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Pritzker and Brady-Davis honored at Planned Parenthood gala
- On the evening of Sept. 14, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action (PPIA) and Planned Parenthood Illinois Action PAC (PPIA PAC) organizations presented their annual Fighting Forward Gala fundraiser. The event shone ...
NATIONAL Lesbian politician, Nancy Pelosi, bomb threat, politician dies, Lyft
- Kathy Kozachenkothe first out politician elected to public office in the countrywill be honored with a statue on the 50th anniversary of her historic election, per The Advocate. The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, will honor ...
MAP reports on obstacles trans people face with healthcare, legal recognition
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--From a press release
- Today the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) released Banning Medical Care and Legal Recognition for Transgender People, the fifth in MAP's report series, Under Fire: The War on LGBTQ People in America. The report details how the ...
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to resume abortions after ruling
- Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) announced that it will resume abortion-care services Monday, Sept. 18, after a judge ruled in July that an old state law that appeared to ban the procedure does not apply to ...
Aging LGBTQ+ Americans face additional caregiving challenges
- While Darcy Connors was a nursing home administrator in the South, she also operated a COVID-19 recovery center. Connors and her staff noticed that two of the patients in their charge had a strong connection with ...
On the (gay) horizon: Center on Halsted marks 50 years
- In 1973, a group of Chicagoans organized a telephone hotline, which they named Helpline, allowing the community to more easily find and assist one another. This was a time when LGBTQ+ bars were still regularly raided ...
WORLD Brazilian court, Scottish items, Canadian policy, PEPFAR
- The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court ruled nine to one that homophobia is now punishable with up to five years in prison, The Washington Blade reported. Their decision equates homophobia to racism in terms of prison time. ...
Howard Brown Health reinstates workers following NLRB settlement recommendations
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--From a press release
- CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2023 — Howard Brown Health reinstated 25 employees as part of a plan to follow the recommendations outlined in a proposed settlement from Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The ...
WORLD Argentinian elections, indian prince, UN, Gay Games
- The results of Argentina's Aug. 13 primary elections revealed a political landscape that combines significant advances in LGBTQI+ rights with the expansion of the far-right in that country, The Washington ...
Court allows anti-trans youth healthcare ban in Alabama
- On Aug. 21, a three-judge panel on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court judge's temporary injunction against Alabama's law banning gender-affirming care for people under 19, The Hill reported. The development ...
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Federal Judge issues injunction restoring health care for Georgia transgender children
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--From a press release
- ATLANTAA federal judge issued a preliminary injunction late Sunday halting a provision in Georgia Senate Bill 140 ("SB 140," the "Health Care Ban," or the "Ban") from taking effect while a lawsuit filed by four Georgia ...
Planned Parenthood of Illinois receives $525K grant for youth STI pilot program
- —From a press release. CHICAGO - Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) received a $525,000 grant to pilot a new Chicago Healthy Adolescents & Teens (CHAT) STI testing initiative for adolescents 13 to 24-years-old in Chicago. The ...
CDPH head Dr. Allison Arwady loses job
- Dr. Allison Arwady—the head of the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) who led the city through the COVID-19 pandemic—was let go from her job on Aug. 11. She never met with current Mayor Brandon Johnson ...
Healthcare Cultural Competency Law approved, Illinois Healthcare Cultural Competency Coalition responds
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--From a press release
- CHICAGO — The Illinois Healthcare Cultural Competency Coalition applauds Governor JB Pritzker's approval today of legislation that will ensure cultural competency is part of continuing medical education for a range ...
NATIONAL Medical news, Fauci's successor, O'Shae Sibley, Grindr, trans death
- The American Academy of Pediatrics again expressed its support for gender-affirming healthcare for transgender minors, The Advocate reported. In an unanimous vote, the group's board of ...
WORLD Sauna raid, HIV items, World Bank, 'Barbie,' JK Rowling
- In Venezuela, three men who were arrested when authorities raided a gay sauna on July 23 have been released from jail, per The Washington Blade. Officers in Valencia, the country's third largest city, arrested 33 people ...
