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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 [...]
OLYMPIA, WA — (03-26-24) — Democratic Governor of Washington Jay Inslee, signed a law last week that includes a mandate for the state’s public schools to teach LGBTQ history, as red states continue their war on the Gay Community nationwide in states with GOP majority legislatures. The new law, Senate Bill 5462, mandates that the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (03-24-24) — The White House criticizes congressional Republicans for adding a ban on PRIDE Flags from being hung at U.S. embassies to the government's H.R. 2882 funding bill, saying it abused the budget process. The White House said that President Biden will work for its repeal but for now, all American embassies [...]
MOSCOW, RU — (03-20-24) — In a first under Russia's LGBTQ Extremist Law, two Gay Club employees have been arrested under the new draconian law and have been sent to pretrial detention for two months on a charge of creating an extremist group. It is the first criminal case brought since Russia's Supreme Court outlawed [...]
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 [...]