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DOD: Trans people can ‘walk in and join’ the military right now

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby gave assurances Friday the U.S. military is currently allowing transgender people to enlist in the military service as a result of an executive order President Biden signed reversing Trump’s transgender military ban. Kirby, responding to questions…

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Escaped gay Chechen men sent back by Russian police

Two gay Chechen men who fled to Russia after allegedly being tortured have been returned to Chechnya and are in “mortal danger”, a rights group says. The Russian LGBT Network said Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev had been seized and…

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Fauci visited gay spas to understand how AIDS was spreading

Anthony Fauci has said AIDS activists who protested outside his office in the 1980s and burned effigies of his body were “justified in their concerns”. Fauci has worked at the forefront of the United States’ response to the coronavirus pandemic…

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Washington Post: What’s next on the LGBT-rights agenda?

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made history Wednesday when he was sworn in as the first openly gay Cabinet member in U.S. history. President Biden has signed executive orders that included repealing the transgender military ban and banning discrimination based on…