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School computers block LGBT websites as ‘porn,’ KKK content OK

A troubling new report finds that a security software program used by schools across the country is banning vital resources for LGBTQ+ youth. According to an investigation from Motherboard, LGBTQ+ media publications and websites providing health care information to queer…

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Alabama just did something positive for LGBT school kids

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) has just signed a bill to repeal the state’s requirement that sex education in schools teach that homosexuality is unacceptable, unhealthy, and illegal. “It was just trying to make the language appropriate and scientifically correct,”…

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Polish town revokes ‘LGBT-free’ status so it can keep EU grants

An ‘LGBT-free’ town in Poland dubbed “Europe’s laughing-stock” has withdrawn its official homophobic status after Norway threatened to revoke a multi-million Euro grant. The small community of Kraśnik in eastern Poland was among the first in the country to…

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Overwhelming support by LGBT Americans of Biden’s first 100 days

Over three-quarters of LGBTQ Americans approve of Democratic President Joe Biden’s performance during his first 100 days in office. Similar margins also indicate that they will get a COVID-19 vaccine, fear that the Senate filibuster will prevent an expansion of…

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100 days: Where Biden stands on his promises on LGBT rights

As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden vowed to reverse a spate of anti-LGBTQ+ policies instituted by President Donald Trump and advance equality for the community. In the first 100 days, he has largely accomplished what he promised he’d do upon entering office…

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Father arrested while testifying against trans health care ban

The father of a transgender teen was arrested while testifying against an anti-trans bill in the Arkansas House because his speech went 30 seconds over his allotted time, even though he said that far-right representatives of hate groups were allowed to…