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Senate confirms Shawn Skelly and Gina Ortiz Jones in historic LGBTQ firsts
The Senate confirmed two LGBTQ women to top military positions on Thursday in historic firsts. Gina Ortiz Jones will serve as undersecretary of the Air…
Louisiana clergy sign letter opposing transgender sports ban
A group of more than 100 Louisiana religious leaders have signed an open letter as of Wednesday that signals their opposition to legislation that would bar transgender athletes from competing on…
Judge halts West Virginia law targeting transgender athletes
A federal judge decided Wednesday to temporarily block a West Virginia law that bars transgender women and girls from participating on school sports teams that…
Wyoming bar sold T-shirts about shooting LGBT people
A Wyoming motorcycle bar has reportedly decided to stop the sale of a shirt it carried that bragged about shooting members of the LGBT community…
Transgender sports bills advance in Texas Senate
A committee in the Texas State Senate has advanced two bills aimed at limiting transgender athletes from competing in sports that align with their gender…
LGBTQ history finds a home in N.Y.C’s oldest museum
New York’s oldest museum will soon expand to incorporate a museum dedicated to LGBTQ history. Representa Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-community-voices/american-lgbtq-museum-coming-nycs-oldest-museum-part-expansion-rcna1391 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and…
Judge blocks transgender bathroom notification law in Tennessee
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting the implementation of a Tennessee law requiring businesses and government facilities in the state to post…
Brazilian potential presidential candidate announces he is gay
Governor Eduardo Leite of Rio Grande do Sul could challenge Jair Bolsonaro, who has espoused anti-gay rhetoric. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/2/brazilian-potential-presidential-candidate-announces-he-is-gay Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…
Britain found to have funded ‘conversion therapy’ clinics in Africa
Investigation finds UK Aid and USAid money went to centres where ‘condemned’ practice is routinely offered to LGBTQ+ people The UK government is among major…
Gender requirements relaxed for US passports
The State Department is making U.S. passports more inclusive for gender-fluid individuals, part of efforts to promote civil rights and as Pride month comes to…
Wisconsin adds gender neutral option to birth certificates
Wisconsin is moving to allow birth certificates to include gender-neutral language when identifying the parents of a child. Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/560731-wisconsin-adds-gender-neutral-option-to-birth-certificates Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this…
California restricts state-funded travel to five more states over LGBTQ legislation
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) has announced that the state will be restricting state-funded travel to Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia…
Watch Miley Cyrus Sing A Madonna Medley In Stand By You Pride Special
Miley Cyrus’ Pride concert special Stand By You, filmed at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville earlier this month, is streaming on Peacock now. Cyrus…
New York adds third gender option to birth certificates, licenses
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Thursday signed a law that will add a third gender option to birth certificates and licenses in the…
‘Pride is back at the White House’: Biden pushes for LGBTQ civil rights act
President Joe Biden formally recognized Pride Month in a celebratory White House ceremony on Friday, touting his administration’s accomplishments on behalf of LGBTQ people and…
Biden names special envoy for LGBTQ rights
President Biden on Friday named Jessica Stern as the State Department’s U.S. special envoy to advance the human rights of LGBTQ people, an announcement that…
WWII codebreaker Alan Turing becomes 1st gay man on a British bank note
The Bank of England began circulating its new £50 bank notes featuring World War II codebreaker Alan Turing on Wednesday, which would have been the…
New York’s Stonewall Inn banning Bud products during Pride weekend
The Stonewall Inn is banning Anheuser-Busch products from the bar associated with the beginning of gay rights during New York City’s Pride weekend because of…
Supreme Court sides with Catholic group that turns away same-sex couples as foster parents
The Supreme Court has ruled that Philadelphia cannot exclude a Catholic organization from its foster care program because the group won’t take applications from same-sex…
House fails to pass bill to promote credit fairness for LGTBQ-owned businesses
The House on Tuesday failed to pass a bill aimed at ensuring that LGBTQ-owned businesses aren’t facing discrimination when applying for credit.Lawmakers considered the bill,…
New York lawmakers pass bill allowing gender-neutral ‘X’ on state ID
New York state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that will make it possible for people who identify as neither male nor female to have a…
Florida to allow rainbow lights on city bridge for Pride Month after backlash
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) on Wednesday said it will allow Jacksonville’s Acosta Bridge to display rainbow lights this week in honor of Pride…
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