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World Pride events pulled from Kennedy Center for LGBTQ+ safety
Organizers said they are moving a week’s worth of events for World Pride DC away from the Kennedy Center.
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Supreme Court appears poised to rule for parents who objected to LGBTQ content in elementary schools
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to rule for parents who objected on religious grounds to books made available in a school district’s elementary schools that feature stories about gay and transgender characters.
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Pope Francis created a ‘seismic shift' toward acceptance, LGBTQ Catholics say
LGBTQ Catholics and theologians said the late pontiff’s legacy teaches that change can happen when leaders are willing to listen.
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Trans pilot falsely blamed in D.C. plane crash sues conservative influencer
Military pilot Jo Ellis said she had to hire private armed security for her family because of the false claims, which went viral on social media.
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Openly gay soccer player still faces online death threats
The first openly gay man to play in Australia’s domestic soccer league says he’s still subject to death threats four years after going public about his sexuality.
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ruled Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates their constitutional rights.
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Senate Democrats block GOP-led bill to ban transgender athletes from women's sports
Legislation that aimed to bar transgender women and girls nationwide from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes failed to advance Monday.
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Brittney Griner pulls out of speaking engagement over ‘Gay Baby Jail' note found in hotel room
Police said they found a piece of tape that said “gay baby jail,” which they determined to be a common video game reference. A convention attracting gamers was taking place at the hotel at the time.
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Protest after trans, queer references erased from Stonewall website
The fallout continues in Greenwich Village after the U.S. Parks Service scrubbed references to transgender and queer people from the Stonewall Inn National Monument website. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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All transgender references erased from Stonewall Monument's website
The trump administration is taking new action as part of its updated federal gender policies. The latest change has a direct effect on the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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‘Transgender' word erased from National Park Service website on Stonewall riot
References to transgender people were removed from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument, the New York City park and visitor center that commemorates a 1969 riot that became a pivotal moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
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DOJ orders child safety authority to comply with Trump's ‘gender ideology' order
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said it would be removing all references to transgender people from its public materials.
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Families and doctors sue over Trump's order to halt funding for gender-affirming care
Seven families with transgender or nonbinary children filed a lawsuit Tuesday over President Donald Trump’s executive order to halt federal support for gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19. PFLAG, a national group for family of LGBTQ+ people; and GLMA, a doctors organization, are also plaintiffs in the court challenge in a Baltimore federal court. It comes one week after Trump signed...
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Government agencies scrub LGBTQ web pages and remove info about trans and intersex people
The State Department’s web page providing adoption information to LGBTQI+ prospective parents now addresses only “LGB” people.
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NY AG tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump's executive order
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at curtailing federal funding for such treatments. In a letter, James, a Democrat, told health care facilities that refusing to provide the...
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Advocates fight for youth gender affirming care amid President Trump executive orders
Multiple hospitals across the nation have paused gender-affirming care for minors because of an executive order signed by President Trump. The order restricts access and cuts federal funding for such care. NBC New York’s Brittany Miller spoke with groups concerned about the change.
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Hospitals pause gender-affirming care for minors after Trump order
Multiple hospitals across the nation have paused gender-affirming care for minors because of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump. News 4 reached out to both NYU Langone and Mount Sinai and both had no comment. News 4’s Brittany Miller reports from Kips Bay.
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Celebration and a mass wedding in Thailand as same-sex marriage law takes effect
The Southeast Asian nation is the third place in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage after Taiwan and Nepal.
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Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy' on LGBTQ+ people and migrants
President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrants in the United States illegally during a prayer service marking his inauguration. Trump and Vice President JD Vance attended Tuesday’s service at Washington National Cathedral. Trump criticized the bishop in an overnight post online....
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Trump's executive orders halt DEI programs, recognize only two biological sexes
President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, and ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies.