All posts by John Riley
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BYU moves to restrict student demonstrations after LGBTQ protests
Brigham Young University has restricted where students may hold demonstrations and is threatening to discipline critical students.
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Doctors refusing to treat LGBTQ people? These Republicans want to make it happen.
South Carolina lawmakers delay vote on a "right of refusal" bill over fears it will be used against people not vaccinated against COVID-19.
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California becomes first state to require insurance to cover at-home STI tests
California has become the first state in the nation to require insurance to cover the costs of at-home STI tests.
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FDA urged to scrap abstinence requirement for gay and bisexual blood donors
LGBTQ advocates are urging the FDA to eliminate the deferral period for gay and bisexual blood donors
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Loudoun County pulls nonbinary author’s graphic novel from school libraries
Loudoun County Public Schools has banned a controversial graphic novel from school libraries due to concerns about sexually explicit content.
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Transgender man beaten at Denver train station, kicked out of Uber following attack
A transgender man in Denver says he was beaten up at a train station, and discriminated against by his Uber driver after escaping the attack.
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Gay activist who challenged Florida’s same-sex marriage ban found dead in landfill
Police are investigating the death of Florida gay marriage activist Jorge Diaz-Johnston, who was found dead in a landfill last Saturday.
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New York photographer who doesn’t want to photograph same-sex weddings appeals case dismissal
A New York wedding photographer is appealing a federal judge’s decision throwing out a lawsuit she brought challenging LGBTQ protections in the state’s nondiscrimination law. ...
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Seven Republican states are pushing a new wave of anti-trans bills
At least seven Republican states are seeking to restrict various aspects of transgender people's lives.
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New Jersey protects same-sex marriage from Supreme Court
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law enshrining protections for same-sex marriage permanently into state law.
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Military veterans can now identify as trans or nonbinary in their medical records
The Department of Veterans Affairs will allow transgender and nonbinary service members to have gender identity listed in medical records.
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Central New York school backtracks after censoring gay student in school newsletter
Administrators in a New York school district attempted to censor a high schooler who wrote about coming out and overcoming anti-gay bullying.
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Minneapolis Councilmember Andrea Jenkins becomes first transgender president of a city council
Minneapolis Councilmember Andrea Jenkins has become the first out trans person elected president of a city council in the United States.
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OnlyFans star arrested in Singapore for posting “obscene material”
OnlyFans star Titus Low Kaide has been arrested and charged under Singapore's laws outlawing electronic transmission of pornography.
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Prosecutors in Japan may bring charges against trans woman for using women’s bathroom
Prosecutors in Osaka, Japan, are considering charging a trans woman for using the women's restroom without female identity documents.
