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Report: LGBT elders face risks from laws allowing religious exemption for discrimination.

“By 2050, the number of people older than 65 will double to 83.7 million, and there are currently more than 2.7 million LGBT adults who are 50 years or older living across the country,” the groups stated in a press release. “LGBT elders face unique challenges to successful aging stemming from current and past structural and legal discrimination… Read the full article HERE.  

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Trump’s legacy, reshaping the courts with anti-abortion and anti-LGBT judges.

Almost a year into his job, President Donald Trump’s biggest accomplishment isn’t any specific legislation that’s passed or executive action he’s taken. It’s how he’s reshaped the courts. Trump is breaking records with his judicial confirmations. The Senate voted Thursday to confirm James Ho to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit… Read the full article HERE.  

SPORTS

MLB umpire Dale Scott retires, says coming out as gay unburdened him.

When Major League Baseball umpire Dale Scott stepped on the field for the 2015 season, he was wearing the same umpire’s mask, chest protector and shin guards he had donned for 30 years. Yet he felt appreciably lighter. Just a few months earlier in December 2014, in a story on Outsports… Read the full article HERE.  

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These elite athletes could be the first openly gay men competing in the Winter Olympics.

LGBT issues have been at the forefront of the Olympics since the 2014 Games in Sochi put a spotlight on Russia’s institutionalized homophobia. Many athletes, concerned about their safety or about being distracted from competition, opted to stay in the closet: Of the 2,900 competitors representing 88 nations at the 2014 Games only seven were openly gay. And none were men. Read the full article HERE.  

DESTINATIONS

East Africa: A threatening destination for LGBTQ.

When a story circulated in August 2017 of male lions attempting to copulate with each other in Kenya’s Masai Mara national park, headlines and Twitter feeds went wild with speculation, ridicule, and accusation. Despite Kenya being one of the more progressive countries in East Africa regarding LGBTQ awareness and rights, the nation still… Read the full article HERE.