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LGBT guide to the Major League Baseball season
A co-founder of LGBTQ baseball groups on Facebook previews all 30 MLB teams, with a surprise champion…
Year: 2021
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Pompeo’s anti-LGBT human rights commission disbanded
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the State Department has officially disbanded a controversial human rights advisory commission that LGBTQ activists sharply criticized. “One of the core principles of human rights is that they are universal. All people are…
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US Pride organizers debate in-person vs. virtual events for 2021
Like LGBTQ Pride organizations in several of the nation’s largest cities, D.C.’s Capital Pride Alliance is planning to hold several virtual Pride events during the traditional Pride month of June and is considering at least one in-person event for October…
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Biden makes history with Trans Day of Visibility Proclamation
Here’s another first from President Joe Biden: a White House proclamation recognizing Transgender Day Of Visibility. The proclamation, released Wednesday, honored the “trailblazing work” of trans and nonbinary folks in fighting for equality in the arenas of education, sports, and…
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Nebraska Supreme Court allows same-sex couple to adopt
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a lesbian couple can legally adopt a 3-year-old child who has lived with them since birth, overturning a lower court’s decision rejecting their petition. In July 2020, Dixon County Judge Douglas Luebe said…
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The Dutch went first in 2001; who has same-sex marriage now?
Twenty years ago, just after the stroke of midnight on April 1, the mayor of Amsterdam married four couples in City Hall as the Netherlands became the first country in the world with legalized same-sex marriages. “There are two reasons to rejoice,″…
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Pentagon sweeps away Trump policies on Trans service
The Pentagon said Wednesday that it was reversing policies set in place by the Trump administration that barred Transgender Americans from serving in uniform. The Defense Department also is updating and expanding wider access to medical care and assistance with…