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NY library reverses decision to ban LGBTQ children’s books after outcry
After the Governor weighed in and condemned the move, the board quickly held an emergency meeting to overturn their decision.
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Supreme Court judge says gay rights case proves vaccine mandate is illegal
Justice Niel Gorsuch wrote in his opinion that people have a similar right to a religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccine mandates as anti-gay bakers do to refuse gay couples.
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Transgender inmates to be transferred out of Rikers Island as prison descends into chaos
230 women and trans inmates will be transferred out of the overcrowded and understaffed jail where 11 people have died so far this year.
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Radical megachurch preacher warns that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul “may be a man”
Earlier this year, Spell was mocked for declaring that the world needs “manly preachers” with “calloused knees” to fight LGBTQ rights.
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Alphonso David says HRC’s investigation clears him of wrongdoing but some still want him out
David says some in his own organization want him to leave, without the release of a report on his conduct alongside his former boss, Andrew Cuomo, because they now consider him a “distraction.”
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Did New York’s soon-to-be Lt. Governor steal hair extensions & a Chanel bag from his ex?
New Gov. Kathy Hochul is replacing Andrew Cuomo, who resigned following sexual harassment allegations. Her likely replacement as New York’s second-in-command also has a checkered history with women.
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State park renamed to honor legendary trans activist Marsha P. Johnson
The first state park in New York to honor an LGBTQ person will reflect “Marsha’s style and colors.”
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Trump pardons lesbian suffragette Susan B. Anthony. She didn’t want to be pardoned.
The “most famous lesbian in America in the 19th century” was proud of her arrest, which she strategically used to advance women’s rights.
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Stonewall Dems snub lesbian Cynthia Nixon to endorse Cuomo for NY governor
And now Nixon is fighting back.
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Pro-gay Democrat scores special election upset to win seat in U.S. House
Kathy Hochul, a county clerk in western New York’s Erie County — who supports marriage equality and the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — scored an upset on Tuesday and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.