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HRC: Half of US states get failing grade on LGBT protections

Half of U.S. states lack basic protections for LGBTQ people, according to a report released Wednesday by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, The campaign’s State Equality Index, an annual ranking of laws and policies, found…

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German pro soccer honors LGBT people persecuted by Nazis

Clubs in the Bundesliga remembered those persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime because of their sexual and gender identity this weekend by donning commemorative rainbow jerseys and armbands. Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer took to the pitch with a…

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Honduras effectively killed same-sex marriage forever

The Honduran legislature today voted to change their country’s constitution to make it nearly impossible to reform previous bans on marriage equality and abortion rights for women. In the past, a two-thirds vote of the nation’s legislators was required to…

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One of Poland’s LGBT-free zones withdraws its hateful legislation

The first thread of Poland’s patchwork of so-called “LGBT-free zones” was undone Thursday (28 January) as town councillors voted to withdraw its hateful legislation, activists said. As women’s rights advocates, LGBT+ activists, among other allies, poured onto the streets of Warsaw…