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"Erasure is not neutral": The inextricable link between LGBTQ+ rights & a functioning democracy - LGBTQ Nation

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"Erasure is not neutral": The inextricable link between LGBTQ+ rights & a functioning democracy - LGBTQ Nation

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2 days ago

Daily newsletter 1/30

Conservative groups are again challenging marriage equality, claiming recognition of same-sex marriages harms children.
Canada news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Do the leg thing': Mark Carney jokes with Heated Rivalry star on red carpet

Mark Carney promoted Heated Rivalry, defended its bold LGBTQ+ content, celebrated Canadian cultural openness, and jokingly claimed credit for its funding.
#conversion-therapy
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3 days ago

Daily newsletter 1/29

Activists are calling a national general strike to protest DHS and ICE raids, organizing strikes and protests tomorrow aimed at pressuring the administration financially.
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3 days ago

GOP candidate calls for executing parents & doctors who help trans kids - LGBTQ Nation

"I think we need a law in Tennessee that would allow for capital punishment for those who commit an assault on the sanctity of life," he said in a recent conversation with Connor B., the host of the Christian Nationalist podcast Forge and Anvil. Fritts then said he thought four things would "require" capital punishment that also "aligns with scripture." "I think that anyone who would try to disfigure a child through hormones or surgery, you might be eligible to capital punishment," he said, adding, "I know that's gonna make people's ears ring, but that's a gross, great sin."
US politics
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4 days ago
Europe politics

The mayor of Budapest is facing criminal charges for supporting Pride: I'm a "proud defendant" - LGBTQ Nation

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Europe politics

The mayor of Budapest is facing criminal charges for supporting Pride: I'm a "proud defendant" - LGBTQ Nation

US politics
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4 days ago

Trump nominated anti-LGBTQ+ Jan 6 protestor for US attorney. Senate Dems are sounding the alarm. - LGBTQ Nation

Darin Smith, a Family Research Council staffer and MAGA loyalist with no litigation experience, is poised to become Wyoming's U.S. Attorney and opposes LGBTQ+ rights.
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4 days ago

Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary's Pride ban

A record number of people including Hungarians from across the country and dozens of MEPs and officials from across Europe turned up, transforming the march into a potent symbol of pushback against Orban and his government's steady rollback of rights. On Wednesday, prosecutors said Karacsony had organised and led a public gathering despite the police ban, adding in a statement that they were proposing that the court impose a fine on the defendant in a summary judgment without a trial.
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5 days ago
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Out Apple CEO schmoozed at White House 'Melania' screening hours after ICE killed Alex Pretti - LGBTQ Nation

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Out Apple CEO schmoozed at White House 'Melania' screening hours after ICE killed Alex Pretti - LGBTQ Nation

US politics
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6 days ago

Daily newsletter 1/26

Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino and agents are leaving Minneapolis after two American citizens were killed; lawmakers call to impeach Kristi Noem and abolish ICE.
World news
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6 days ago

Nicolas Maduro's record on LGBTQ+ rights - LGBTQ Nation

Nicolás Maduro's socialist governance, compounded by sanctions and policy failures, produced severe poverty and entrenched anti-LGBTQ+ practices likely to persist under new leadership.
US politics
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6 days ago

Republicans want to jail pharmacists as two new bills targeting gender-affirming care advance - LGBTQ Nation

Florida bills would expand state power to sue and criminally prosecute health professionals who provide or assist minors with gender-affirming care, imposing fines and prison terms.
#reform-uk
US politics
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2 weeks ago

Ann Rostow: And So Begins Another Year at SCOTUS - San Francisco Bay Times

The Supreme Court began 2026 hearings on state bans blocking transgender women from women's sports, exemplified by Lindsay Hecox’s contested Idaho case and withdrawn appeal.
#russia
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2 weeks ago
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Russian streamers charged with violating anti-LGBTQ+ speech law as "Heated Rivalry" get popular - LGBTQ Nation

