national/world - Buncombe schools blocked from implementing Title IX amendment protecting gay and transgender students from bullying, harassment

Tom Fiedler

Asheville Watchdog

Asheville, NC

Buncombe County

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How JD Vance went from thinking he was gay and changing his name twice to being an anti-LGBTQ+ extremist

Christopher Wiggins

Advocate

Awwwww.... don't they make the cutest couple?

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ezs note:  JD Vance - come out, come out, wherever you are!

national/world - Whitmer signs law banning gay and trans ‘panic’ defenses

Brooke Migdon

The Hill

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI)

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ezs note:  Thank you, Gov. Whitmer! 😃

national/world - Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care

Avery Lotz

CNN

White House (interior)

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ezs note:  In case you haven't thought of it, REGISTER and VOTE.

lead story - Catholic diocese says gay and trans people can't be baptized or receive Communion

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Marquette, MI

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ezs note:  Oh, really?  I was doing some research on Coccinelle  , and this was result:

She married French journalist Francis Bonnet in 1960 and was married legally by the French Roman Catholic Church after her legal name change and rebaptism.  (italics mine) (Wikipedia)

¿Que?

lead story - Biden name-checks gay and transgender Americans in victory speech

Chris Johnson

Washington Blade

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lead story - Colorado bans gay or transgender "panic defense" in courtrooms

Colette Bordelon
KOAA News

Denver, CO

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New Mexico - Lt. Gov. Morales says FDA should drop blood donor waiting period on gay, bisexual, queer and transgender men

Matthew Reichbach
NMPoliticalReport

Lt. Gov. Ernie Morales

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lead story - N.J. bans gay and transgender 'panic defenses'

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Princeton, NJ

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American Samoa - A gay criminal case could help bring marriage equality to American Samoa

Daniel Villarreal
LGBTQ Nation

Pago Pago, American Samoa

(pronounced PANGH-o PANGH-o)

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ezs note: Well, such shenanigans may occur in American Samoa, but we wouldn't dream of such things happening in the United States proper, right?

Right?

civil rights - Thirty years ago, gay civil rights campaign set the stage for all that followed

Stephanie Ebbert
Boston Globe

Boston, MA

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Myanmar/US - Miss Universe celebrates its first openly gay contestant

Jessie Yeung
CNN

Naypyidaw, Myanmar

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New Jersey - U.S. Supreme Court will decide if someone can be fired for being gay or transgender. This is N.J.’s law.

Brent Johnson
NJ.com

Ringwood, NJ

New Jersey Botanical Garden

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Guatemala - Guatemala’s First Gay Congressman Fears for His Life Amid Death Threats

Jeff Taylor
NewNowNext

Guatemala City, Guatemala

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Tunisia - Gay lawyer and activist running for President of Tunisia, where being gay is illegal

John Riley
Metro Weekly

Tunis, Tunisia

ruins of Carthage

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Ethiopia - Ethiopia tour for gay, lesbian travelers in jeopardy amid backlash from faith groups

Emily McFarlan
RNS

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Alabama - Alabama mayor defends comments on ‘killing out’ gay and transgender people, ‘baby killers’

Leada Gore
AL.com

Carbon Hill, AL

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ezs note:  I don't know if you're a resident of Carbon Hill, but if you are, please, FIRE HIS  SORRY ASS. 

civil rights - Yes, the Civil Rights Act does protect gay and trans Americans

Evan Wolfson
The Hill

US Capitol (interior)

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Vermont - Supreme Court could push transgender or gay employees into the closet

Guinevere Downey
The Commons

Putney, VT

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Rhode Island - Vella-Wilkinson bill would extend benefits to gay, transgender veterans without honorable discharges

Rob Borkowski
Warwick Post

Warwick, RI

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