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Apr 23 2024
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The Beaches, Motown icon Thelma Houston to headline 2024 Indy Pride Festival
Musical guests headlining the annual Indy Pride festival will include a mix of rock, pop, dance and hip-hop artists after organizers Monday unveiled this year's entertainment lineup. The Indy Pride festival celebrates Central Indiana's LGBTQ+ community. Here's what we know about upcoming performances during Pride Month. The Beaches, an award-winning alt-rock, pop and punk band from Toronto,
IndyStarJul 20 2023
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Ivy League LGBTQ+ numbers soar and students point to identity politics
While just 7% of Americans are LGBTQ+, students at Ivy League universities are identifying as non-straight at rates as much as five times the general public.
Brown University made headlines after a student poll revealed a whopping 38% of their student body is not straight.
“Honestly I’m not surprised by that statistic,” an anonymous senior at Brown University told The Post. “At
New York Post (News)Jun 01 2023
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LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties
The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the U.S. and some parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains.
This year’s Pride takes place in a contentious political climate in which some state legislators have sought to ban drag shows, prohibit gender-
Associated PressMay 30 2023
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Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law spurs bipartisan uproar in US
Leaders in Congress are forcefully condemning a new sweeping anti-gay law in Uganda, calling on the Biden administration to reconsider assistance to the East African nation. “Uganda’s appalling Anti-Homosexuality Act is the latest indication of Pres. Museveni’s hostility to human rights & fundamental freedoms,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said on Twitter
The HillAug 25 2023
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In settlement with transgender woman, New York jail to implement LGBTQ prison reform
A transgender woman in New York has agreed to a landmark settlement that could lead to widespread change in the treatment of incarcerated LGBTQ people at Broome County correctional facilities.
Makyyla Holland, a 25-year-old transgender woman, accused Broome County Jail correctional officers of abuse and discrimination while she was in their custody for six weeks.
As a result of
ABC News (Online)May 30 2023
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Ugandan LGBTQ Activists Challenge New Anti-Homosexuality Law
Ugandan LGBTQ activists filed a lawsuit in the nation’s Constitutional Court challenging a new law that provides for violators to be sentenced to lengthy prison sentences or even death. Ten individuals and a civil rights organization filed a petition for the Anti-Homosexuality Act to be struck down because it criminalizes consensual same-sex relations, Richard Smith Lusimbo, one of the
BloombergOct 17 2023
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President Joe Biden Interrupted by Israel-Hamas War Protester During LGBTQ+ Rights Speech
President Joe Biden, addressing attendees at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday evening, was momentarily interrupted by an audience member’s shouts. Held in the expansive dining room of the Washington Convention Center with over 2,500 guests, the room’s acoustics made it challenging for many attendees, including those from The Advocate, to discern
AdvocateMay 29 2023
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Ugandan President Signs Anti-LGBTQ Bill With Death Penalty
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed into law legislation with harsher penalties for LGBTQ people, including death and life-imprisonment sentences. The president “has assented” to the bill, which now becomes law, his office announced in a post on its Twitter account. Lawmakers approved an amended bill on May 2, seeking the most-punitive penalties for aggravated homosexuality or violations
BloombergApr 21 2024
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Drag queen’s reality show victory wins praise from Taiwan’s president
Taipei, Taiwan — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday offered her congratulations to Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind for winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the first person from East Asia to take the crown. Tsai and her ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have championed LGBTQ+ rights making the island a bastion of liberal values, and in 2019 Taiwan legalized same sex marriage in a
CNN (Online News)Mar 21 2023
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Nashville singers band together in support of LGBTQ rights
“So often when we talk about atrocities of the past, we like to say ‘How could this happen?’ It hit me so forcefully: This is exactly how it happened — it happened by degrees,” she said. “If we don’t start making a concerted effort to form coalitions that care about equality that are pushing against bigotry and really making noise about it, we are going to be part of ‘How did it happen?’ while
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