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News (World)
Lawyers will now have to specify pronouns in courts in British Columbia
“I would do a better job for my client, if I’m not thinking about being misgendered,” said a non-binary attorney.
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News (USA)
Gay man beaten by mob who recognized him from grocery shopping with his boyfriend
The attackers allegedly beat him while calling him a “a fa***t, a pedophile,” but police aren’t planning on arresting them.
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News (World)
A Canadian court just gave a transgender teen a massive legal win
The teen’s father been trying to prevent him from transitioning. The court gave the teen a big win instead.
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LGBTQ Pride
Rainbow crosswalks were vandalized in 4 different cities recently
Rainbow crosswalks are part of Pride Month all over the world. They’re also targets for hate.
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News (World)
Parents scared protecting LGBTQ students from bullying will turn their kids gay
This group of concerned parents needs some schooling.
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News (World)
This friend of our enemy is our enemy: meet a trans woman men’s rights activist
Right-wing blogger Theryn Meyer claims it is only conservatives who can guarantee “you the freedom to be who you are.”
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Vancouver Catholic school district enacts transgender policy
VANCOUVER, B.C. — A Catholic school district has approved a policy to accommodate transgender children, believed to be the first of its kind by a Catholic school in North America. The Vancouver Archdiocese made the move following a human rights complaint by the family of an 11-year-old transgender girl.
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Canadian law school approved despite plan enforce ban on ‘gay intimacy’
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The B.C. government has approved the creation of a new law school at Trinity Western University in Langley B.C., despite concerns from gay rights advocates over its plans to enforce a policy prohibiting “gay intimacy” among staff and students.
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Life
‘Glee’ cast member Cory Monteith found dead in Vancouver hotel room
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Cory Monteith, the heartthrob actor who became an overnight star as a high school quarterback-turned-singer in the hit TV series “Glee” but had battled addiction since his teenage years, was found dead of undisclosed causes in a hotel room, Vancouver police said. He was 31.
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Canadian man receives apology for yearbook’s anti-gay slur — 42 years later
A Canadian man has finally received an apology for a gay slur published in his high school yearbook — 42 years ago. Robin Tomlin says he’s been haunted for years after his high school yearbook committee printed the word “fag” next to his picture in the 1970 yearbook.