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Watch: Petition to Remove High School Teacher after Homophobic Tweet Continues
Calls for the firing of a high school faculty member in a Missouri town to be fired after a tweet many saw as homophobic are not dying down as the weeks go by.
In US & UK, Trans Youth Turn to TikTok to Fund Gender Confirmation Surgeries
Transgender youths in the United States and Britain are turning to TikTok to help raise the money they need for their gender transitions.
Watch: Albuquerque's LGBTQ Community Rally to Save Beloved Social Club
A longtime nexus for the LGBTQ community, the Albuquerque Social Club was hit so hard by the COVID-19 pandemic that its board decided to shutter the establishment. But the local community wouldn't hear of it.
Billy Porter Helps Examine Origins of Gay Rights Movement
Billy Porter narrates "EQUAL," a new docuseries on HBO Max that traces the history of the LGBTQ movement through the Stonewall uprising in 1969.
'Running Angry': Trump Attacks Dr. Fauci, Press and Polls
An angry President Donald Trump has come out swinging against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the press and polls that show him trailing Democrat Joe Biden in key battleground states in a disjointed closing message two weeks before Election Day.
New Yorker Suspends Legal Reporter Jeffey Toobin for Exposing Himself during Zoom Call
The New Yorker has suspended reporter Jeffrey Toobin for exposing himself in Zoom call.
Watch: YouTuber Takes on the Mask Debate with Clever Parody
YouTuber Noah Lindquist takes on mask denial in a funny take-off of "Be My Guest" from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"
2020 Deadliest Year on Record for Trans Community
2020 is the deadliest year on record for the transgender community.
South Australia Moves to Ban 'Gay Panic' Defense
South Australia has moved forward with a bill to revoke "gay panic" as a defense in court for perpetrators of anti-LGBTQ crimes.
Trump Goes After Fauci, Tries to Buck Up His Campaign Team
President Trump sought to buck up his campaign staffers two weeks from Election Day, dismissing the cautionary coronavirus advice of his scientific experts as well as polling showing him trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden across key battleground states.
One Million Moms Dunks on Oreo for Rainbow Cookies, Partnership with PFLAG
The American Family Association-affiliated One Million Moms has taken aim at Oreo cookies for producing a rainbow-themed edition of their popular creme-filled cookies and partnering with PFLAG.
Anchorage, Alaska Chooses 1st Woman, Openly Gay Acting Mayor
Austin Quinn-Davidson will serve as acting mayor of Anchorage starting next Friday after Mayor Ethan Berkowitz's resignation.
First Lady: 'Self-Serving Adults' Push Rumors About Her
Melania Trump lashed out Friday at "self-serving adults" for focusing on her falling out with a friend and adviser, writing that the attention paid to "salacious claims" about the broken relationship comes at the expense of her work on behalf of children.
Election 2020: Mobilizing the LGBTQ Digital Generation
If younger LGBTQ Americans transform their passions for issues like climate change, gun control, and racial and gender equality from social media likes into actual votes, voter-turnout records could be smashed in November.
Statue of Former Governor Removed after Policies Criticized
A statue of former California Gov. Pete Wilson was removed from a San Diego park after critics said the governor supported laws and policies that hurt immigrants and LGBTQ community members, a newspaper reported.
Rural Midwest Hospitals Struggling to Handle Virus Surge
Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn't see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August. But over the last two weeks, its rate of new cases per person soared to one of the highest in the nation.
Organizers Exhort Women to Vote for Change at US Rallies
Thousands of mostly young women in masks rallied Saturday in the nation's capital and other U.S. cities, exhorting voters to oppose President Donald Trump and his fellow Republican candidates in the Nov. 3 elections.
Conservatives Staging Free Speech Rally Attacked by Critics
A free speech demonstration staged by conservative activists quickly fell apart in downtown San Francisco on Saturday after several hundred counterprotesters surged the area, outnumbering and attacking those gathered.
Watch: With Homophobic Tropes, Florida Sheriff Uses Park Sting Operation Against Gay Men for Political Gain
A Florida sheriff is using homophobic tropes to promote his political campaign after authorizing a sex sting operation that reads like a classic case of entrapment.
Autopsy: Transgender Blogger Monica Roberts Died of Pulmonary Embolism
Monica Roberts, a prominent Houston transgender rights activist and blogger, died of complications of a pulmonary embolism, the Harris County medical examiner reported Thursday.
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