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Russian streamers charged with violating anti-LGBTQ+ speech law as "Heated Rivalry" get popular - LGBTQ Nation

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1 week ago

Trump kicked her out of the Space Force. Now she's fighting back with a congressional run. - LGBTQ Nation

Too many Americans are afraid of what their own government is doing to them, instead of confident it's working for them. That's why I'm running for Congress,
US politics
US politics
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1 week ago

Trump administration is potentially sending two gay men to their death by preparing to deport them to Iran

Two gay Iranian men who fled arrest in Iran face imminent U.S. deportation, risking torture or execution if returned.
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1 week ago

Republicans want to expand Iowa's Don't Say Gay law to high schoolers - LGBTQ Nation

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill to extend the state's 'Don't Say Gay' restrictions from K-6 to K-12, banning instruction on gender theory and sexual orientation.
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1 week ago

JD Vance rages about 'radical gender ideology' while white supremacists march along National Mall

On a gray Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., with the nation's capital bracing for a forecast snowstorm expected to arrive Sunday and local officials urging residents to prepare for possible disruptions, Vice President JD Vance stood on a stage near the National Mall and delivered a blistering address attacking abortion rights and LGBTQ+ equality as existential threats to the nation.
US politics
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1 week ago

Daily newsletter 1/22

Legal, political, financial, and censorship pressures are impacting LGBTQ+ journalists, events, and expression across the United States and internationally.
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1 week ago

NYC Pride announces 2026 theme: For All of Us'

NYC Pride, which organizes the main Pride March in New York City on the final Sunday in June, unveiled its 2026 theme, For All of Us, which is inspired by a quote attributed to the late Marsha P. Johnson. This year's theme aims to pay tribute to LGBTQ trailblazers like Johnson while also emphasizing the need to support marginalized members of the community, according to NYC Pride.
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1 week ago

Former Steelers employee sues team for anti-gay discrimination - LGBTQ Nation

A gay former employee of the Pittsburgh Steelers is suing the NFL team for alleged sexist and anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. As The Advocate reports, Chelsea Zahn filed a lawsuit against the Steelers last week, claiming she experienced "multiple incidents of discrimination and a hostile work environment" based on both her sex and sexual orientation while she was employed by the team from 2013 to 2024.
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1 week ago

Meet Chloe Grace Moretz's wife as Beckham comments resurface

"As a model in this industry for over 14 years, testing has been, and will forever be a huge component of a model's career. "Yet the frustration has always been the same with it. This is why I have created the Testing Network. In my 14 years, I have found that when a shoot is curated with a full team of creatives, these shoots are some of the most inspiring, influential and fulfilling experiences I've had of my career. But those tests are a rarity, and they shouldn't have to be."
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1 week ago

Trump-appointed Texas federal judge rules that drag is like blackface

Much of the ruling rests on the words of West Texas A&M President Walter Wendler, which Kacsmaryk adopted throughout his 46-page opinion. In a March 2023 email to the campus community, Wendler wrote that drag "does not preserve a single thread of human dignity," describing it as a performance that "exaggerat[es] aspects of womanhood (sexuality, femininity, gender)" and "stereotype[s] women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others."
US politics
#same-sex-marriage
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1 week ago
US politics

Virginia takes one step closer to enshrining marriage equality in its state constitution - LGBTQ Nation

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1 week ago
US politics

Virginia takes one step closer to enshrining marriage equality in its state constitution - LGBTQ Nation

Higher education
fromNature
1 week ago

'Every aspect of my work life has changed' - scientists reflect on a year of Trump

Executive orders and funding changes during Trump's first year intensified campus censorship, worsened higher-education inequity, and risked access for low-income and LGBTQ+ students.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago

What can we expect in American politics in 2026?

