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Restraining order issued to allow a Pride event to go ahead
Afederal judge in Tennessee issued a restraining order Friday to stop local law enforcement from prosecuting organizers of an LGBTQ+ pride event this weekend…
Month: September 2023
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Federal judge blocks Texas’s pro-censorship book banning law
Federal Judge Alan D. Albright has blocked the Texas READER Act. Texas’s draconian pro-censorship book banning law, the READER Act, was set to go into effect September 1, 2023. The law would require development of a manual by the…
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Gay tennis star Brian Vahaly was honored at the US Open
The US Open gave a big nod towards inclusion Thursday night. Prior to Carlos Alcaraz’s second-round match, organizers took a pause to celebrate Brian Vahaly, the first top 100 men’s player to ever publicly come out as gay…
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Instagram seems to be blocking some LGBT accounts
Whether it’s a problem with artificial intelligence policing content or biases by human reviewers, on Instagram, LGBTQ+ people and sex education accounts appear to be at a higher rate of being partially blocked by users on Instagram than other…
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Proud Boy weeps as he’s sentenced for January 6 insurrection
The Proud Boys member who led the charge into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Dominic Pezzola, who the New York Times described as a “rank-and-file” member of the…
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Federal judge stops Texas law banning drag performances
Drag performers and LGBTQIA+ allied businesses belong in our state — and Texas politicians have no right to censor our free expression…
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Texas age-verification law violates the First Amendment
Score one for Pornhub: A federal judge ruled Thursday that a Texas law requiring pornography sites to institute age-verification measures — and add prominent warning labels about the alleged dangers of porn…