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‘Pride is back at the White House,’ Biden celebrates Pride 2021

President Joe Biden accompanied by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg celebrated LGBTQ+ Pride month with a series of events at the White House Friday. The President had started Friday’s acknowledgement of the LGBTQ+ community by signing House Resolution 49, which designates…

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Making the case for LGBT reparations in America

It is generally hard to know when a social revolution has achieved its goals. In the case of the American gay rights revolution, however, it appears that this is an easy one to call. At least as far as the…

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New design for the Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza unveiled

Harvey Milk’s quip that “whoever can solve the dog shit problem can be elected mayor of San Francisco, even president of the United States” will be engraved in the Castro neighborhood plaza that bears his name if the preliminary design…

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Malaysia seeks stricter sharia laws against ‘LGBT lifestyle’

A Malaysian government taskforce on Thursday proposed amendments to sharia law that would allow action to be taken against social media users for insulting Islam and “promoting the LGBT lifestyle”. Sodomy and same-sex acts are illegal under Islamic law in…

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Most LGBT adults have faced threats of physical violence

A new study by the Williams Institute found that more than half of LGBTQ adults in the U.S. have experienced threats of violence and more than one-third have been the victims of actual violence. Of the 42% of respondents who said…

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US and other Western embassies fly Pride Flags in Moscow

The U.S., British and Canadian embassies in Russia on Friday hung rainbow flags on their buildings in Moscow in honor of LGBT Pride Month celebrated worldwide. In a joint statement with colleagues from Australia, Iceland and New Zealand…

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Dutch leader wants Hungary out of the EU over anti-LGBT law

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has said that Hungary should be expelled from the European Union if it refuses to back down on its anti-LGBT+ law. On 15 June, Hungary’s National Assembly passed a law banning the depiction or discussion of…