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Veterans Affairs to provide gender-confirmation surgery

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced his Department is moving to provide gender-confirmation surgery through its health care coverage reversing a 2013 ban on those surgical procedures. Speaking at a Pride Month event at the Orlando VA Healthcare…

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Gay and lesbian Russians say a cultural shift is underway

When Lisa Androshina threw her first lesbian party in Moscow in 2017, she had low expectations.  “We wanted to just gather with our friends and just listen to cool music,” Androshina, 34, told NBC News. “We didn’t plan to do anything serious.”…

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Truck veers into Florida Pride parade, at least one dead

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has also confirmed that she is safe, but that she is “deeply shaken and devastated.” This story is ongoing and will continue to be updated. A man has left at least three people injured after he…

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Justice Department and ACLU to jointly contest anti-Trans laws

In court documents filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the U.S. Department of Justice, in Statement of Interest filings, joined the…

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Why Pride organizers are banning cops

LGBTQ communities across the country are grappling with a burning question: Do police belong at Pride? More organizers are banning police at Pride events than ever before, but it’s been a contentious move. The greater LGBTQ community is split…

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Sesame Street introduces two gay dads for Pride Month

Sesame Street is celebrating Pride month with an adorable special episode introducing its first ever same-sex couple. The milestone episode, titled “Family Day,” debuted on HBO Max and YouTube on Thursday (17 June) and sees characters welcome their family members to…