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WASHINGTON D.C. — (04-29-24) — Last Friday, the Biden administration has reinstated federal protections for LGBTQ+ individuals seeking health care, reversing Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ-era policy. In a set of new rules unveiled by the Department of Health and Human Services last Friday, the department moved to advance civil rights protections for patients by barring health [...]
MINSK, BY — (04-15-24) — European country Belarus hits a new low with its new law labeling LGBT citizens as pornographic deviants, according to Human Rights Watch. As of today, the definition of pornography under Belarusian law will include depictions of same-sex relationships as well as transgender people. According to Human Rights Watch, "The Belarus [...]
LAS VEGAS, NV — (04-03-24) — According to a new KFF Survey released on Wednesday, 1 in 3 LGBT adults say a health care provider has disrespected or treated them unfairly, twice the rate of adults who don't identify as LGBT. The results of the KFF Survey indicate that the negative interactions with the health [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— (03-13-24) — LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S.A grew from 5.6% to 7.6% among adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual, according to Gallup. The current figure is up from 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation [...]
CANYON, TX — (03-07-24) — We can now confirm that a West Texas A&M University LGBTQ+ student group has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for emergency relief, saying their freedom of speech is being violated after the public university’s president canceled a planned campus drag show. Unfortunately the appeal has gone directly to anti-LGBTQ Justice [...]
PHILADELPHIA, PA — (03-05-24) — Philadelphia's Executive Director of the Office of LGBT Affairs and her husband's arrest last weekend has the mayor's office describing the incident as "very concerning." Last weekend, a Pennsylvania state police trooper who has not been identified, executed a car stop on the Vine Street Expressway in Philadelphia, reportedly for [...]
ACCRA, GHANA — (02-28-24) — Ghana's parliament passed legislation on Wednesday that critics are calling a draconian anti-LGBTQ law that gives law enforcement more authority to crack down on LGBTQ activists who are promoting LGBTQ civil rights in the West African country. Gay sex is already punishable by up to three years in prison in [...]
TALLAHASSEE, FL — (02-12-24) — Florida LGBT activists staged a statewide series of protests at Florida's Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) locations last Friday. A huge number of individuals dressed in Pride flags and safety vests entered DMV properties statewide and laid down in mock death, a protest known as a "die-in", with signs reading [...]
CHARLOTTE, NC — (01-31-24) — A federal complaint has been filed by LGBT Advocates of the Southern Equality, claims that North Carolina's Parents' Bill of Rights, "are systematically marginalizing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students." The Title IX complaint includes testimonials from unnamed students, parents, educators and school staff. Attorneys working with the [...]
LAS VEGAS — (01-14-24) — A record number of anti-LGBT bills were introduced and passed in 2023, setting a record with over 510 anti-LGBT bills in state legislatures across the United States, according to American Civil Liberties Union data as of December 21, 2023. According to those numbers, that's an astounding three-times the number of [...]