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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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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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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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Federal officials warn of increased terror threat at Pride events
June is Pride Month in many communities worldwide, but this year, the celebrations come with a word of caution from federal authorities. The U.S. State Department is warning of the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violence against the LGBTQ+ community at Pride events, particularly overseas. “We have definitely heard about it,” said Gary Daffin, organizer of Boston Pride...
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First male couple to wed in U.S. reflect on 20 years of marriage equality
It’s been two decades since Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to recognize same-sex marriage. It was a momentous event for those who had fought and pushed for marriage equality under the law. So much has changed for Don Picard and Robert DeBenedictis since then. What hasn’t changed is their love for each other, which remains strong....
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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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Mass. celebrates 20 years of marriage equality
It’s been 20 years since Massachusetts became a beacon of hope for the LGBTQ+ community across the nation. Cities across the commonwealth celebrated the trailblazing moment that changed how same-sex couples are viewed under the law. “We’re here in this place, the Cambridge City Hall, holding onto a vision that, in minutes, will be a promise fulfilled,” said Rev....
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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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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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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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Kansas' AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law
Kansas’ attorney general is telling public schools that they’re required to tell parents their children are transgender or non-binary even if they’re not out at home.
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Nearly 30% of Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ, national survey finds
More than 1 in 4 Gen Z adults in the U.S. identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, dwarfing the percentages of LGBTQ Americans in older age groups, a new survey has found.
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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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Mass. priest under fire for homily on trans community, false claims that kids identify as cats
A Catholic reverend in Dracut, Massachusetts, drew a lot of reaction for his Sunday homily on transgender people. “We don’t make any judgment calls on the people in transition, we treat people with dignity and respect,” Rev. Kevin Sepe of St. Francis Assisi of Dracut said Sunday. Sepe went on to say he did not support people who are...
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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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‘Really proud moment': Red Cross now accepts blood from gay and bisexual men
Massachusetts’ public health commissioner was able to donate blood for the first time Tuesday, celebrating new rules that open blood donation to gay and bisexual men. DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein was joined by his friend Rochelle Walensky, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at the Red Cross Donation Center in Dedham. The pair spent years fighting…