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InterPride’s bad decision to abandon Taiwan

As many in the LGBTQ community in Washington, D.C. discovered recently, our city will now host WorldPride in 2025. Many of the initial reactions I saw from those in my immediate network were a mix of excitement and skepticism – does D.C. have the “gay infrastructure” to support hosting a global Pride event? According to InterPride, the U.S.-based non-profit organization that owns the licensing rights for WorldPride, the answer is yes.  However, what seemed to get lost in the conversation was why D.C. was newly awarded as the host for this event after publicly losing its bid to host WorldPride back in 2021 to Taiwan. In […]

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HSBC to pay for trans staff’s gender-affirming care to encourage workers to ‘be their authentic self’

HSBC has confirmed it will pay for trans employees’ gender-affirming treatments from next year in a bid to support people to “be their true authentic self”. Its 2023 initiative will allow its employees, their partners and children under 21 (and over 18) to apply to have their gender-affirming surgeries paid for, as well as, mental health treatments, hormone consultations, speech therapy and more.  The “gender dysphoria benefit”, which will launch from 1 January, is part of the bank’s aim to encourage its trans and non-binary employees to “be their true authentic self”. A spokesperson for the bank told PinkNews: “Our diversity is […]

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10 retirement communities where you can live as your authentic self

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Finding a safe and supportive environment to age in place has become increasingly possible in recent years in traditionally friendly enclaves. San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Provincetown, MA, are some of the towns and cities where older adults can continue to live their best lives in the gayborhood. For many, though, a planned community is the preferred destination. A growing number are built and run with LGBTQ retirees in mind. Still, with an estimated 2.7 million people in that group, supply dedicated to this population segment has a long way to go to catch up with demand. ADVERTISING […]

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Transgender people: Let’s show this country who we are

We have a political climate that has exploded with anti-trans legislation, policy and rhetoric. In the leadup to last week’s election, TV ads and political mailers spread lies about trans people, denigrating our community and stoking fear in people who simply don’t understand what it means to be trans. Now, when there is a glaring spotlight on trans people in America, we have an opportunity to show the country who we are. Telling the truth about what it means to be trans, using real data, can counter the misinformation being spread about our community. It is important that we tell […]

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Transgender politician wins Indian election in big step for LGBTQ+ representation

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A trans woman won a major Delhi region for her party during an election on Wednesday (7 December). Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Bobi won the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election after votes were counted this week. The trans politician won Sultanpur-A ward against Congress candidate Varuna Dhaka by 6,714 votes according to Indian Express. Her win came just hours before it was announced that the AAP crossed the finish line with 134 seats, winning against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The win means that the AAP now holds a strong majority over the municipal corporation, which makes up one […]

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10 trans trailblazers who paved the way and changed the world for good

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As part of Trans Awareness Week, the community honours those we’ve lost on Trans Day of Remembrance every year. Candlelit vigils take place worldwide each year commemorating the trans lives lost to transphobic hate crimes each year. This year, those vigils will happen on Sunday (20 November). As well as a time to remember those lost to violence, and to raise awareness of hate, Trans Awareness Week is also about honouring those who fought so hard for the community and for their right to exist. From Mexican revolutionaries to New York drag queens, these trailblazers prove that trans and non-binary lives […]

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An Oakland tattoo artist is funding trans initiatives in the South with a thousand pansies

Csillagi, who is nonbinary, lives in Oakland with their fiancée, stepson, and two cats. Originally from Texas, they explained transphobia and homophobia in their home state and others motivated them to start the project. “I was upset about the legislative attacks that were happening to trans people, queer people in the South … and I was racking my brain to figure out how to help my community — the queer community, and trans community, and the people hit the hardest, trans people of color.” Once Csillagi decided to fundraise for trans organizations through tattoos, they had to create an appropriate […]

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LGBTQ students wrestle with tensions at Christian colleges

As monks chanted evening prayers in the dimly lit Saint John’s University church, members of the student LGBTQ organization, QPLUS, were meeting in a dedicated, Pride flag-lined lounge at the institution’s sister Benedictine college, a few miles away across Minnesota farmland. To Sean Fisher, a senior who identifies as nonbinary and helps lead QPLUS, its official recognition and funding by Saint John’s and the College of Saint Benedict is welcome proof of the Catholic schools’ “acknowledging queer students exist.” But tensions endure here and at many of the hundreds of U.S. Catholic and Protestant universities. The Christian teachings they ascribe […]

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Finding support, acceptance outside of our biological families

James was just 16 when Mom and Dad found out he was gay. Faced with the choice of accepting his orientation, they chose not to and forced him to leave. They couldn’t tolerate his “lifestyle choice.” In the small rural town in Georgia where he lived, he became an outcast with no support system. He ended up on the streets of Atlanta, where he eventually found his chosen family, which embraced him and fulfilled his need for support, comfort, and kinship. James’s story is hardly unique. Roughly 40% of queer adults have faced rejection from their biological families. As for […]

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Transgender school board member resigns after months of harassment from hate group

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A transgender member of the Asheville City Board of Education has resigned after a months-long campaign of harassment by a representative of a national hate group. Peyton O’Conner announced her resignation from the board on Monday night, effective immediately. Ronald Gates, a self-described pastor and “ambassador” for the Arizona-based hate group Alliance Defending Freedom, started showing up at Asheville City Board of Education meetings in October, hectoring the board with anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, denouncing critical race theory, and misgendering board member O’Conner. “Mr. Gates is a fascist whose hatred and fear-mongering have no place within the Asheville City School’s community,” O’Conner […]

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