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Loved ones seeking support, donations as they search for missing Chicago woman
Friends and family are asking for help locating Taylor Casey, a 41-year-old woman from Chicago who went missing in the Bahamas June 19. Casey was last seen June 19 at Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat...
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53 people arrested in Lake View nearly 12 hours after Chicago Pride Parade
More than 50 people were arrested in Lake View during the overnight hours after the Chicago Pride Parade, police said. Chicago Police ordered the “mass arrest” around 1:20 a.m. in the 3000 block of...
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HRC blasts injunction against Affordable Care Act LGBTQ+ healthcare protections
From a July 3, 2024 press release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, harshly condemned the decision by a District Court judge...
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Voices From the Silenced: Pre-Roe abortion stories
In a compelling tribute to the resilience of women, playwrights Victoria Rue and Martha Boesing, in collaboration with Luna Productions and the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), present...
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NATIONAL Virginia protects same-sex marriage, Ohio reviews marriage law
Almost a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for marriage equality, Virginia now has a law that protects same-sex marriage, WVTF reported. The law ensures that same-sex marriage will remain...
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Trump names anti-LGBTQ+ running mate
Former President Donald Trump has named U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate. The Advocate has noted that Vance—a Trump critic-turned-ally—has an extensive anti-LGBTQ+ record. Before Vance...
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NATIONAL Florida ruling, defense bill, new Trevor Project CEO, ‘Lover of Men’
U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle denied the State of Florida’s request to stay (or stop) a June 11 decision blocking enforcement of Florida’s law banning healthcare for transgender minors and...
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Michigan law, San Antonio, New Hampshire bills, bar items
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Official head shot Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill outlawing the so-called gay and trans panic defense, which allows criminal defense attorneys to use a...
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SHOWBIZ Omar Apollo, romantic movies, Punkie Johnson, ‘Deadpool,’ Madonna
Omar Apollo. Photo by Aitor Laspiur. LGBTQ+ singer Omar Apollo confirmed that he’s starring in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film Queer alongside Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, Attitude noted. On...
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GOP Illinois Congresswoman introduces the Defining Male and Female Act
U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) has introduced the Defining Male and Female Act, which she said would “constitutionally” define gender as “male and female,” Fox 11 News reported. U.S. Rep. Mary...
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LGBTQ+ judge receives award from the ABA
Domestic Violence Division Presiding Judge Judith Rice has been honored with the Judith S. Kaye Award for Judicial Excellence. The American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Commission on Domestic &...
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Catholic conference, home HIV tests, Ohio and Louisiana laws, GLAAD
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory at the Outreach LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference. Photo courtesy of Jarek Pachocki, O.M.I In a letter sent to Jesuit Father James Martin, Pope Francis said he was “glad”...
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WORLD Argentina, HIV development, cross-dresser killed, Pope Francis
Argentina President Javier Milei’s government officially closed the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI), The Washington Blade reported. INADI, created in 1995, was...
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Legal Council honors LGBTQ+ activists and supporters at summer celebration
On Aug. 15, Legal Council for Health Justice hosted its annual Summer Soiree fundraising and awards celebration. Legal Council Executive Director Julie Justicz The event, which took place at...
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Legal decision ends ban on HIV+ people joining the military
U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in Wilkins v. Austin that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) cannot ban HIV-positive people who are asymptomatic...
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WORLD Custody battle, S. African death, Delhi High Court, UK drag queen
A woman fighting a landmark LGBTQ+ custody battle in China said she “still has faith for the future” after winning the right to make monthly visits to her daughter, The Guardian reported. In July,...
View ArticleABA amicus brief asserts ban on gender-affirming care denies equal protection
CHICAGO, Sept. 3, 2024 — The American Bar Association filed an amicus brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming medical care for minors...
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NATIONAL Ex-governor’s policies, Calif. bill, anti-DEI move, Cleve Jones
Five Democratic lawmakers of the Maryland House of Delegates—representing most of the state’s nine-member legislative LGBTQ+ caucus—were slated to issue a statement criticizing Republican former...
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WORLD Conversion therapy, fatal stabbing, AIDS conference, new chief justice
The BBC shared interviews with people, including a former seminarian, who experienced the discredited practice of conversion therapy, according to New Ways Ministry. Unlike other European countries,...
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Ninth Circuit court blocks Arizona anti-trans law
On Sept. 9, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously affirmed a trial court decision blocking enforcement of Arizona’s law barring transgender girls in public...
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