LGBTQ Nation

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City that placed $10,000 bounty on trans people who use public restrooms makes law even worse

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A Texas city infamous for placing a $10,000 bounty on trans people who use bathrooms and locker rooms that do not align with their sex assigned at birth has voted to make its policy even more strict.  On Tuesday, the Odessa City Council voted 5-1 to maintain its bathroom ban and allow individual citizens (whether or not they are Odessa or even Texas residents) to sue a trans person for a minimum of $10,000 in damages if they violate it (there is no cap on how large the bounty can be). It also approved an expansion of the law. Once applied only […]

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Russia passes bill to outlaw adoption by people from countries where gender-affirming care is legal

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Russian lawmakers have moved to outlaw adoption by people from countries where gender-affirming care is legal. Russian language outlet Zona Media reports that the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly, has unanimously approved a bill that would prohibit the adoption of Russian children by citizens of foreign countries where gender transition is allowed. Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said the bill was aimed at protecting children who can’t protect themselves, characterizing “the West’s policy towards children” as “destructive.” “It is necessary to do everything so that new generations of our citizens grow up oriented toward traditional family values,” Volodin […]

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Keith Haring & Betty White get the “forever” treatment with new stamps

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The United States Postal Service shared good news on Friday with an announcement they’ll be honoring two LGBTQ+ icons with stamps in 2025: Keith Haring and Betty White. “This early glimpse into our 2025 stamp program demonstrates our commitment to providing a diverse range of subjects and designs for both philatelists and stamp enthusiasts,” said Lisa Bobb-Semple, Stamp Services director for USPS, where “diversity” will no doubt be under fire under the incoming administration. Enjoy it while it lasts — with a “forever” stamp. Keith Haring shot to fame in the 1980s with his iconic, graffiti-inspired drawings that became an instantly […]

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Donald Trump is already inspiring other countries to crack down on homosexuality

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The leader of one of the parties in Uzbekistan’s government coalition announced that they are working on a law to ban LGBTQ+ “propaganda” in the Central Asia country. And they’re giving credit to Donald Trump for the move. Alisher Qodirov is the leader of the Milliy Tiklanish (National Revival) party, which, along with the Liberal Democrats, controls the lower chamber of the parliament of Uzbekistan. He posted on the social media network Telegram that his party is working on a draft law to ban discussions of LGBTQ+ people. In the post, he referenced a post written by Donald Trump’s daughter […]

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LGBTQ+ young adults are experiencing depression en masse

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A new study has found that LGBTQ+ higher education students are more than three times as likely to have depression than their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts. Published in the Journal of American College Health, the study examined data from almost 500,000 respondents to the annual Healthy Minds Study, which tracked mental health in full-time students ages 18 to 35 from 2007 to 2022. “Our findings highlight a growing mental health crisis among LGBTQIA+ students that demands immediate attention,” says David Pagliaccio of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. “Academic institutions need to take urgent and proactive steps to address these alarming rises in depression that […]

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Donald Trump’s deportation blitz is coming but advocates are ready to fight him

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President-elect Donald Trump has promised to begin his new term by starting “the largest deportation program in American history,” aiming to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. But Aaron Morris — executive director of Immigration Equality, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting LGBTQ+ immigrants through legal services and litigation — has said it’s already preparing to combat Trump’s plans. “Unfortunately, we have survived and thrived through a previous Trump administration, so there are certain expectations that we will have, and steps he will take, that will hurt both immigrant communities at large and also target LGBTQ immigrants,” Morris told Gay City News. “We are […]

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Has Donald Trump forever desensitized America to cruelty?

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Donald Trump can say and do things that basically no one else on the planet can get away with. For reasons that will be analyzed for years to come, consequences seem to evade him at every turn. Instead, he receives endless rewards for his cruelty.  Journalist McKay Coppins has identified this as “the most insidious legacy of the Trump era.” In an op-ed for The Atlantic, Coppoins says Trump has “thoroughly desensitized voters to behavior that, in another era, they would have deemed disqualifying in a president.” “The national bar for outrage keeps rising,” Coppins writes. “The ability to be shocked has […]

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We’re going to get through this together

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Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It has been a hard week, and while we’re more committed now than ever to sharing empowering, uplifting stories, we wanted to offer some compassion and encouragement too: It’s an emotional time, and it’s good (and vital) to express our feelings, both alone and with others. Remember, nearly 70 million others also voted for progress, equality and decency — and we’re heading into the future with them. Throughout history, we’ve needed […]

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Yale psychiatrist says LGBTQ+ people should shun Trump-supporting family members over the holidays

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A psychiatrist has said that during the upcoming holiday season LGBTQ+ people have the right to shun family members who voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election. “There’s a societal norm that if somebody is your family, that they are entitled to your time,” she said. “I think the answer is absolutely not,” Yale University child psychiatrist Dr Amanda Calhoun said on Friday (8 November).  Speaking to MSNBC viewers on Joy Reid‘s show on Friday night (8 November) she said: “If you are going through a situation where you have family members or close friends who you know have voted in […]

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LGBTQ+ ally Ruben Gallego wins U.S. Senate race against anti-LGBTQ+ MAGA disciple Kari Lake

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LGBTQ+ ally Ruben Gallego has seemingly won his race against anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Kari Lake for Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat. He won 50% of the vote, beating Lake by 66,305 votes with 93% of all voting precincts reporting as of Monday morning, Decision Desk HQ reported. He has not yet made a statement commenting on his projected victory. As such, Gallego will win the Senate seat that will soon be vacated by outgoing bisexual Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Sinema — a controversial figure in the Senate, often frustrating Democratic priorities — left the Democratic party in late 2022, after earning enmity from other […]

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