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There were 24 pro-LGBT actions in Biden’s first 50 days

When Joe Biden campaigned for president in 2020, he vowed to give LGBTQ+ people a “partner in the White House” following four years of Trump’s constant attacks on the community. According to a new report, he’s off to a pretty good…

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GOP lawmakers remove LGBT people from hate crimes bill

Republican lawmakers in South Carolina removed sexual orientation and gender identity from the list of protected categories in their hate crimes bill yesterday, partly out of unfounded fear that religious people will be punished under it. “The mere fact in…

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Trumpers yell homophobic slurs at kids outside school

A group of Trump supporters and other ultra-conservatives have come under fire for harassing parents and children outside a school in Brevard County, Florida this week. Kids entered the school building amid yelling of “queers,” “pedophiles” and other homophobic slurs…

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How conversion therapy flourishes despite bans

The first time Sarah tried to tell her parents she was actually a girl, not a boy, her father beat her with a leather belt strap. She was 5 years old. It was the 1960s and corporal punishment was a relatively…

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Hey Poland, the EU has been declared an ‘LGBT freedom zone’

The European Union (EU) has been declared an “LGBTIQ freedom zone” in response to Poland‘s heinous ‘LGBT-free zones’. The move by the European Parliament comes two years after the first local authority in Poland declared itself an “LGBTIQ-free zone”. Since…