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Celebrating 6 longtime LGBT couples for Valentine’s Day

This year we celebrate Valentine’s Day a year into a global pandemic. While many of us have been physically closer with our partners than ever before, this doesn’t always mean emotional closeness, and the pandemic has been particularly trying on relationships…

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Arizona Republicans compare nonbinary people to animals, it

Two Arizona legislators are facing ethics complaints after one likened identifying as nonbinary to identifying as a chicken and another referred to a nonbinary person as “it.” State Reps. John Fillmore and Kevin Payne, both Republicans, made those remarks Wednesday…

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UN: Iran’s use of electric shocks on LGBT children is torture

A United Nations report found the Islamic Republic of Iran imposed electric shock torture on LGBT+ children, among other human rights violations. British LGBT+ campaigner Peter Tatchell told The Jerusalem Post that the regime’s “abuses echo anti-LGBT+ medical treatments by…

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Bills restricting trans student athletes advance in three states

North Dakota, Mississippi, and Utah have advanced bills aimed at preventing transgender student athletes, especially trans girls, from competing on teams comporting with their gender identity. The North Dakota House of Representatives passed its bill Thursday, and it now goes…