Democrats will gain electoral opportunities from right-wing fractures, backlash against anti-transgender attacks, Trump's policy fallout, and rising younger, LGBTQ-supportive Democratic leaders.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

Landmark commission unanimously approves church's rainbow steps: "This is religious expression" - LGBTQ Nation

Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas received formal approval from the city's Landmark Commission last week after officials, members, and volunteers painted the Late Gothic Revival building's staircase the colors of the rainbow in October. The building has local landmark status, and it's listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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2 weeks ago

Queer trans ICE protester recounts pepper-spraying, jailing by agents

A queer transgender woman and her girlfriend were pepper-sprayed, handcuffed, and jailed after confronting armed ICE agents at a St. Cloud mall protest.
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2 weeks ago

Why the right wants to ban Plato: It's part of their war on being human - LGBTQ Nation

Texas A&M University last week banned a philosophy professor from teaching about Plato's Symposium because it's too gay, and, while obviously philosophy classes should be allowed to teach about Plato and state lawmakers and administrators shouldn't be interfering in curricula... they are right that the specific texts that they banned are pretty gay. If the legislators' and administrators' goal is to make LGBTQ+ people feel more isolated and alone as a way of getting them to conform and pretend to be cisgender and heterosexual,
Philosophy
US politics
fromAxios
2 weeks ago

Scoop: ACLU sues Trump at record pace in year one

The ACLU plans nearly 900 legal challenges against Trump, already filing over 230 this term and achieving a 64% success rate in court.
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2 weeks ago

Daily newsletter 1/14

A gay couple in Washington, D.C. is stuck in limbo after ICE detained one husband, a Panamanian immigrant, during what had long been treated as a routine immigration check-in. Plus, Renee Good's family has retained the same law firm as George Floyd's to launch a civil investigation into her killing, and Rep. Robin Kelly has filed articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, saying she's led a "reign of terror."
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2 weeks ago

The Real Reason the Supreme Court Reversed Its Position on Trans Rights

Eight months later, though, a six-justice majority of the court held that federal employment protections indeed protect trans people in the workplace. The basic logic of Justice Neil Gorsuch's majority opinion in Bostock, which Chief Justice John Roberts and the four liberals joined, is that if an employer treats a transgender man differently than it would treat a man assigned male at birth, the workplace is treating that trans man differently "because of sex."
US politics
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2 weeks ago

Harvey Milk Boulevard would be renamed for Charlie Kirk under Utah legislation

A Utah bill would rename Salt Lake City's Harvey Milk Boulevard to Charlie Kirk Boulevard, proposed by Rep. Trevor Lee, prompting local opposition.
US politics
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2 weeks ago

Americans think Republicans are too obsessed with trans people - LGBTQ Nation

A plurality of Americans view Republican transphobia as a significant problem: 44% call it a major problem and 24% a minor problem.
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2 weeks ago

Qatar in talks with Fifa to host first Women's Club World Cup in January 2028

Qatar is pursuing hosting the inaugural Women's Club World Cup in January 2028, likely disrupting domestic seasons and provoking controversy over LGBTQ+ rights.
fromInsideHook
3 weeks ago

State Department Updates Travel Warning for Russia

If your travel plans in the near future involve making your way to Russia, the U.S. State Department has some information they would like to share with you. More specifically, they have some information that they would like to share with you in order to convince you not to go. In late December, the agency issued its highest possible warning against visiting the country in question. Or, as the agency's website bluntly declares: "Do not travel to Russia for any reason."
World news
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

Renee Good's murder is a warning: We could be next ... unless we act urgently - LGBTQ Nation

Renee Good, a 37-year-old queer U.S. citizen and mother, was fatally shot during an ICE operation despite appearing non-threatening in video footage.
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3 weeks ago

Trans producer claims anti-Zionism 'erases LGBTQ+ history'

"Until the LGBTQ+ community distances itself from all forms of antisemitism, including anti-Zionism, our allies will continue to fall away, and we will remain defenceless in the face of attack," she wrote. "Zionists have always been at the core of LGBTQ+ progress, from Magnus Hirschfield to Elizabeth Taylor, from Larry Kramer to [Edith] Windsor. Their Zionism sprung from their humanitarianism, as did their LGBTQ+ activism."
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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

