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How Tennessee axed millions in HIV funds amid scrutiny from far-right provocateurs

Tennessee’s recent decision to reject over $8 million in federal funds to combat HIV was motivated, at least in part, by right-wing provocateurs stoking anti-LGBTQ sentiment, according to four sources within the state Health Department. The move by Republican Gov. Bill Lee will hamstring, if not cripple, efforts to combat one of the country’s most poorly controlled epidemics of the virus, HIV advocates said.  The announcement followed a political crisis in Tennessee that began in September when conservative media personalities, including Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro, launched attacks on Vanderbilt University Medical Center over its care of transgender minors, which they alleged […]

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Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders denounce anti-gay laws

Pope Francis, the head of the Anglican Communion and top Presbyterian minister together denounced the criminalization of homosexuality on Sunday and said gay people should be welcomed by their churches. The three Christian leaders spoke out on LGBTQ rights during an unprecedented joint airborne news conference returning home from South Sudan, where they took part in a three-day ecumenical pilgrimage to try to nudge the young country’s peace process forward. They were asked about Francis’ recent comments to The Associated Press, in which he declared that laws that criminalize gay people were “unjust” and that “being homosexual is not a crime.” […]

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Brave Afghans risk their lives to stage powerful LGBTQ+ protest ‘under the noses of the Taliban’

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LGBTQ+ activists have staged a defiant protest in Afghanistan to draw attention to the United States’ failure to offer protection from the Taliban. At a private residence on Wednesday (1 February) in the country’s capital Kabul, around a dozen Afghan people from the Behesht Collective, an LGBTQ+ group, congregated to show the world that their lives are still in jeopardy. Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, reports have circulated of LGBTQ+ people being beaten, raped and even murdered in Afghanistan.  It’s a dire situation, but finding a route to safety isn’t always easy – numerous western governments have introduced policies making it harder for […]

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Russian festival changes name to avoid breaking anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda law

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The Rainbow Festival — an annual international theatre festival held in St. Petersburg, Russia — has changed its name to “The International Theater Festival” in order to avoid violating Russia’s recently-expanded law banning LGBTQ+ propaganda. The festival, held in May at the St. Petersburg Bryantsev Theatre for Young Spectators, has run since 2000 and has hosted young performance groups from the U.S. and Europe. Explaining the festival’s name change, the theater’s director, Svetlana Lavretsova, said, “When the law passed banning LGBT propaganda, we immediately started thinking, ‘We don’t want to look like we’re making LGBT propaganda.’ So we gathered our team […]

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Almost all older LGBTQ+ Americans got vaccinated for COVID

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A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA finds older LGBTQ+ Americans were affected more negatively by the COVID-19 pandemic than their straight peers. Using data from the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey, the report examined the demographics, health, and economic experiences of LGBTQ+ adults aged 50 and older during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was led by Research Data Analyst Lauren J.A. Bouton, with Amanda M. Brush and Ilan H. Meyer, Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy. Among the findings: LGBTQ Nation spoke with the study’s lead author to find out what the data reveals and how it can be used […]

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Charles Silverstein, an Author of The Joy of Gay Sex, Dies at 87

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Dr. Charles Silverstein died this week at the age of 87. Best known for making the presentation before the American Psychiatric Association in 1973 that led to the removal of homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual’s list of mental illnesses, Silverstein was also a co-author of the landmark book The Joy of Gay Sex. More than simply a sex manual with graphic drawings — though there was plenty of that — The Joy of Gay Sex, first published in 1977, was a first-of-its-kind guidebook for every aspect of the gay experience. “The first time I had sex with a guy was a big […]

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TransLife Name Change Microgrant Starts Today

The Name Change Microgrant application cycle reopens today, February 1st, 2023. The application is open every month from the 1st (9am ET / 6am PT) through the 14th (11:59 ET / 8:59 PT).  Find the application here, or on our website! You will not be under any time pressure to complete the application, other than submitting it before it closes on the 14th. We will send another reminder email the day before it closes. Please read our FAQs for more information about the new and improved application process. Here’s what you can expect while navigating the name change application:Lottery system: In the past we’ve used […]

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Trans people are in the midst of a second Lavender Scare

To be trans in the U.S. is to know fear. It is a companion that travels with us constantly: from the moment we realize we are trans, to coming out, to transitioning, and now into our lives long past the point where we should have faded away into anonymity in days past. We are in the midst of a second Lavender Scare, and in many ways this is far more dangerous: even Christine Jorgensen wasn’t barred from receiving hormones or being within 2,500 feet of children simply for being transgender.  I have been called a doomsayer who profits from prognosticating […]

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HOA wants gay couple to remove Pride flag after it was repeatedly vandalized

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A gay couple in Arizona says that their Pride flag has been repeatedly vandalized, and now their Homeowners Association wants them to remove it. Jared and Tim Deluca of Queen Creek, AZ, first posted a variation on the traditional Pride flag in December modeled after the American flag, with 50 stars and some of its 13 stripes cast in bright rainbow colors. It flew on a flagpole behind the married couple’s home in full view of a busy street. ADVERTISING The couple told CBS affiliate KTVK that they wanted to show people that it was ok to be themselves and encourage others […]

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