News + Politics
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Groundbreaking LGBTQ-owned housing complex opens in New York City
The Queens apartment complex fulfills a 30-year dream for its owner, transgender activist Ceyenne Doroshow.
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News outlets misgendered almost 2 out of every 3 transgender murder victims in 2020
18 of 23 misgendered victims were incorrectly identified in official police reports
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Rachel Maddow calls partner’s COVID experience “scary as hell”
Maddow delivered a monologue from quarantine urging viewers to take the coronavirus seriously
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Husband of trans performer Yuni Carey charged with stabbing her to death in their Miami apartment
Police claim Ygor Arrudasouza confessed to killing his wife with a knife and fork during a meth-induced haze
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Mondaire Jones, historymaking gay congressman, elected House freshman leader
Jones said he was proud to be "part of the boldest, most diverse Congress in American history"
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International Transgender Day of Remembrance commemorates those lost to violence
Annual event, first started in 1999, remembers those trans people who lost their lives to anti-trans violence or bigotry
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Gay congressman loses bid for Assistant Speaker in Democratic House leadership elections
Rep. David Cicilline, endorsed by Equality Caucus, falls short against Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark
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Karine Jean-Pierre, lesbian political trailblazer, on shortlist for White House press secretary
Jean-Pierre has been called a "superstar" by former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett
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Injectable PrEP receives ‘breakthrough therapy’ designation from FDA
Bimonthly injections were previously found to be more effective than daily pills at preventing HIV transmission
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Anti-LGBTQ Republican who claimed Bible was his “vaccine” gets COVID-19
Failed GOP politician E.W. Jackson has called gay people "perverted" and "very sick"
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Creating Change 2021: Registration opens for LGBTQ leadership conference
Annual conference, focusing on racial and social justice, will be held virtually from Jan. 28-31
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Barack Obama “ashamed” he used anti-gay slurs as a teenager
Former president also discussed his lesbian great aunt in new memoir A Promised Land
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Human Rights Campaign issues report on anti-trans violence as U.S. deaths reach record high
Report's release coincides with Transgender Day of Remembrance and new FBI data showing rise in anti-trans hate crimes
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Gertrude Stein Democratic Club elects new board for 2021
Last week, the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city’s top LGBTQ political organization, elected a slate of new board members for the upcoming year. The...
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HIV diagnoses reach record low among gay and bisexual men
Public Health England attributed the record low to increased testing, condom usage, and the availability of PrEP
