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GOP governor gives curt 6-word reply to proposed UN investigation of state’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws
Abbott signed seven anti-LGBTQ+ bills last year, some of which have been blocked in federal courts.
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Texas faces United Nations petition to investigate anti-LGBTQ+ laws
Several organizations want the U.N. to investigate how Texas plans to protect LGBTQ+ people’s rights, as it passed 7 anti-LGBTQ+ bills last year.
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When “settlement” is code for cultural genocide
“Manifest Destiny,” “annexation,” and “settlements” represent different terms with similar meanings: unethical and immoral robbery of other people’s land.
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United Nations says U.S. anti-LGBTQ+ laws violate its human rights’ agreements
Bans on gender-affirming care and discussing LGBTQ+ people in schools were among the human rights concerns the committee had.
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United Nations experts call for end of trans & intersex discrimination in sports
In a new policy position, 13 experts called the exclusion of trans and intersex women from women’s sports a violation of human rights obligations.
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Queer Afghans cry for help under Taliban rule, citing private prisons, torture & death
The LGBTQ+ Afghan activists accuse the UN and the world of remaining silent as they face a “widespread and systematic crime against humanity.”
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Comedian savagely trolls UK Home Secretary who said refugees pretend to be gay to qualify for asylum
Joe Lycett’s new company, Homo Hunters, is ready to weed out the fakers.
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Turkish president complains that UN’s decorations are too “LGBT” but they weren’t gay at all
The decorations were put up for a reasons that had nothing to do with LGBTQ+ people, but that didn’t stop him from complaining about how they were too gay.
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Idaho’s Teacher of the Year flees state after being attacked for LGBTQ+ allyship
Karen Lauritzen said it has been the hardest year in her 20 years of teaching.
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Christian school shuts down instead of closing conversion therapy program
If they can’t try to turn LGBTQ+ students straight and cis, they don’t want to teach anyone at all.