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Transgender people can be baptized Catholic and serve as godparents, Vatican says
The document was signed Oct. 21 by Pope Francis and Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, who heads the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
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Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney signs executive order protecting gender-affirming care
Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney signed an executive order on Tuesday that protects anyone seeking, receiving and providing gender-affirming care.
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Philly celebrates OURFest with first ever Coming Out Parade in America
Philadelphia celebrated the first ever Coming Out Parade in America on Saturday. It was part of the city’s OURFest celebrations as National Coming Out Day approaches. NBC10’s Karen Hua has the highlights.
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First OURfest since the pandemic to make history in Philadelphia
Philly is hosting a huge party to honor members of the LGBTQ+ community. It’s the first “OURfest” since the pandemic and this year’s event features a history making parade. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan has the details.
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National Coming Out Day is next week, celebrations are underway in Philly
In Philadelphia, the celebrations for National Coming Out Day have already begun and include a ‘historic first’ for the City of Brotherly Love. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle shares a preview of the events.
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Philly celebrates National Coming Out Day
Oct. 11 marks National Coming Out Day which celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle shows us how Philadelphia is celebrating this weekend.
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Inside the anti-LGBTQ effort to put Christian prayer and the Bible back in schools
Some Christian pastors and politicians argue that school prayer would prevent children from identifying as transgender. LGBTQ rights advocates are fighting back.
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Jury awards $100,000 to Kentucky couple denied marriage license
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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California business owner, mother of 9 killed after confrontation over Pride flag in front of her shop
Authorities say a California store owner has been fatally shot after a dispute over a LGBTQ Pride flag outside her business.
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Georgia panel rejects recommendation to fire teacher for reading book on gender fluidity to 5th graders
The panel reached a decision after a two-day hearing last week about whether Rinderle should be fired for reading the picture book “My Shadow is Purple” by Scott Stuart.
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Wendy Guevara becomes the first trans woman to win a Mexican reality TV series
Guevara won “La casa de los famosos México” with more than 18 million fan votes, marking a historic moment in Mexican reality TV.
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Red Cross now allowing more gay and bisexual men to donate blood following FDA guidelines
The updated guidelines do away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood.
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Suspect in custody in deadly Brooklyn gas station stabbing of O'Shae Sibley: Official
The suspect in the deadly gas station stabbing of O’Shae Sibley is in police custody after turning himself in at a Brooklyn stationhouse, a senior law enforcement official said.
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3 people say they were tricked into appearing in anti-trans film ‘What Is a Woman?'
Three people who appeared in the viral documentary “What Is a Woman?” told NBC News that the producers misrepresented how it would portray transgender topics.
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Web designer in Supreme Court gay rights ruling cited client who denies making wedding site request
A Colorado web designer who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled could refuse to make a wedding website for gay couples had cited a request from a man who says he never asked to work with her.
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Supreme Court: First Amendment allows Christian web designer to refuse LGBTQ clients
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist can refuse to design wedding websites for same-sex couples.
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Anheuser-Busch CEO says his company will continue to support the LGBTQ community
Bud Light hired transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney as a spokesperson, setting off a backlash the brand is still struggling to contain.
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For some states with laws on transgender bathrooms, officials may not know how they will be enforced
U.S. states with laws restricting what bathrooms transgender kids can use in public schools are wrestling with how those laws will be enforced. At least 10 states have enacted such laws and transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people expect states to rely on what they call vigilante enforcement by private individuals. Arkansas and Florida threaten educators’ licenses. Oklahoma promises to cut...
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Sorority says rules allow transgender woman to join Wyoming chapter
Members of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Wyoming sued in March, saying the sorority violated its own rules by admitting a transgender woman.
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The push to protect LGBTQ people from hate crimes in Pennsylvania
A task force launched by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is looking to give resources to trans people and other LBGBTQ people who are victims of hate crimes. There is now a push to increase LGBTQ protections statewide in Pennsylvania. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports.