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Protesters Tell UK’s First Chick-fil-A to ‘Sashay Away’

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Sum Ting Wong opted for a more muted look today as she and more than “150 people” protested today against the first UK Chick-fil-A store. In the southern town of Reading, England, locals were filled with unease when they awoke to the news that the American fast-food chain – known for its donations to anti-LGBT+ organisations – was set to open up shop in their town. Sending ripples through the queer community, campaigners rallied together to stand against the chain by spilling outside The Oracle shopping centre in the Berkshire town today telling the corporation to […]

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Nico Tortorella on Writing, Queer Legacies and Social Media

What are the best ways to navigate feelings of debilitating shame? Providing ferociously, self-reflective takes on their uneasy relationship with fame, family, drug use, and romantic partnerships, Nico Tortorella’s new memoir Space Between unpacks personal stigma, all in the hopes of dispelling it, both for themselves and others in the LGTBQIA+ community. With a striking frankness, the book details Tortorella’s unconventional marriage, complex romantic relationships, and their journey towards living a life outside the gender binary. A noted performer on the TV show Younger and the lead in a forthcoming Walking Dead spin-off, Tortorella is also a staunch advocate on issues pertaining to multidimensional desire and sexual […]

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Prison Guards are Mocking Trans Inmates; Sharing their Personal Info on Facebook

At least 25 Illinois prison employees participated in online conversations that mocked, demeaned or disclosed personal and medical information about transgender inmates, an investigation has found. A report by Injustice Watch and BuzzFeed News revealed that extreme transphobic comments were posted by a range of corrections staff in two private Facebook groups, each with more than 4,000 members. The degrading posts were written by low-level officers, sergeants, lieutenants, and other correctional staffers — including a counsellor and a parole officer — from across the state. Members of the group also outed LGBT+ inmates and openly discussed private information about them, including alleged sexual acts and medical […]

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Hong Kong Court Upholds Ban on Same-sex Marriage

A Hong Kong court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage and civil union partnerships on Friday after a lesbian identified as “MK” launched the city’s first judicial challenge on the issue, stating it violated her constitutional rights. Rights group Amnesty International described the judgment as a “bitter blow” for LGBTQ people in Hong Kong. “Sadly, the discriminatory treatment of same-sex couples will continue for the time being,” Amnesty said in a statement. Related NBC OUT Olympian Adam Rippon sends message to bullied youth on #SpiritDay The Court of First Instance ruled that the government was not obliged to provide an […]

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Matthew Shepard’s Parents Deliver Scathing Put-down of Trump for Pretending to Honor their Son

The parents of murdered gay man Matthew Shepard snubbed a Trump administration ceremony in his honour, accusing the GOP-led Department of Justice of exploiting his memory. A ceremony was held at the Department of Justice on Thursday to mark ten years since the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a law signed by president Obama that extended federal hate crime laws to cover LGBT+ people. The law is partly named in memory of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in Wyoming in 1998 in a homophobic attack that saw his killers escape hate crime charges. Shepard’s […]

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Comedian’s Death Underscores High Suicide Rate among Transgender People

The death of a comedian who was recently referenced in Dave Chapelle’s Netflix special “Sticks and Stones” has underscored the disproportionately high suicidality rate among transgender people. “I love you all. I’m sorry,” trans comedian Daphne Dorman wrote on Facebook on Oct. 11. “Please help my daughter, Naia, understand that none of this is her fault. Please remind her that I loved her with every fiber of my being.” Her sister Becky Kugler confirmed Dorman’s death in the comment section of the post. “I so wish we could all have helped you through your darkness,” Kugler wrote. “We’ll always love […]

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Spirit Day: Celebs, Presidential Candidates Send Messages to LGBTQ Youth

Shortly after Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi died by suicide in 2010, Canadian teen Brittany McMillan decided to do something about it: She created a Facebook event calling on people to wear purple — the “spirit” color of the rainbow pride flag — on the third Thursday of October to show that they stand against anti-LGBTQ bullying. By the time the first Spirit Day took place on Oct. 20, 2010, it was already a worldwide phenomenon. “Since then, it has evolved into more than just wearing purple, but ‘going purple,’ which is really quite amazing,” McMillan told NBC News in 2016. Sarah Kate […]

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Uganda Backs Off “Kill The Gays” Bill Under Pressure

Reuters reports: Uganda will not impose the death penalty for gay sex, a presidential spokesman said today, after major aid donors said they were monitoring a plan by the African nation to reintroduce a bill colloquially known as “Kill the Gays”. Uganda’s Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo last Thursday said the government planned to re-introduce an anti-homosexuality bill in parliament within weeks to curb the spread of homosexuality in the east African nation. Lokodo’s statement was widely reported across the world and international donors such as the European Union, World Bank, the United States and the Global Fund said they […]

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Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio! Tp Perform at Occidental Center for the Arts

Friday October 25 @ 8 pm. Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio! at Occidental Center for the Arts. Internationally renowned flamenco guitarist/composer/educator Juanito Pascual is on tour with a powerhouse trio featuring Grammy-nominated percussionist Tupac Mantilla and bassist Brad Barrett.They have played our venue before and wowed the audience!  Do not miss the mesmerizing virtuosity of this fine trio of young talents, as they merge the soul-stirring beauty of flamenco tradition with jazz, world music, rock and soul influences. $20 Advance/$25 at the Door. Fine Refreshments. Art Gallery open. Wheelchair Accessible. www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org. 707-874-9392. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct. Occidental, CA. 95465

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Wide Gaps in Legal Protection of LGBTQ Workers, Analysis Finds

Rumors started circulating around the fire station in Byron, Georgia, within a year after the medical treatments began. The fire chief’s once-crewcut hair was growing longer, and other physical changes were becoming noticeable. Keeping quiet was no longer an option. The chief said that once members of the tiny Fire Department were told, word spread “faster than a nuclear explosion” through Byron — a city of about 4,500 in a farming region outside Macon known for growing Georgia’s famous peaches. The fire chief was undergoing a gender transition and would continue to run the department as Rachel Mosby. A City […]

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