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Hungary just ‘erased’ transgender people with a new law.

Using emergency powers the Hungarian parliament has passed a law that recognizes only “sex assigned at birth” in official documents. Previously, Hungarians had been legally free to change their gender with the government. “Legal gender recognition procedures are the baseline…

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Polari: The secret language gay men used to survive.

Polari was spoken to skirt the UK’s strict anti-homosexuality laws. Though largely forgotten, some of its words can be found in dictionaries today. “Bona to vada your dolly old eek!” That may seem like a string of nonsense words from…

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A 66-year-old Nebraska woman sued all ‘homosexuals.’

A 66-year-old woman in Nebraska filed a lawsuit against “homosexuals” in 2015, asking a federal judge to once and for all decide whether or not homosexuality is an “abomination.” Now the details of the case are circulating on social media…

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‘Religious freedom’ is coming at the expense of LGBT rights.

The Trump administration’s expansion of religious exemptions is undermining civil rights protections and codifying discrimination against marginalized groups — particularly LGBTQ people — according to a report released Monday by three research and advocacy groups. Using a combination of new rules…

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LGBT Ugandans arrested under ‘bogus’ charges are free.

19 LGBT+ Ugandans who were arrested, whipped and interrogated under “bogus” coronavirus charges have been released following sustained pressure from human rights groups. Their release was ordered by a Ugandan court on Monday (May 18) after public prosecutors were forced to withdraw…

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Two dads adopt teen over Zoom proving gays will find a way.

The global pandemic may have closed or stalled many governmental agencies and processes but as my grandmother often said: where there’s a will there’s a way! Or maybe, in this case, where there’s a will there’s a Zoom. As we’ve…