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Half of banned books featured LGBT or POC characters
More than half of books banned during the last school year featured or were about people of color or members of the LGBTQ community, according to a report…
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Fed up: 2 in 5 Americans say living in US no longer enjoyable
As economic pressures mount and social tensions rise, many Americans are setting their sights beyond U.S. borders for a better quality of life…
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Iowa is first state to remove civil rights from protected class
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Friday that strikes gender identity from the state’s civil rights law, making…
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Trump erases the ‘T’ from another LGBT monument website
The National Park Service (NPS) has removed all mentions of transgender people from its website for Dupont Circle, a popular meeting place and neighborhood…
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Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras parade 2025 – in pictures
All the colour, costume and camp of the 47th edition of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras…
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Tennessee drag ban will stay as SCOTUS refuses to hear case
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit challenging Tennessee‘s drag ban, leaving in place an appeals court ruling upholding the law…
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Homeland Security now allowed to spy on LGBT people & groups
The Department of Homeland Security has eliminated policies preventing the investigation of individuals or groups solely based on their sexual orientation or gender identity…