Openly gay AMA president Ehrenfeld tackles pressing physician challenges
- Milwaukee-based anesthesiologist Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, this past June became the first openly gay individual to take on the role of president of the American Medical Association (AMA). "While I didn't run as an LGBTQ candidate, I ...
NATIONAL Drag news, HIV-bias lawsuit, Disney, Brittney Griner, gay dancer
- Swastika flag-toting neo-Nazis, some of them armed, were at a Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Pride celebration that included a drag show, The Advocate reported. Members of the neo-Nazi extremist group Blood Tribe joined other right-wing hate groups, like ...
LGBTQ+ cycling club builds both community and awareness
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By Charlie Kolodziej
- For the second summer in a row, Cruise Chi, Chicago's new LGBTQ+ cycling club, has been fostering a sense of community while supporting queer- and trans-advocacy. The group, led by co-founders Alton Deon and Shai Garcia, ...
WORLD Global conference, asylum-seekers, HIV study, lesbian couple, The 1975
- More than 400 people attended a global LGBTQI+-rights conference that took place in Mexico City, The Washington Blade reported. Jessica Stern, the special U.S. envoy for the promotion of LGBTQ and intersex rights; and Victor Madrigal-Borloz, ...
National Labor Relations Board rules Howard Brown Health workers wrongfully laid off
- The National Labor Relations Board Region 13 has ruled that Howard Brown Health (HBH) leadership wrongfully laid off 60 of its employees at the beginning of this calendar year. Those layoffs led to a three day ...
WORLD Iranian president, HIV in Asia, asylum, lesbian moms
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi praised Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for signing the African country's Anti-Homosexuality Act, The Washington Blade noted. Iran is among the countries in which consensual same-sex sexual relations ...
Russia's lower house bans gender-reassignment surgery
- In that country's most recent attack on LGBTQ+ people, Russia's lower house of parliament (the State Duma) passed a new law banning gender-reassignment surgery, the BBC reported. The measure will also ban people changing their genders ...
Lambda Legal replies to Biden administration proposed HHS grants rule
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--From a press release
- (Washington, DC, July 11, 2023) — Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed new rule modifying nondiscrimination protections for beneficiaries of and participants in ...
Executive summary of Nat'l LGBTQ+ Women's Community Survey released
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--From a press release
- Los Angeles LGBT Center, in partnership with Justice Work and 120 partner organizations, has released the executive summary of initial findings from the largest and most comprehensive survey on LGBTQ+ women who partner with women in ...
Federal court lifts Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care
- A federal appeals court lifted Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, meaning the law will now take effect. According to CNN, the appeals court granted a stay of a lower-court injunction, which had been blocking ...
Gilead prevails in HIV antitrust suit brought by consumers
- On June 30, pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences triumphed over consumers in a $3.6-billion class-action suit that claimed the company deliberately manipulated the market in order to profit off of its expensive HIV treatment drugs, Courthouse News ...
WORLD Australia case, Turkey march, Elton John, Mexico City, China
- In Australia, the judge overseeing an inquiry examining the 30-year-old unsolved murder of former AC/DC manager Crispin Dye criticized New South Wales (NSW) Police after the revelation of explosive evidence in the case, The Advocate noted. ...
Equality Illinois heralds July 1 effective date of trans-affirming birth certificate law
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--From a press release
- CHICAGO — Effective July 1, trans and gender-expansive individuals born in Illinois will be able to self-identify for gender marker corrections on their birth certificates because of a law approved by Governor JB Pritzker earlier this ...
Los Angeles LGBT Center releases executive summary of National LGBTQ+ Women's Community Survey
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--From a press release
- LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles LGBT Center, in partnership with Justice Work and 120 partner organizations, released the executive summary of initial findings from the largest and most comprehensive survey on LGBTQ+ women who partner with women ...
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