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Dec 19 2023
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Philadelphia LGBTQ+ activist charged with rape of minors
A prominent LGBTQ+ activist in Philadelphia has been charged with allegedly raping two minors. Kendall Stephens, 37, was arrested Monday and charged with rape, involuntary assault, unlawful contact with minors, and indecent assault against people less than 13 years old, among other offenses, court documents revealed. The exact details of the allegations against Stephens were not immediately
New York Post (News)Feb 02 2024
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Liquor and cannabis board suspends 'lewd conduct' enforcement over LGBTQ+ club concerns
Washington State’s Liquor and Cannabis Control Board is pausing enforcement on "lewd conduct" complaints, working with Seattle police to enforce them, and waiving any citations from a recent weekend enforcement action. The memo announcing the changes was plastered on the side of 'The Cuff’ bar on Seattle’s Capitol Hill on Friday night. The bar was one of four LGBTQ-friendly locations that were
KOMO NewsJan 19 2024
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Wyoming middle school cancels anti-bullying play with LGBTQ themes
WHEATLAND, Wyo. — Oliver Baez spent two months rehearsing a scene for a school play in which his character confronts another student about bullying a gay student who takes his own life. After much preparation, the 12-year-old’s small scene turned into a big problem among school officials in Wheatland, Wyoming. At the last minute they canceled the anti-bullying play, saying it did not conform
NBC News (Online)Feb 06 2024
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Iowa Republicans advance Kim Reynolds' bill defining 'man,' 'woman' over LGBTQ+ protests
Iowa Republicans began advancing a bill Tuesday from Gov. Kim Reynolds that defines "sex," "man" and "woman" in code and make a sweeping array of changes to government processes in what opponents have branded as "LGBTQ erasure" from Iowa law. The bill, House Study Bill 649, was advanced 2-1 by a subcommittee Tuesday, with the House education committee scheduled to consider it later Tuesday
Des Moines RegisterFeb 06 2024
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Iowa Republicans advance Kim Reynolds' bill defining 'man,' 'woman' over LGBTQ+ protests
Iowa Republicans began advancing a bill Tuesday from Gov. Kim Reynolds that defines "sex," "man" and "woman" in code and make a sweeping array of changes to government processes in what opponents have branded as "LGBTQ erasure" from Iowa law. The bill, House Study Bill 649, was advanced 2-1 by a subcommittee Tuesday, with the House education committee scheduled to consider it later Tuesday
Iowa City Press-CitizenJan 25 2024
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Texas civil rights groups petition the U.N. over LGBTQ ‘human rights crisis'
Civil rights organizations in Texas have filed a formal letter with the United Nations, raising the alarm on a "deteriorating human rights situation" for LGBTQ+ people in the state. Equality Texas, ACLU of Texas, GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, and the University of Texas at Austin School of Law Human Rights Clinic submitted the joint letter. In a press release, political advocacy
Dallas-Fort Worth NewsDec 19 2023
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Prominent LGBTQ+ activist in Philadelphia arrested on rape charges
PHILADELPHIA -- A prominent LGBTQ+ activist in Philadelphia was arrested on Monday after authorities allege she raped two young boys. The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General filed the charges against 37-year-old Kendall Stephens. Sources tell WPVI Stephens raped two boys under the age of 13. Further details on the investigation have not been released. Some of the charges include indecent
ABC 7 ChicagoJan 23 2024
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Rights groups file complaint to United Nations against Texas anti-LGBTQ+ bills
LGBTQ+ rights organisations including the ACLU of Texas, Equality Texas, and GLAAD have teamed up to file a complaint to the United Nations about Texas’s recent slew of anti-LGBTQ+ bills. In 2023 alone, the ACLU recorded a horrifying 508 anti-LGBTQ+ bills that were introduced across the US. Of those 508 bills, 84 were passed into law. Meanwhile, the Human Rights Campaign reports that one in
PinkNewsJan 16 2024
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US LGBTQ club shooter hit with new federal hate crime charges
A 23-year-old who shot and killed five people at an LGBTQ club in the US state of Colorado in 2022 faces new federal hate crime charges, authorities said Tuesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich is already serving five life sentences for the gun rampage at Club Q in Colorado Springs that also injured 19 people. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado said Tuesday it had filed a bevy of new
Breitbart NewsJan 23 2024
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Legal groups file complaint with United Nations over anti-LGBTQ laws in Texas
Texas lawmakers were behind 1 in 5 of all anti-LGBTQ plus bills introduced nationwide in 2023. That’s according to the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ political lobbying group in the U.S. Several of the Texas bills cited by the group became law, including one that blocks trans minors from accessing gender-affirming medical care and another restricting drag performances in the presence
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