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National Guard gives the boot to HIV-positive military cadet

Even though his viral load is undetectable because of treatment, a military cadet in Vermont has lost his scholarships and been cut from the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and the Vermont Army National Guard after testing positive for HIV…

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Judge strikes down military’s limits on HIV+ service members

In a landmark ruling, a federal court has ordered the Defense Department to end a long-standing Pentagon policy forbidding enlisted military service members from deploying in active duty outside the continental U.S. and being commissioned as officers if they have…

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VA passes its version of ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ erases LGBT history

Legislation proposed during the Virginia General Assembly’s 60-day session has angered LGBTQ activists in the state as they say it will bar self-expression in schools and uphold troublesome relics of past homophobic legislation.  A bill giving parents the power to…

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Oklahoma wants to criminalize librarians over LGBT books

After the very end of a legislative session on Tuesday, the Oklahoma Senate Education Committee passed a bill to ban LGBTQ books (and books on LGBTQ-inclusive sex education). The bill now looks to advance towards the Senate floor. Authored by…

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The list of states trying to ban LGBT books just got longer

Tennessee Republicans filed a bill this past week aimed at removing books deemed “obscene or harmful to minors” from school libraries. The proposed legislation would apply to all of the state’s K-12 public schools, including charter schools. House Bill 1944 would…