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Month: May 2018
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Transgender woman in migrant caravan dies in ICE custody.
A transgender woman who traveled to the United States in a migrant caravan through Mexico has died while in the custody of immigration officials. Roxana Hernandez, 33, of Honduras died Friday at a hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She died from what appeared to be cardiac arrest, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
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Dear brands: Support for LGBT people should last all year.
It’s about that time of year again, when cities around the world are adorned in rainbows and play host to queer celebrations, parties, and parades. Our media becomes rife with advertisements showing pride, and many brands take every opportunity to remind us that they support LGBTQ+ people (read: consumers).
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In 1973, an arsonist killed 32 people at a gay club. Why has history shrugged?
To those who loved the Up Stairs Lounge, it was a kind of paradise. A gay club that doubled as a church, it was a sanctuary in 1970s New Orleans at a time when homosexuality was considered sufficient grounds for deportation, in a city where assaulting gay people was sport for college fraternities…
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Barbados elects pro-LGBT female prime minister.
Barbados last week elected its first female prime minister, who is also pro-LGBT, in a landslide victory. Mia Mottley will lead the Caribbean island country, and her party, the Barbados Labour Party, took all of the seats in parliament. It’s the first time the party has been in power in a decade.
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Gay and getting married? Read this first.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled same-sex couples nationwide could legally wed in June 2015, and gay couples have been flocking to churches and courthouses ever since. A 2017 Gallup poll found 10.2 percent of gay couples in the U.S. are now legally married. Financial implications are likely not at the top of the list…
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