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Mexico fans finally get the message on homophobic chants

Mexico football fans have finally managed to make it through an entire match without chanting a homophobic slur. It seemed spectators had finally got the message as Wednesday’s (16 July) CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Guatemala played out without a single…

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CA budgets millions to train teachers on LGBT issues

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, approved a final state budget on Monday that includes $3 million for LGBTQ cultural competency training for public school teachers. That makes the state the first in the country to allocate funding in this specific…

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Montana sued over trans ID law requiring proof of surgery

Two transgender Montanans filed a lawsuit Friday against the state over a new law that requires trans people who want to change the gender marker on their identifying documents to prove that they’ve had genital surgery. The law, signed by…

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Meet the same-sex couples who will be competing in Tokyo

A record number of out LGBTQ athletes are heading to Tokyo, and naturally, that means several Olympic couples will be making the trip together. We’ve seen same-sex couples compete on the same Olympic team before. Back in 2016, Helen Richardson-Walsh and…

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Methodists seize control of rogue antigay church

The United Methodist Church (UMC) has seized a member church in Georgia following a rift between the church’s leaders and the denomination-led conference, which left the denomination’s appointed pastor unable to take helm of the church. The North Georgia Conference…