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PA Lt. Gov. Fetterman defies law and hangs Pride flag (again)

June is Pride Month, and an illegal flag displayed outside the Pennsylvania Capitol on Tuesday marked the occasion. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman chose to mark the beginning of this month celebrating LGBTQ culture and rights by once again displaying a

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FL governor starts Pride Month off signing anti-Trans sports ban

Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1028, a bill that bars Trans youth athletes from participating in sports on the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month 2021 Tuesday June 1. One provision of the law stipulates that a transgender student athlete…

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‘Ex-gay’ activists lobby Congress to kill LGBT civil rights bill

A small group of men and women who have declared themselves “ex-gay” or “OnceGay” lobbied Congress today in opposition to landmark LGBTQ non-discrimination legislation. The group also opposes efforts to make conversion therapy illegal; the psychologically damaging pseudoscientific technique claims…

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Biden on Pride Month: ‘Accept nothing less than full equality’

President Biden issued the first formal proclamation of his administration recognizing Pride Month on Tuesday, telling LGBTQ people both at home and abroad they should “accept nothing less than full equality.” Biden’s proclamation kicks off Pride Month by remembering the…