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LGBT violent crime reporting bill back in front of Congress

An openly gay congressman from New York has reintroduced a bill to track data on violent deaths involving LGBTQ victims. Last week, U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney reintroduced the LGBTQ Essential Data Act, which would authorize $25 million to fully fund…

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Stonewall Inn flushes major beer company for GOP donations

New York City’s famed LGBT+ Stonewall Inn said it would pour Bud Light and Stella Artois beer down the drain this week to protest corporate donations by the brands’ owner to conservative lawmakers who have backed bills targeting transgender rights…

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The Vatican is fighting new LGBT equality laws in Italy

The Vatican has made an ‘unprecedented’ formal diplomatic objection to a draft Italian law against homophobia, a news report said Tuesday. The so-called Zan law, which is currently being debated in Italy‘s parliament, seeks to punish acts of discrimination…

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One in five young adult Mormons in the US are gay, lesbian or bisexual

More than a fifth of Generation Z Mormons do not self-identify as heterosexual, according to a major national study. One in ten are bisexual. The Nationscape dataset, which canvassed more than 318,000 Americans on a rolling basis in 2019 and 2020, had 3,881 self-identified…

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Kiwi weightlifter to become first transgender Olympian

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has made history as the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympic Games. The 43-year-old New Zealander has become the first trans competitor to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Laurel Hubbard, who is 16th in the…

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6 maps that show how far we still have to go for LGBT equality

We’ve come a long way in advancing LGBTQ rights since the first Pride march was held in New York City in 1970, from the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in 2010 and the achievement of marriage equality via the…