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Judge blocks Biden's Title IX rule in four states, dealing a blow to protections for LGBTQ+ students
The Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department’s authority.
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This Philadelphia soccer club strives for inclusivity
Across the nation, there is still a debate about the participation of transgender athletes in sports competitions. That debate centers around whether trans athletes should be on the team based on the sex they were assigned at birth or the gender they now identify. NBC10’s Valeria Aponte Feliciano explains the challenge of equity in sports and shares all about a...
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As LGBTQ community grows, so does the ‘invisible majority,' according to experts
Studies have shown that the LGBTQ community has steadily been growing, but among that community there’s what experts are calling an “invisible majority.” NBC10’s Yukare Nakayama explains.
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Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement
Lawmakers have approved legislation that would rename a New York City subway station in honor of the Stonewall riots. The state Legislature approved a bill Wednesday that would change the name of the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station in Greenwich Village to the Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument Station.
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Transgender teen hospitalized after alleged attack in high school bathroom
Cobalt Sovereign, 17, alleged a student assaulted her while she was leaving the men’s bathroom at her high school in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
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Mazzoni Center in Philly receives $400K to provide better healthcare to LGBTQ+ community
Thousands of dollars in federal funds are going towards helping the Mazzoni Center in Philadelphia, the largest LGBTQ+ wellness center in the city. The money will go towards important facility and security upgrades and wellness services. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle has the details.
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With his transgender identity public, skier Jay Riccomini finds success on and off the slopes
Jay Riccomini is increasingly well known in the world of slopestyle skiing. He finished third overall in last season’s World Cup slopestyle standings, and is now mentioned as an Olympic hopeful in 2026. But he has also achieved a different kind of victory: publicly embracing his identity as a gay transgender man.
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After a quarter century, Thailand's LGBTQ Pride Parade is seen as a popular and political success
Thailand has kicked off its annual celebration for the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride Month as the country is on course to become the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize marriage equality.
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LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
Pride Month is kicking off around the world with parades and festivals in cities large and small. The annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture begins Saturday against a complicated backdrop of backlashes. Rights have been lost around the world and advocates say over 60 countries have anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
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Philadelphia kicks off Pride Month
Philadelphia is kicking off Pride Month with several special events throughout the city. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle has the story.
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Philly unfurls massive rainbow flag ahead of month of LGBTQ+ Pride
NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports Friday as the largest Pride flag in the country was unfurled along the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps and a Pride flag was raised in front of City Hall as Philadelphia prepares for Pride Month.
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Pride will be on full display all month in Philadelphia. It starts with a colorful Pride March
Batala Philly drums Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ community into Pride Month as NBC10’s Frances Wang previews this weekend’s Pride March.
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US security alert warns Americans overseas of potential attacks on LGBTQ events
The State Department renewed a global security warning Friday for Americans overseas, adding to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an “increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence.”
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FBI warns of threats to LGBTQ Pride Month events in the US
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said foreign terrorist organizations or their supporters are potentially targeting LGBTQ-related events, including Pride Month.
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New bathroom policy sparks debate over student equality at Pennridge School District
A new bathroom policy is sparking debate over student equality as the Pennridge School District is considering changes that opponents say would discriminate against transgender students. Whether the policy will pass is up in the air and the school board’s president says it could be dropped all together after a vote later this month. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan has the...
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Biden's new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but transgender sports rule still on hold
The Title IX provisions promise to dismantle rules created by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who added new safeguards for students accused of sexual misconduct. Biden’s policy does not have any mention of transgender athletes.
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Lawmakers in Thailand approve bill to legalize same-sex marriage
Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill hat would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender.
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Amid book bans, DEI cuts and ‘Don't Say Gay' laws, 7 states will mandate LGBTQ-inclusive curricula
Washington will join six other states in requiring public schools to include LGBTQ-inclusive curricula.
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Support for same-sex marriage and LGBTQ protections dipped in 2023, survey shows
The share of U.S. adults who support same-sex marriage and laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination has dipped in the last year, a survey has found, according to NBC News.
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‘Visibility is important': Nova star who came out as gay returns to court in LGBTQ+ tourney
NBC10’s Keith Jones reunites with former Villanova star Will Sheridan. The duo roomed together on the road with the Wildcats in the 2000s and now Sheridan is back on the court with the NGBA.