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Grammys hailed as ‘queerest in years’ as LGBT stars win big

The 2021 Grammys were the queerest in years, garnering major wins for stars famed in the LGBT+ community. The Grammys are music’s biggest night of celebrations, and it was a night of history-making moments and tear-jerking performances. The 63rd annual awards…

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US psychological group finally condemns conversion therapy

The American Psychological Association (APA) adopted a resolution that accepts gender as a nonbinary construct, finds gender dysphoria is not a mental illness, and warns that gender identity change efforts (GICE), better known as conversion therapy, are detrimental to a…

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Lesbians in prison: The making of a threat

After World War II, criminologists began depicting the white “lesbian prison inmate” as a menacing social type and dangerous sexual category. Historian Estelle B. Freedman explores how this happened, as both academic and popular attention focused on women in prison…

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There’s a new anti-trans bathroom bill, but with a twist

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would allow cisgender students to sue a school if they are ‘forced’ to share school facilities with trans students. Jason Zachary, a Republican congressman from Knoxville, introduced House Bill 1233 at the…

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The remarkable life of a gay pioneer you have never heard of

An upcoming film is recounting the incredible life story of Ric Weiland, a gay Microsoft programmer who became one of the most important philanthropists in the LGBTQ+ and AIDS movements. Directed by out gay man Aaron Bear with a voice-over from…