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|  | Kentucky, Tennessee allowed to enforce anti-trans youth healthcare bans
2023-09-30
The Cincinnati, Ohio-based Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce laws banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgery, Reuters reported. The ruling is the ...
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| | New report: Attacks on LGBTI rights strongly associated with democratic backsliding globally
2023-09-27
--From a press release - A new report from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that countries that are highly accepting of LGBTI people tend to have high levels of liberal democracy, such as free and fair elections ...
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| | SAVOR Proxi chef Jennifer Kim on newest endeavor, gender-identity journey
2023-09-26
Chef Jennifer Kim (they/them) has already accomplished much in their life. A second-generation Korean American, Kim was born and raised in Chicago. After leaving the University of Illinois at Chicago, Kim enrolled in culinary school at ...
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| | Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes some LGBTQ+ measures and approves others
2023-09-26
For California's LGBTQ+ community, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has made things interesting over the last few days. Late last week, Newsom vetoed three progressive measures—including an unexpected rejection of a ...
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| | OPINION Social media use, mental health literacy and related problems among LGBTQ+ youth
2023-09-23
Special to Windy City Times Depression levels in the United States have risen steadily over the past five decades, and steep increases have been observed in recent years among children, adolescents, and adults under 25 years ...
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| | Arrests, fights punctuate battles across Canada over gender diversity in schools
2023-09-21
Arrests were reported in the Canadian cities of Ottawa, Halifax, Vancouver and Victoria, among others, on Sept. 20 as opposing groups clashed on how schools address issues of gender identity and how teachers refer to transgender ...
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| | WORLD Quebec lesbians, violence study, Rugby World Cup, Ugandan bill
2023-09-15
The hidden history of Quebec lesbians is being explored, the CBC reported. Between 1985 and 1996, a group of lesbians leased the Plateau-Mont-Royal school and ran it as a community center. The school was also home ...
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| | NATIONAL Historic political win, Columbus situation, trans coach, Gold + Williams
2023-09-08
Fabian Nelson won a Democratic primary runoff in Mississippi's 66th state House district—and he's now the state's first openly gay legislator, The Guardian noted. (Republicans are not running a candidate for the general election sched ...
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| | NATIONAL Sorority suit, trans woman's win, school policy, activist honored
2023-08-31
U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson dismissed a civil lawsuit against Kappa Kappa Gamma and Artemis Langford—the first openly trans woman to join a sorority at the University of Wyoming, according to Oil City News. Johnson ...
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| | UIC among nation's top 30 campuses for LGBTQ+ students
2023-08-25
--From a press release - The University of Illinois Chicago has been named one of the top 30 colleges and universities for LGBTQ+ students, according to Campus Pride, a national organization serving LGBTQ+ and ally student leaders and campus organizations in ...
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| | NATIONAL James Baldwin Awards, archdioceses, school items, 'RuPublicans'
2023-08-25
On Aug. 21, the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) hosted the 3rd Annual James Baldwin Legacy Awards to honor the contributions of Black men and masculine elders within the Black LGBTQ+/same gender loving (SGL) movement and ...
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| | Court allows anti-trans youth healthcare ban in Alabama
2023-08-22
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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| | Billy Masters: Does Nick Jonas owe Billy a thank you?
2023-08-21
"I went to an English boarding school, dear. Trust me—you're in good hands." —The Prince's response to his inexperienced Yank in Red, White & Royal Blue. Picture it—your beloved Billy, lauded, admired, some might even say ...
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| | Planned Parenthood of Illinois receives $525K grant for youth STI pilot program
2023-08-17
—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 ...
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| | N.C. legislators override governor's veto of three anti-trans youth bills
2023-08-17
On the evening of Aug. 16, the North Carolina legislature's Republican supermajority overrode vetoes from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper regarding several bills—including three that target transgender youth, CNN reported. The ...
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 | SHOWBIZ Outfest, Halo, 'Sex Education,' trans singer, 'Doctor Who'
| | NATIONAL Bisexual politicians, DADT, NBJC awards, crimes, Buttigieg
| | WORLD African efforts, HIV in Amsterdam, Donatella Versace, 'The Queen in Me'
| | MUSIC Former 'Idol' finalist Jim Verraros on his new song, Chicago and Kelly Clarkson
| | Support group for LGBT widows and widowers unites members in grief | |
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