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WORLD Mali’s code, missing player, threats in Haiti, EuroPride 2027
The West African nation of Mali—which has been ruled by a military junta for more than three years—almost unanimously voted for a new penal code that will outlaw homosexuality, according to Erasing 76...
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WORLD Lesbians freed, event walkout, ‘The Two Maidens,’ Russian club owner
In Cameroon, after six months without a trial, the young imprisoned lesbian couple Yane and Hage were set free through the intervention of Project Not Alone, according to Erasing 76 Crimes. That...
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PASSAGES Prop 8 attorney Ted Olson dies at 84
Ted Olson—a former solicitor general who served two Republican presidents (George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan) but who also argued in favor of marriage equality—has died at age 84, CNN reported. Olson’s...
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Court: Indiana can maintain ban on gender-affirming care
The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled two to one that Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for youth can stay in effect while legal battles continue, according to the...
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Jussie Smollett’s conviction is overturned
The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed the judgments of lower courts and overturned the conviction of embattled LGBTQ+ actor Jussie Smollett. On Nov. 21, the court stated, “Today, we resolve a...
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Illinois cities score high on HRC Municipal Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), in partnership with the Equality Federation, has released the newest edition of the Municipal Equality Index (MEI)—a comprehensive nationwide assessment of...
View ArticleTennessee to defend anti-trans law before SCOTUS next week
On Dec. 4, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up an important legal question concerning whether states can ban medical treatment for gender dysphoria in youth. The case comes from Tennessee, one of...
View ArticleReports: Trump poised to remove trans service members from U.S. military
President-elect Donald Trump is planning for the removal of all transgender members from the U.S. military, according to a Nov. 25 report published in the Times of London. The order could arrive as...
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WORLD Japan survey, Vanuatu, pro-LGBTQ+ moves, Rio’s Pride
A joint survey by NPO Nijiiro Diversity and Shibuya municipal government in Tokyo found that 459 Japanese prefectures and municipalities have adopted same-sex partnership systems as of June 2024—more...
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NATIONAL Anti-trans bills, Ritchie Torres, RFK Jr., Cincinnati City Council
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) introduced a bill to legally erase transgender people, entitled the Defining Male and Female Act of 2024, LGBTQ Nation reported. He claimed that the bill will stop...
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OPINON Gratitude or Platitude? You decide
By Sabina Haake Sabrina Haake Writing about the intersection of politics and law during this tumultuous time in American history can be taxing. Since mental health experts say gratitude can reverse...
View ArticleSupreme Court hears trans medication argument
Outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Wednesday afternoon, lawyers supporting state bans on hormonal treatments for young people suffering gender dysphoria spoke more bluntly than they did in front...
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Local transgender leaders denounce attempts to ban gender-affirming care amid...
Transgender leaders in Chicago vowed to fight attempts at curtailing access to gender-affirming healthcare after a skeptical Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case challenging Tennessee’s ban on...
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NATIONAL World AIDS Day, rush to marriage, Boy Scouts, business news
In commemoration of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, released a statement. In part, she said, ”The theme of this year’s World AIDS Day, ‘Collective...
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WORLD Activist released, official resigns, Cape Town, Argentina news
Hermine Ngo Ndaptie, the drop-in center manager for Alternatives Cameroon, was released on bail while awaiting trial on homosexuality-related charges, per Erasing 76 Crimes. The judges granted her...
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Court dismisses ex-NU professor’s conviction in boyfriend’s death
An Illinois appeals court has overturned the conviction of former Northwestern University microbiology/immunology professor Wyndham Lathem, who was accused of murdering his boyfriend in a brutal...
View ArticleGLAAD responds to provision targeting active duty and retired military...
(New York, NY — December 9, 2024) GLAAD, the world’s leading LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is responding to a dangerous and discriminatory provision in the final draft of the National Defense...
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UK bans puberty blockers indefinitely
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting told members of Parliament that he was extending the temporary ban on puberty blockers that was introduced in May following a consultation and advice from the...
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WORLD Canadian anti-trans bills, activist attacked, conviction, ‘Emilia Pérez’
In Canada, Alberta’s United Conservative Party government passed three anti-LGBTQ+ bills—and trans-rights activists are fighting back by filing the first in an expected series of lawsuits, the Los...
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NATIONAL Trans roundtable, Prattville Pride, Benevolence Grants, Zooey Zephyr
Peppermint, a transgender actress, activist and member of GLAAD’s board of directors; and Shane Diamond, a transgender advocacy consultant for GLAAD recently appeared on CNN’s NewsNight with Abby...
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