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GLOUCESTE, VA — (08-26-21) — A Virginia school board announced on Thursday they've reached a settlement with Gavin Grimm, a transgender man who sued the Gloucester Country School Board after the school officials did not allow him to use the bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity. The Gloucester Country School Board agreed to pay [...]
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — (08-25-21) — The Tel Aviv District Court on Sunday August 8, sentenced two brothers and a friend of multiple years in prison over attempted murder of their Gay 16 year-old younger brother. The eldest of the brothers was also ordered to pay NIS 100,000 in compensation with parole. Another brother of [...]
BIRMINGHAM, UK — (08-22-21) — Police have announced they've arrested one of four suspects they are looking for in the brutal hate crime attack against two gay men on Saturday, August 15. The two men were brutally attacked with bottles and taunted with homophobic slurs from four men in a black SUV. The 31-year-old suspect [...]
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — (08-18-21) — The school board in Loudoun County, Virginia, sparked outrage on Wednesday when they voted to adopt a hotly contested policy requiring teachers to address students by their preferred gender names and pronouns. Board members Jeffrey Morse and John Beatty voted against the proposal. "It's anti-family, anti-privacy, anti-teacher," said Morse. [...]
COPENHAGEN, DK — (08-18-21) — Denmark's World Pride Celebration kicked off on August 12 and is set to last through August 22, 2021. Denmark continues to be a pioneer when it comes to LGBTIQ equality and civil rights. In fact Denmark was the first country on the planet to recognize same-sex unions in 1989. They [...]