are thinking of new ways to keep us reading. Here's a list to help you find yours.
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 The Very Queer, Extremely Relevant Power Of A Good Waistcoat
The last time I was seriously considering the debonair potential of a waistcoat, I was eight and raiding the dress-up box for something pirate-appropriate – striped t-shirt, eye-patch, and kohl mousta...
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 As Charleston area gay bars vanish, historian seeks help documenting their heyday
College of Charleston professor Harlan Greene is working with other researchers to document LGBTQ history in Charleston.
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 Argentine television gets its first transgender news anchor
Diana Zurco did not attend her high school graduation because she refused to receive a diploma with her birth name. At 17 and considered a boy by school officials, she grew her hair long and adopted t...
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 Flamenco Dancers Who ‘Move Between Genders’
Manuel Liñán’s “Viva!” represents something new to mainstream flamenco audiences: a frank and joyful expression of gay identity.
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 Cook County judicial candidate hopes to become Illinois’ first transgender judge in state history
For years, Chicago attorney Jill Rose Quinn has wanted to be a judge.
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March 17, 2020 |
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 A life in hiding: Kabul’s gay community driven underground
Hundreds of people live similar lives throughout the country. Often in arranged marriages, they have secret same-sex partners, but are always afraid to be found out.
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 Lesbian officers sue Michigan corrections department for discrimination
Michelle Wood and Loretta Smith, a gay couple in their 50s, said they faced discrimination and retaliation by the Michigan Department of Corrections.
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March 16, 2020 |
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 A very queer and very vibrant art scene is thriving across Mexico
Unlike Puerto Vallarta, Chiapas is a less familiar state among tourists travelling to Mexico but San Cristóbal de las Casas is the perfect location to discover Chiapa’s natural beauty, vegetarian Mexi...
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 Duluth's Kathy Hermes fights for youth, LGBTQIA2S+ rights
“Wherever she goes, she tries to make space for everyone to feel safe, and that’s life-saving.”
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 'I pushed being gay deep down inside me' - Eurovision hopeful Lesley Roy
It's almost difficult to remember now the years when Ireland had to struggle not to win the Eurovision. We tried everything from Charlie McGettigan to Niamh Kavanagh but for years nothing seemed to wo...
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March 15, 2020 |
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 LGBT tours of National Museum Wales in Cardiff aim to reveal secrets
The gallery will be telling the once taboo tales behind its great works.
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 Moscow's first queer dance festival challenges homophobia
In a dance studio tucked away off a Moscow side street, a couple dozen people are working on their tango. While the footwork is their focus, the dancers also have a wider aim: They are part of the Rus...
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 Meet The Queer Activist Teaching Sex Ed to LGBTQ Appalachian Youth
"Bad sex education for queer kids it's so violent and erasing and makes kids in rural places feel even more isolated."
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March 14, 2020 |
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 How This Lesbian Couple Cared for the First AIDS Patients in Salt Lake City
Kristin Ries and Maggie Snyder met and fell in love while caring for people living with HIV in Salt Lake City. Here, they tell the story of the early epidemic in a very religious town.
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March 13, 2020 |
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 The New Gay Bar With a Garden Setting in the Arts District Debuts in March
Eduardo Cordova’s The Garden also launches its brunch in May
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