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Jul 07 2023
News
LGBTQ+ Advocates Sue Over Law Banning Drag Queen Story Hour Events
Owners of an independent bookstore, a transgender woman, an educator who teaches wearing costumes, and several businesses are challenging Montana’s law banning drag queens from reading to children in public schools and libraries, known as “Drag Queen Story Hour.” According to the Associated Press, the federal lawsuit was filed on Thursday and alleges that the law is in violation of the U.S.
TownhallMay 24 2023
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Target pulls some Pride Month clothing amid anti-LGBTQ+ threats
NEW YORK (AP) — Target is removing some items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month after intense backlash from some customers who confronted workers and tipped over displays. "Since introducing this year's collection, we've experienced threats impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-being while at work," Target said in
CBS News (Online)Mar 29 2024
News
Burlington mayor-elect Emma Mulvaney-Stanak to resign House seat
Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, P/D-Burlington, plans to step down from her seat in the Vermont House on Monday, the same day she is set to be sworn in as Burlington’s next mayor. The mayor-elect announced her Statehouse resignation in a letter read on her behalf in the chamber Friday morning. Mulvaney-Stanak was elected Burlington mayor on Town Meeting Day and had reportedly been weighing whether
VT DiggerJul 03 2023
News
Pete Buttigieg Points Out Homoerotic Undertones of DeSantis’ Bizarre Anti-LGBTQ Ad
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—Republican presidential candidate and alleged human—has attempted to inject life into his floundering campaign with a new anti-LGBTQ ad that will leave anyone who isn’t terminally online wildly confused. The ad contrasts clips of former President Donald Trump vocalizing tepid support for LGBTQ people at the 2016 Republican National Convention and standing by loud-and-
JezebelJul 03 2023
News
Critics slam DeSantis campaign for sharing an anti-Trump ad targeting LGBTQ rights
Critics slam DeSantis campaign for sharing an anti-Trump ad targeting LGBTQ rights Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing criticism from within and beyond his party after his presidential campaign shared a video touting his record of opposing LGBTQ rights and attacking former President Donald Trump for his past support. The more than a minute-long video was made by the Twitter account Proud
NPR Fact CheckSep 22 2023
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Out country singer Adam Mac pulls out of Kentucky festival after due to anti-LGBTQ+ backlash
Queer country singer Adam Mac has canceled an upcoming performance at a Kentucky festival after members of the community said they intended to protest the show. Mac made the announcement that he was pulling out of the headlining spot at the upcoming Logan County Kentucky Tobacco and Heritage Festival in Russellville, Kentucky, via his official TikTok account on Thursday. “This is not the video
LGBTQ NationMar 28 2024
News
NU ISGMH faculty member Madison Shea Smith speaks on the importance of relationship science for sexual and gender minority health
Feinberg Prof. Madison Shea Smith discussed her research in LGBTQ+ health at a Thursday speaker event titled “Relationship Science as a Vehicle for Sexual and Gender Minority Health.” The event was held at the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. To Smith, relationship science is “the scientific study of interpersonal relationships,” but she said the field isn’t
Daily NorthwesternJan 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
TruthOutAug 03 2023
News
Florida effectively bans advanced psychology course over LGBTQ content, course developer says
Aug 3 (Reuters) - Florida has told school superintendents that the Advanced Placement psychology course offered to high school students violates the state's new law prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, effectively banning the class, the nonprofit that develops the courses said on Thursday. The move is the latest by the administration of Republican Governor Ron
ReutersMar 24 2023
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LGBTQ dating app Grindr warns Egyptian users of police targeting
CAIRO — A popular gay social networking application said Friday that it is issuing a warning to its users in Egypt, as police impersonate community members to target LGBTQ individuals. Users in Egypt will see the following warning appear in Arabic and English when they open the app: “We have been alerted that Egyptian police is actively making arrests of gay, bi, and trans people on digital
The Times of Israel