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Two Texas Republicans joined the fight to protect LGBT people.

Two Texas Republicans have joined the fight to protect queer people in the state from discrimination, going against the extremely anti-LGBT+ Texas GOP platform. State representatives Todd Hunter, of Corpus Christi, and Sarah Davis, of West University Place, have joined…

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Trump to SCOTUS: Let adoption agencies reject LGBT families.

In the latest example of the Trump administration seeking to enable legal discrimination against LGBTQ people, the Justice Department is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to allow religious-affiliated adoption agencies to refuse child placement into LGBTQ homes…

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Operation Pridefall: 4chan’s attempt to bring down Pride 2020.

This past Sunday, Horse Meat Disco ran into some difficulties with a Facebook livestream. Instead of a DJ set from London’s premier queer disco quadruplet, meant to raise money for the south London LGBTQ institution Eagle London, fans saw nothing…

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Trans woman with HIV dies after medics refuse treatment.

Paramedics in Colombia allegedly left a trans woman to die after learning she was living with HIV. Alejandra Monocuco, who lived in the Santa Fe neighborhood of Bogotá and was employed as a sex worker, had exhibited symptoms of the…

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Older gay and bisexual adults are more likely to use drugs.

A new study found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) middle-aged adults are at a significantly higher risk of substance abuse. The New York University study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine this month, found that older…