News + Politics
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Return to Service: DC’s LGBTQ bars and taverns are starting to reopen
LGBTQ-friendly bars and restaurants have adapted to cope with the pandemic, and are all eager to get back to a "new normal"
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LGBTQ representation in media and ads leads to greater acceptance, according to GLAAD study
Non-LGBTQ Americans are more likely to support LGBTQ relatives and equal rights if they have been exposed to LGBTQ-inclusive media
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WATCH: Brian Sims slams Republican colleagues over COVID-19 exposure
The Pennsylvania state representative alleges a Republican colleague tested positive and did not inform Democrats.
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Gay playwright and HIV/AIDS activist Larry Kramer dies
Author of "The Normal Heart" was one of the most ferocious LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS activists
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Christian Cooper, victim in racist Central Park video, is a trailblazing gay editor
Cooper created the first openly gay Star Trek character and Marvel's first lesbian lead character
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Diana Ross “didn’t understand” the gay meaning behind “I’m Coming Out”
Nile Rodgers said Ross "didn’t understand" that coming out "was a gay thing"
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Gay sex club forced to close after allegedly violating Michigan’s lockdown orders
Club Tabu in Lansing wasn't adhering to social distancing, with one health official saying, "No way they are 6 feet apart"
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Even a pandemic won’t shut down Us Helping Us
Local organization is distributing "senior care kits" and food packages to vulnerable LGBTQ community members
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Transgender youth more vulnerable to depression and suicidal feelings
Transgender and nonbinary youth report higher instances of discrimination, threats, and physical harm
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Congressional leaders call on federal government to collect LGBTQ data on COVID-19
Senators say more data on COVID-19's impact on LGBTQ people is needed to ensure an appropriate response
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Christian teacher charged with soliciting male prostitute after claiming black men kidnapped him
Christopher Keys told family he was kidnapped, rather than admit he was meeting a man from Craigslist, police say
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New York police union endorses anti-LGBTQ Democrat Ruben Diaz Sr. in congressional primary
Longtime Bronx politician has established a record as one of the fiercest opponents of LGBTQ rights
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Campaign for Southern Equality opens up second round of grants for LGBTQ Southerners
Regional organization will issue $125,000 in additional funding to those negatively impacted by COVID-19
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‘God’s Own Country’ distributor Samuel Goldwyn censors film on Prime Video
The film's director Francis Lee strongly objects to the edits made by Samuel Goldwyn for its Amazon Prime Video release.
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Supreme Court refuses Idaho’s request to postpone transgender inmate’s surgery
Lower court found that denying Adree Edmo surgery violated her Eighth Amendment rights
