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Feb 14 2023
News
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's LGBTQ+ Record: Positive With Some Exceptions
Dianne Feinstein, California’s senior U.S. senator, announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection next year. A senator since 1993, and before that a San Francisco supervisor and mayor, Feinstein, now 89, leaves a mostly positive record on LGBTQ+ rights, with a few blips. Feinstein began her political career as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the combined city-county
The Advocate
Mar 07 2023
News
Fargo City Commission Votes 4-1 To Oppose State Anti-LGBTQ Bills - KVRR Local News
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo City Commission votes 4-1 to oppose a series of state bills filed by Republican legislators targeting LGBTQ+ residents in the state. The only no vote came from Commissioner Dave Piepkorn. Cody Schuler, advocacy manager with the American Civil Liberties Union of North Dakota told commissioners the legislation amounts to a “culture war” that takes away from real
KVRR
Mar 03 2023
News
Critics say Tennessee's public drag show ban hurts the entire state's LGBTQ community
NPR Fact Check
Mar 10 2023
News
Tenn. Lt. Gov. Randy McNally ‘hearts’ man’s half-nude photos after backing anti-LGBTQ bills
Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (R) acknowledged Thursday that he frequently commented on racy and shirtless photos of a gay man on Instagram, sparking backlash from critics and LGBTQ advocates at a time when the state’s No. 2 elected official has supported bills targeting the LGBTQ community. McNally, 79, repeatedly left supportive statements and emoji, some of them arguably flirtatious, on
Washington Post
Feb 08 2023
News
Spreads Awareness Of LGBTQ Persecution: Des Plaines Star Student
DES PLAINES, IL — Star Students are found in classrooms, on concert and theater stages and at debate lecterns, and out in the community doing good things to make life better for all of us. Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize Star Students, and we’re working to tell the stories of these outstanding kids to their neighbors. This submission comes from Kumar Faliki, who
Patch.com
Mar 01 2023
News
'We say gay': Hundreds of students across Iowa walk out of class to protest LGBTQ bills
Students across the state left their classrooms Wednesday afternoon as part of the 'We Say Gay' walkout to protest recent legislative bills they say discriminate against the rights of LGBTQ youth. About 400 Des Moines Public Schools students marched from Central Academy to the governor's mansion chanting "We say gay," "What do you want? Justice! When do you want it? Now!" and "Trans rights are
Des Moines Register
Feb 13 2023
News
Jesus Super Bowl Commercial Connected to Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion Group
The non-profit behind a multimillion-dollar Super Bowl advertising campaign promoting Jesus Christ has donated millions to a group working to roll back abortion and LGBTQ rights.
Sunday night's Super Bowl featured spots for the "He Gets Us" campaign from the Servant Foundation, a Kansas-based charity that does business as The Signatry, which says it "exists to inspire and facilitate
Newsweek
Jan 18 2023
News
Minnesota inches toward LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ ban
A Minnesota House committee voted Wednesday to bar state health care providers from attempting to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity through “conversion therapy,” a discredited practice that major medical associations have condemned as dangerous and ineffective. The measure approved Wednesday by the Minnesota House Human Services Policy Committee seeks to prevent
The Hill
Feb 22 2023
News
Suspect in Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting had neo-nazi leanings, targeted gay people, officers testify
A man charged with killing five people at a Colorado LGBTQ dance party had visited the nightclub at least six times before, including with his mother, but he repeatedly expressed violent intention to hurt gay people, police officers testified in court Wednesday. Anderson Aldrich, who injured more than a dozen others before being subdued by heroic people in Club Q, posted hateful commentary on
USA TODAY
Jan 03 2023
Opinion
2022 Quietly Set the Stage for a Massive Rollback of LGBTQ Rights
Anyone with even a passing interest in LGBTQ equality likely is familiar with the explicit legislative and judicial attacks on the community’s rights in 2022. After all, we saw widespread media coverage of the 36 states that introduced over 300 anti-LGBTQ laws or policies this year. Likely less obvious to both casual observers as well as those who closely follow LGBTQ civil rights issues are
TruthOut