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MONTGOMERY, AL — (05-03-21) — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R), has signed Alabama House Bill 391, the bill that LGBTQ advocates have been lobbying heavily to be passed into law. Last week the Republican governor signed AL HB391 into law that removes anti-LGBT language from the state’s sex education curriculum. The new state law goes [...]
CLYDE, TX — (04-22-21) — Openly gay student Trevor Wilkinson, 17, wrote a petition back in December because his school suspended him for painting his nails. In his successful petition, Wilkinson explained that "girls are allowed to paint and get their nails done" and that males who get their nails done would be reprimanded. [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (04-12-21) — President Biden announced he will be ramping up spending on HIV/AIDS research in his budget request to Congress. The Biden/Harris administration announced that they want to continue the PrEP-centric initiative, increase funding on research and target the prices of medications that range between $2,000 to $4,000 a month for one [...]
TOKYO — (03-21-21) — A Japanese court ruled last Wednesday that not allowing same-sex couples to get married is "unconstitutional," setting a landmark precedent in the only G7 nation that still does not recognize same-sex marriages in their constitution. The ruling is the first in Japan on the legality of same-sex marriages and is considered [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (03-15-21) — The Roman Catholic Church announced on Monday that they cannot bless same-sex unions or same-sex marriages no matter how stable or positive the LGBT couples' relationships are. The Vatican's announcement approved by Pope Francis, came in response to continued questions about whether the Catholic Church should reflect the increasing social [...]