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|  | Federal judge rejects Tennessee's anti-drag law 2023-06-05 U.S. District Judge Thomas Parkerwho was appointed by former President Donald Trumpruled that Tennessee's anti-drag show law is unconstitutional, per NPR. Memphis-based LGBTQ+ theater company Friends of George's filed a ...
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|  | New doc 'Mama Bears' follows Christian mothers who fiercely advocate for their LGBTQ+ children 2023-06-02 --From a press release. Video below - (San Francisco, CA) March 17, 2023 Spread across the country and connected through private Facebook support groups, a network of women call themselves "mama bears," because of the ferocity with which they fight for the ...
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|  | WORLD Global survey, Turkey, Russians in Argentina, trans-rights activist 2023-06-02 A new survey showed that nearly one in 10 adults across 30 countries identify as LGBTQ, according to NBC News. Age and geographic location played primary roles in the findings, with younger respondents and those in ...
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|  | Alabama bans trans women, girls from sports at public colleges 2023-06-01 Alabama has prohibited transgender women and girls from female sports teams in public colleges and universities, The Advocate reported. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 261 into law on May 30. The state has had ...
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|  | Second Japanese court finds marriage equality ban unconstitutional 2023-05-31 On May 30 in Japan, the Nagoya District Court ruled that prohibiting same-sex marriage was unconstitutional—a decision activists welcomed as a step toward marriage equality, Reuters reported. Japan is the only Group of Seven (G-7) nation ...
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|  | Strict Ugandan anti-LGBTQ+ bills signed into law 2023-05-30 Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the world, according to CNN. The bill includes the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality," which includes sex with a minor, having sex while ...
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|  | SHOWBIZ Warhol, Sarah Paulson, upcoming books, Rufus Wainwright, Elliot Page 2023-05-26 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled seven to two that the late artist Andy Warhol wasn't allowed to use a photographer's portrait of Prince for a series of pop-art images, per The Hollywood Reporter. Associate Justice Sonia ...
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|  | NATIONAL Google Doodle, drag laureate, Nebraska bill, NYC AIDS Walk 2023-05-26 D.C. poet/activist/journalist Ivy Young passed away at age 75, per a press release. Among other things, Young worked at Chicago's VISTA; the Center for Black Education and Drum and Spear Book Store in D.C.; the ...
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|  | Illinois Healthcare Cultural Competency Coalition applauds passage of HB 2450 2023-05-25 --From a press release - The Illinois Healthcare Cultural Competency Coalition applauds passage by the Illinois General Assembly of legislation that will ensure cultural competency is part of continuing medical education for a range of healthcare providers in Illinois. "We are ...
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|  | Board of Commissioners unanimously passes Bodily Autonomy Ordinance Amendment with support of Equality Illinois, ACLU Illinois 2023-05-25 --From a press release - Chicago, Ill. — May 25th 2023 — Today, the Cook County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed an amendment to the Human Rights Ordinance ensuring the protection of all individual's right to their own bodily autonomy. The ...
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|  | Louisiana Senate committee kills anti-trans bill aimed at minors 2023-05-24 The Louisiana Senate Health & Welfare Committee has stopped an anti-trans bill aimed at minors, WBRZ News 2 in Baton Rouge has reported. Republican committee chairman Fred Mills joined Democrats on May 24 to kill Louisiana House Bill 648—a bill tha ...
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|  | Louisiana Senate Health & Welfare Committee kills bans on gender affirming care, HRC responds 2023-05-24 --From a press release - Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, thanks members of the Louisiana Senate Health ...
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|  | HRC condemns Ohio state senate for passing education censorship bill 2023-05-24 --From a press release - Columbus, Ohio — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization — condemned the Ohio State Senate for passing ...
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|  | Attorney general concludes Illinois Catholic clergy sex-abuse investigation 2023-05-24 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released a comprehensive report detailing decades of child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in the state. The report concludes a multi-year investigation into child sex abuse by members ...
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|  | Sodomy laws repealed in Minnesota and Maryland 2023-05-23 Sodomy laws are no longer on the books in Minnesota and Maryland. According to The Los Angeles Blade, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a public-safety bill into law on May 19 that repeals several anti-LGBTQ+ sections ...
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 | Artemis Singers' summer performance urges listeners to be 'defiantly optimistic' |  | NATIONAL North Carolina, 'Pride Heroes,' school news, gay publication folds, Iowa |  | WORLD Global survey, Turkey, Russians in Argentina, trans-rights activist |  | SHOWBIZ Romance films, Megan Thee Stallion, Keith Haring, Cher, George Maharis |  | THEATER 'Star Wars' burlesque parody at Logan Auditorium | |
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