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Palm Center, an LGBTQ Military Think Tank, Closes Down
The Palm Center, a research institute that specializes in researching LGBTQ inclusion in the U.S. military, is shutting down day-to-day operations after 24 years of...
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Cuban Voters Legalize Gay Marriage and Adoption
Two-thirds of Cuban voters have approved a revised family code legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption, as well as other rights.
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Pentagon to Pay $1.3 Million to Military Members with HIV
The Department of Defense will pay $1,325,000 to settle claims for attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by the Modern Military Association of America and three...
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Biden administration: LGBTQ military veterans discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to receive full benefits
Ten years after the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the VA will allow discharged LGBTQ military veterans to recoup the benefits they lost.
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Right-wing pundits blame “woke” pro-LGBTQ ideology for Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
Media Matters reports right-wing pundits are blaming "woke" ideology and support for LGBTQ rights for foreign policy failures in Afghanistan.
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LGBTQ Afghans fear persecution and death sentences as Taliban returns to power
As the Taliban resumes power in Afghanistan, many LGBTQ people in the country are hoping to flee to avoid being executed for homosexuality.
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Senate confirms Shawn Skelly and Gina Ortiz Jones to top military posts in historic firsts
The U.S. Senate has confirmed two LGBTQ women, Shawn Skelly and Gina Ortiz Jones, to top military posts within the Biden administration.
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Taliban plans to crush gay men in Afghanistan to death by toppling walls onto them
A Taliban judge said that gay men in Afghanistan will be crushed or stoned to death under their implementation of Sharia law
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President Biden repeals Trump’s ban on transgender service members
President Joe Biden has repealed the Trump administration's ban prohibiting most transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
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Modern Military Association of America to celebrate 10-year anniversary of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal
Event will feature LGB service members speaking about how repeal has affected them personally
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Republicans claim Texas Democrat will “divert military money for transgender re-assignment surgeries”
NRCC ad attacking Gina Ortiz Jones "cites" an article that doesn't even mention transgender issues
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California congresswoman offers defense bill amendments to repeal bans on transgender service members and Pride flags
Rep. Jackie Speier continues her ongoing fight to promote LGBTQ inclusion within the military
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Israeli parliament approves conversion therapy ban, causing rift in governing coalition
Members of Kahol Lavan defected on the conversion therapy vote, supporting it along with opposition parties.
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Russian voters approve constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
Amendment was approved with hundreds of others, including one that allows Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036
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U.S. Navy grants waiver to transgender military member
Waiver marks the first exemption granted since the Trump administration's ban went into effect last year
