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Joe Biden just threw the biggest White House Pride party in history
With hundreds of guests, the party had to be held on the South Lawn instead of inside the building.
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White House announces new LGBTQ+ strategy ahead of largest Pride celebration in history
Safety, kids, and books are on the agenda.
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Here’s how the Biden administration plans to fight trans sports bans
While advocates are hopeful Biden’s proposals will help trans kids, many say it has taken too long for the administration to take action.
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Trans lawmakers urge Joe Biden to unequivocally support trans student-athletes
“There is no such thing as an acceptable ‘compromise’ that limits trans Americans access to equal rights.”
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Karine Jean-Pierre spotlights new LGBTQ+ crisis hotline in the wake of anti-trans legislation
“LGBTQI+ kids are resilient, they are fierce, they flight back, they’re not going anywhere.”
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Pete Buttigieg says he has no plans to run for president in 2024
“I don’t have any plans to do any job besides the one I’ve got.”
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11-year-old girl loses federal court challenge against state’s trans sports ban
Becky Pepper-Jackson just wants to run cross-country with other girls her age. The judge said no.
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The Biden administration’s response to an anti-LGBTQ+ Fox News story is classic
“Uncle Sam doesn’t care, snowflakes.”
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Texas sues Biden administration to allow adoption agencies to reject same-sex parents
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims current rules force agencies “either to adopt a radical woke agenda or surrender their mission of helping children.”
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Biden refuses to meet with Putin unless he’ll discuss freeing Brittney Griner
The Biden administration has proposed a prisoner swap and is waiting for Russia to either accept or negotiate.
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Ohio activists quash an anti-trans resolution in major victory for trans rights
“The anti-trans group was stunned.”
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Louisiana tells schools to keep discriminating against trans students
The state told schools they don’t have to follow proposed rules to implement federal law on LGBTQ discrimination in schools.
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Exclusive: New White House monkeypox strategy targets Pride events
A pilot program rolls out this weekend at Charlotte Pride with pop-up vaccination sites before moving on to Atlanta Pride and New Orleans for Southern Decadence.
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Biden administration announces monkeypox coordinator as 3 states declare state of emergency
Thee governors of California, New York, and Illinois can expand resources to stop the spread of monkeypox.
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U.S. sat on 300,000 vaccine doses as monkeypox spread among gay & bi men
The government missed an opportunity to contain the spread of monkeypox.
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Catholic hospitals deny same-sex couples fertility treatment
It’s one of the first instances in the United States of an employer explicitly excluding workers from health coverage not because of objections to a particular treatment or service but because of the employee’s sexual orientation.
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Biden issues statement on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia
May 17, 1990 was when the World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder.
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Out lesbian Karine Jean-Pierre will become new White House Press Secretary
Jean-Pierre will also be the first Black press secretary.
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President Joe Biden issues proclamation to honor Transgender Day of Visibility
As trans folks – especially youth – are under attack nationwide by Republicans and evangelical Christians, the support offered up by the president is sorely welcomed.
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Gay widower got $90,000 for past discrimination due to Biden administration reforms
Anthony Gonzales’s partner died shortly after marriage equality became legal in their state. Now he’s finally getting the Social Security benefits he’s due.