Over 100 detained in brutal police raid on LGBTQ+ nightclub in Azerbaijan - LGBTQ Nation

Police in Baku raided Labyrinth nightclub, detained about 106 people, subjected them to prolonged exposure, alleged physical and sexual violence, forced data collection, and extortion.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

Virginia LGBTQ+ groups 'thrilled' to march in inaugural parade celebrating the state's new Dem governor

Abigail Spanberger’s inauguration and inclusion of queer groups in the parade signal a restoration of transgender and LGBTQ+ visibility and political support in Virginia.
New York City
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

Zohran Mamdani tapped an iconic transgender New Yorker to narrate his inauguration - LGBTQ Nation

Zohran Mamdani, 34, sworn in as New York City's youngest and first Muslim mayor with pro-LGBTQ+ appointments and visible transgender representation at the inauguration.
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1 month ago

Trump & SCOTUS rolled back rights, but there was hope: The 6 biggest LGBTQ+ stories of 2025 - LGBTQ Nation

Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender member of Congress, elected to represent Delaware and sworn in on January 3, 2025.
Social justice
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1 month ago

From education to marriage, major human rights gains of 2025 DW 12/31/2025

Human rights faced global threats in 2025 from conflicts, crackdowns and rollbacks, while some advances occurred, including Thailand legalizing same-sex marriage and Italy criminalizing femicide.
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Daily newsletter 12/30

➡️ The Trump administration has banned military veterans from receiving abortions through the federal government's health care system by ordering the Department of Veterans Affairs to reinstate a near-total ban.
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fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Kazakhstan bans so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda

Kazakhstan enacted a law banning LGBTQ+ and "pedophilia" propaganda, punishable by fines and up to 10 days' imprisonment.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Budapest mayor will "stand proudly" for "freedom" as he faces charges for city's Pride march - LGBTQ Nation

"The police concluded their investigation against me in connection with the Budapest Pride march in June with a recommendation to press charges," he said in a video posted to Facebook. "They accuse me of violating the [new law on] freedom of assembly, which is completely absurd." Karácsony approved the Pride event and took to the streets with hundreds of thousands of marchers in defiance of the ban. Celebrants anointed Orbán "King of European Pride."
Europe politics
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fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Los Gatos will raise a Pride flag next June

Los Gatos will raise the Progress Pride flag in June 2026 after the Town Council adopted a commemorative-flag process in a 4–1 vote.
fromLGBTQ Nation
8 months ago

Cruel Kristi Noem says it's not her problem if a gay hairdresser she sent to a prison camp is dead - LGBTQ Nation

Would you commit to just letting his mother know - as a mother-to-mother - if Andry is alive?
US politics
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1 month ago

Police arrested 201 men in a raid on an alleged "gay spa." A judge released them all. - LGBTQ Nation

Malaysian authorities raided a Kuala Lumpur men-only spa, arresting over 200 men under laws criminalizing same-sex activity, but no convictions were secured.
Soccer (FIFA)
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1 month ago

'Respect the culture' - Fifa urged to allow Pride Match

Seattle will host LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations at the June World Cup match between Egypt and Iran despite Egyptian objections and no formal Fifa intervention.
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ Project 2025 will continue into 2026

"Project 2025 was an effort of more than 100 organizations convened by Heritage to prepare for the next conservative administration," a Heritage spokesperson told "That administration is now in office, so all policy and personnel decisions are up to the president and his team. ... There is no Project 2026 and will not be, regardless of what leftist lunatics make up on BlueSky."
Right-wing politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Andy Burnham apologises for GMP historic failings towards LGBTQ+ people

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
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1 month ago

ICE tore her away from her wife. Now she's suffering in an endless legal limbo. - LGBTQ Nation

Same-sex asylum seeker detained at ICE check-in was transported to California and faces degrading detention despite seeking immigration adjustment through marriage.
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