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Blue Jays cut pitcher Anthony Bass after latest anti-LGBTQ+ comments
The Toronto Blue Jays cut pitcher Anthony Bass on Friday, one day after the right-handed reliever said he didn’t think…
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As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya — Pretty Peter flicked through frantic messages from friends at home in Uganda. The transgender woman is relatively…
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Protests erupted outside Los Angeles elementary school’s Pride month assembly
LOS ANGELES — Police officers separated groups of protesters and counterprotesters Friday outside a Los Angeles elementary school that has…
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Some trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ laws
ORLANDO, Fla. — Dozens of transgender people in Florida have turned to crowdfunding appeals to help them leave the state…
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Thousands to march in Jerusalem Pride parade, first under Israel’s most right-wing government ever
JERUSALEM — Thousands of people are to march in Jerusalem’s Pride parade on Thursday, an annual event that is taking…
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Latvia’s Parliament elects popular Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics as new president
HELSINKI — Latvian lawmakers on Wednesday picked the country’s long-serving and popular foreign minister, a strong backer of Ukraine, as…
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Texas passes sexual conduct bill drag show artists fear will prompt crackdown
Texas lawmakers approved a bill expanding what is considered an illegal performance of sexual conduct in a move drag artists…
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Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content
Texas would set new standards and ratings for sexually explicit material in order to ban books from public and charter…
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Georgia school’s book bans may break civil rights law, federal officials warn
ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Education has found that a suburban Atlanta school district’s decision to remove some books…
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Trans girl misses Mississippi graduation after being told to dress like boy
A transgender girl in Mississippi is not participating in her high school graduation because school officials told her to dress…
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