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Wider Than Websites? LGBTQ+ Advocates Fear Broader Discrimination After Supreme Court Ruling
A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a Colorado Christian graphic artist to refuse to work on wedding websites for same-sex couples has LGBTQ+ people across the country worried about broader consequences. Dallas Lyn Miller-Downes is a visual artist based in Portland, Oregon, and says the ruling turns businesses into the morality police. Kansas resident Kirby Evers is bisexual and...
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Biden Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill at White House Ceremony
President Joe Biden signed gay marriage legislation into law Tuesday before a crowd of thousands, a ceremony that reflected growing acceptance of same-sex unions.
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House Passes Bill Protecting Same-Sex, Interracial Unions, Sending It to Biden to Sign Into Law
President Joe Biden is expected to promptly sign the measure, which requires all states to recognize same-sex marriages.
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Conservative Justices Lean Toward Anti-Gay Marriage Web Designer in Case Pitting LGBTQ Rights Against Religious Freedom
The case comes at a time when the court is dominated 6-3 by conservatives and following a series of cases in which the justices have sided with religious plaintiffs.
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California Catholic Deacon Faces Backlash Over Anti-LGBTQ Tweet Posted Hours After Colorado Mass Shooting
An East Bay catholic deacon is under fire for insulting the LGBTQ community just hours after the Club Q shooting in Colorado.
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NYC's Oldest Gay Bar May Soon Get Landmark Status
Julius’ has been a bar since 1864. It was thrust into the forefront of the gay rights movement in 1966 — three years before the Stonewall riots — when activists staged a peaceful “sip in,” announcing they are homosexuals and asking to be served.
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Mormon Church Comes Out in Support of Protecting Same-Sex Marriage in Federal Law
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it supports efforts underway in Congress to safeguard same-sex marriage rights.
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Virginia Governor Seeks New Transgender Student Policies
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has rewritten Virginia’s model policies for the treatment of transgender students, issuing guidance for school divisions that would roll back some accommodations and tighten parental notification requirements.
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‘Brilliant' Harvard Grad Student's Arrest, Death in Custody Abroad Prompt Outcry
A Harvard Kennedy School graduate student and transgender advocate died in Indonesia after being arrested at the start of his honeymoon, prompting calls for an investigation from family, other advocates and the school. Rodrigo Ventosilla, a 32-year-old from Peru, was arrested for carrying prescription medicine and then, along with his husband, deprived of rights while in detention in Bali, all…
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GOP Lawmaker Attended Gay Son's Wedding 3 Days After Voting Against Same-Sex Marriage
The gay son of Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., got married on Friday. A few days earlier, his father voted against the Respect for Marriage Act.
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House Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill in Retort to High Court
The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by many conservatives. In a robust but lopsided debate, Democrats argued intensely and often personally in favor of enshrining marriage equality in federal law, while Republicans steered clear of openly...
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Japan Court Says Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Constitutional
A Japanese court ruled Monday that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitution, and rejected demands for compensation by three couples who said their right to free union and equality has been violated.
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Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect LGBTQ Community, Ban Conversion Therapy
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday during a Pride event at the White House, directing federal agencies to investigate discriminatory legislative attacks against LGBTQ individuals and banning conversion therapy.
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Jill Biden Calls for Renewed Support of LGBTQ Community: ‘We Will Not Go Back'
During a Pride event at the White House Wednesday, first lady Dr. Jill Biden celebrated social progress while calling for renewed protections as states around the country pass anti-LGBTQ laws. “Your president and I are proud to stand with you and fight beside you, but we know this progress hasn’t reached everyone in the same way.”
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A 20-Year-Old Broadway Play About LGBTQ Inclusion in Sports Is More Relevant Than Ever
The Broadway revival of “Take Me Out” shines a spotlight on LGBTQ+ inclusion in major league sports.
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LGBTQ People Urge Democrats to Forcefully Reject GOP Attacks
Democratic political candidates are struggling to counter a barrage of GOP attacks targeting LGBTQ people, particularly transgender people.
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Pride Kicks Off in NYC with Ceremony at Stonewall National Monument
Pride Month kicks off in New York City as the Pride flag was raised over the historic Stonewall National Monument.
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What Is Pride Month? Everything to Know About the LGBTQ Observance
Brush up on the history and meaning of Pride before the month-long celebration begins
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Battle Over LGBTQ Student Rights Playing Out in Bucks County
NBC10 reporter Deanna Durante has the story from Bucks County about a battle over LGBTQ rights and how some students are upset about bullying.
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Nurse at Trans Health Center Breaks Down Myths in Anti-LGBTQ Legislation
When nurse practitioner Dallas Ducar reflects on her childhood, she focuses on moments of what she calls “gender euphoria.” “Whether it was wearing the right clothes, getting to wear makeup very briefly, being able to very briefly be referred to as the right pronouns, those were what kept me alive,” she told NBCLX. Ducar, 29, didn’t transition until she was…