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Florida schools announce plan to out LGBTQ+ students in line with Don’t Say Gay law

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Sarasota County teachers in west-central Florida must now out their students if they come out as LGBTQ+ to them under new guidance. The district released new guidance ahead of this school year to align with the state’s Parental Rights in Education bill, known to critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Pupils must now have their parents’ or guardians’ permission to use a different name and pronouns at school, according to a memo sent to teachers and administrators, per Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Students will have to request the change to school staff, who will then notify administrators and school counsellors. When the young person’s parent […]

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Judge blocks Utah’s transgender sports ban for being discriminatory

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A state judge just issued an injunction against Utah’s new transgender sports ban, allowing transgender student-athletes to continue to participate in school sports. Third District Judge Keith Kelly ruled on Friday that the state can’t kick transgender girls out of girls’ sports because the new law harms them by taking away educational opportunities and increasing stigma against trans kids. The ruling comes in a lawsuit brought by the families of three transgender students this past May who argued that the sports ban was “based on unfounded stereotypes, fears, and misconceptions about girls who are transgender. It is not supported by medical or […]

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Monkeypox: ‘Mounting evidence’ suggests current strain can be sexually transmitted

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New research suggests the strain of monkeypox involved in the current global outbreak is predominantly sexually transmitted. As of Wednesday (17 August), there have been more than 35,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox across 92 countries and territories since the beginning of the outbreak in April 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Most of these are among men who have sex with men. In the earlier stages of the outbreak, experts insisted there was no evidence that monkeypox was a sexually transmitted virus, and that it was mostly transmitted by skin-to-skin contact, but mounting research is suggesting otherwise. On Sunday (14 […]

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Monkeypox Concerns Cancel Southern Decadance Concert,  But Not Entire Event

At first it was Covid. Now it’s monkeypox. Organizers of a free concert at an upcoming LGBTQ festival known as Southern Decadence in New Orleans have canceled the concert due to the threat of monkeypox. The larger six-day festival September 1-5 will continue as planned, as it always has since 1973 with the exception of when there were hurricanes and the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. The popular event typically attracts about 250,000 people. But organizers of the concert thought that with the rise in monkeypox cases, particularly among gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, and men who have sex […]

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Monkeypox: New deal will increase supplies of much-needed vaccine amid global shortages

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The sole supplier of the world’s monkeypox vaccine has struck a deal with an American manufacturer to increase supplies of the much-needed shot. Bavarian Nordic, a small Danish company, will hand over the production of millions of vaccines to Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM), a Michigan-based biotechnology company that makes injectable drugs. Two weeks after the White House declared monkeypox a national health emergency, the Biden administration announced on 18 August GRAM will fill and finish 2.5 million doses of the vaccine. The Department of Health and Human Services said the deal will allow Bavarian Nordic to speed up delivery of the 5.5 million vials […]

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Equality California Supports CA Proposition 1: Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare

Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, endorsed California Proposition 1, the Reproductive Freedom Act, that seeks to amend the California Constitution to protect a person’s right to basic healthcare and reproductive freedoms on Wednesday. Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon introduced the Reproductive Freedom Act shortly after the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson was leaked in May, indicating that the Court would likely issue a ruling that would reverse Roe v. Wade and undercut nearly five decades of precedence that protects access to abortion. The California Legislature voted to place Proposition 1 on […]

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Bidding for Face to Face’s Benefit ‘Art for Life’ Kicks of August 25

The 35th Annual Art for Life Auction with proceeds benefiting Face to Face opens its bidding online Thursday, August 25 The dedicated family of AFL artists and supporters have donated an amazing array of paintings, jewelry, ceramics and experiences for you to bid on.  First register to bid, then view the gallery so you’re ready to bid when the auction opens next week. Register here: https://artforlife.f2f.org. Bidding lasts until Tuesday, August 30 at 8:00pm (pst) Once you bid you will be notified via text if someone places a higher bid on your item. You can then decide to raise your […]

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Singapore won’t budge on same-sex marriage ban despite plan to decriminalise gay sex

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Singapore has no plans to lift its ban on same-sex marriage or end its tradition of censoring LGBTQ+ content despite confirming it will decriminalise gay sex. The country’s LGBTQ+ community rejoiced on Sunday (31 August) after prime minister Lee Hsien announced the government would repeal Section 377A, which criminalises consensual sex between men. But at the same time, they were reminded the fight for equality is far from over. More than 20 LGBTQ+ groups called the repeal a “hard-won victory” and a “triumph of love over fear”, but stated that it was “the first step on a long road towards full […]

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Federal court rules Americans with Disabilities Act protects trans people from discrimination

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A federal court of appeals judge ruled Tuesday that transgender people are protected from discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. As The Hill reports, the ruling stems from a 2020 lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman who was incarcerated in a Virginia men’s prison despite the fact that she had been receiving hormone replacement therapy for nearly two decades. Kesha Williams spent more than six months incarcerated alongside men and was periodically denied hormone therapy. After she was released in 2019, she sued Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid, as well as a prison nurse and a deputy, alleging that the prison […]

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