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Gender norms still hurt LGBTQ athletes despite Olympic profile

Pacific Daylight Time — August 12, 2021

Despite LGBTQ athletes having made a bigger splash at the Olympics than ever before, queer sports people say they continue to lose opportunities ...

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Taliban will 'weed out and exterminate' LGBT+ people in Afghanistan, warns exiled gay author

Pacific Daylight Time — August 18, 2021

Gay Afghan author Nemat Sadat has warned that the Taliban will “weed out and exterminate” the LGBT+ community in Afghanistan following their ... View article...

Afghanistan: Government urged to evacuate LGBT people under threat from the Taliban

Pacific Daylight Time — August 26, 2021

The CEOs of Stonewall and Rainbow Migration are callng for an 'urgent meeting' with the Foreign Secretary to share information about the plight of LGBT Afghans ... View article...

How the Financial Services Industry Is Becoming More LGBTQ+ Inclusive

Pacific Daylight Time — August 26, 2021

Bank of America's LGBT Pride Employee Network reflects an ongoing evolution in the financial services industry when it comes to its relationship with LGBTQ+ ... View article...

Black, Hispanic people miss out on Covid-19 testing and vaccinations

Pacific Daylight Time — September 15, 2021

Black and Hispanic people in the United States are more likely to catch Covid-19, and they're more likely to be hospitalized or even die of ... View article...

This gay man is trying to break into a different kind of drag racing

Pacific Daylight Time — August 19, 2021

“I am an openly gay licensed racecar driver, trying to become the first full-time out driver in the NHRA,” Shumake tells LGBTQ Nation. “I've yet to ... View article... - LGBTQ Nation

Carl Bean, LA's Pioneer Gay Black Preacher Who Inspired Lady Gaga, Dead at 77

Pacific Daylight Time — September 09, 2021

Bean's work with the Black LGBTQ community began in the 1980s and included the founding of the Minority AIDS Project, the first such project in the nation to ... View article...

Aetna hit with lawsuit, accused of LGBTQ discrimination in fertility treatments

Pacific Daylight Time — September 15, 2021

Health insurance company Aetna has been sued for allegedly discriminating against LGBT people which a claimant says they were required to pay more ... View article...

Sanity on gay rights around the world

Pacific Daylight Time — August 26, 2021

After 52 years of fighting for LGBT equality from Stonewall to the White House, it never occurred to me I would someday witness members of my own community ... View article...

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Black, Hispanic people miss out on Covid-19 testing and vaccinations

Pacific Daylight Time — September 15, 2021

Black and Hispanic people in the United States are more likely to catch Covid-19, and they're more likely to be hospitalized or even die of ... View article...

Aetna hit with lawsuit, accused of LGBTQ discrimination in fertility treatments

Pacific Daylight Time — September 15, 2021

Health insurance company Aetna has been sued for allegedly discriminating against LGBT people which a claimant says they were required to pay more ... View article...

Civil rights groups settle suit over religious activities at Baptist children's agency

Pacific Daylight Time — September 13, 2021

A long-running federal lawsuit alleging religious coercion of children and LGBTQ discrimination by Sunrise Children's Services, ... View article...

Anti-LGBTQ stickers turn up in Antwerp and Ghent, investigation opened

Pacific Daylight Time — September 13, 2021

It reminds me of the "LGBT-free zone" stickers (second picture) which Polish conservative newspaper, Gazeta Polska, distributed in 2019. View article... - The Brussels Times

UMD's LGBT Equity Center is now the LGBTQ+ Equity Center

Pacific Daylight Time — September 16, 2021

The University of Maryland's LGBT Equity Center has changed its name to the LGBTQ+ Equity Center to be more inclusive and representative of all ... View article...

New Website Developed By Neag School Will Assist High School History Teachers

Pacific Daylight Time — September 15, 2021

Connecticut is the first state in the nation to mandate that all of its high schools offer an elective class on Black and Latinx history. View article...

New Zealand bill to ban LGBTQ conversion practices receives record 100000 submissions

Pacific Daylight Time — September 15, 2021

More than 100,000 people have sent in submissions on New Zealand's plan to ban LGBTQ conversion practices – more than have ever been made on a ... View article...

Five frontrunners for Atlanta mayor talk LGBTQ issues

Pacific Daylight Time — September 13, 2021

Atlanta City Councilmember Andre Dickens, attorney Sharon Gay and a spokesperson for former Mayor Kasim Reed fielded email questions. Out LGBTQ City ... View article...

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