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ACLU steps in after student punished for saying ‘I’m a lesbian’

The ACLU of Kansas has requested that a school district “take action… to avoid prolonged litigation” following an internal investigation that found two employees of the district had violated internal policy and federal law when they suspended an eighth grade…

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Richard Branson to take Pride flag to space for Pulse victims

British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has vowed to take a Pride flag into space after being asked to do so by someone who “lost a loved one” at the 2016 Pulse massacre. His extraterrestrial venture Virgin Galactic will send its space…

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Court: Israel must allow surrogacy for same-sex couples

The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday ruled same-sex couples and single men must be allowed to have a child via surrogate. Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, reported the court rejected the current government’s position that passing a law to allow same-sex…

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Nation’s most brazenly hateful anti-LGBT law blocked by judge

One of the nation’s most insidious anti-LGBTQ+ laws, which required that Tennessee businesses post signs warning the public that they allow trans patrons to use their facilities, was blocked by a federal judge Friday. Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed House Bill…

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GOP attorneys general throw tantrum over Biden’s LGBT allyship

A total of 21 Republican state attorneys general have united in opposition to president Joe Biden’s new civil rights protections for the LGBT+ community. A letter written by Tennessee attorney general Herbert Slatery III and signed by 20 others accuses Biden of…

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Thief tries to outsmart some lesbians and fails miserably

America: land of the free, home of the brave, and also home of the man who tried—and embarrassingly failed—to steal a stranger’s Pride flag. A Phoenix resident was caught on camera attempting to take a lesbian’s Pride flag…