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In memoriam: The LGBT heroes we lost in 2020

Ed Flipowski, a public relations executive whose work with Gucci and other companies influenced the fashion industry, died on Jan. 10 at 58 from complications from surgery at his Manhattan home. Michel Georges Alfred Catty, known as Michou, who ran a celebrated…

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Outsports Person of the Year: Katie Sowers

Katie Sowers will always be the first. The first woman to coach in a Super Bowl. The first out gay coach in NFL history. But she won’t be the last. For Sowers, 34, 2020 was a year of triumph and great sadness…

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Trump’s legacy on LGBT rights: sheer destruction

Several days after the 2016 election, I wrote a piece at HuffPost, where I was then editor-at-large, headlined, The Mike Pence (Donald Trump) Assault On LGBTQ Equality Is Already Underway. The sub-headline noted that “it’s only a matter of time before…

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Trump appears to have given up on anti-trans homeless shelter rule

The Trump administration has appeared to have given up a proposed regulation that would have allowed taxpayer-funded homeless shelters to refuse to place transgender people consistent with their gender identity, although another measure permitting HHS federal grantees to discriminate against…