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Michigan Supreme Court says state judges must respect pronouns in court

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In a 5-2 vote, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that all judges in the state must respect the pronouns of the parties that come before their court. The rule will be implemented beginning on January 1. While it prevents judges from disrespecting a person’s pronouns, it does allow them to refer to a party as “attorney” or “plaintiff” along with their last name should they want to avoid pronouns altogether.  “Courts must use the individual’s name, the designated salutation or personal pronouns, or other respectful means that is not inconsistent with the individual’s designated salutation or personal pronouns,” the decision stated.  […]

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UK Official: Being LGBTQ Is Not Grounds For Asylum

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EuroNews reports: Suella Braverman questioned the United Nations Refugee Convention in a speech in Washington, arguing that “simply being gay, or a woman” should not be by itself grounds for international protection. The British government has made the fight against illegal immigration a priority. With a general election due next year, which the opposition party Labour is widely tipped to win, the ruling Conservatives’ stance against asylum seekers is becoming increasingly hardline. Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute, the UK home secretary questioned the role of the 1951 Geneva Convention, which defines refugee status. In 12 countries around the world, people […]

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LGBTQ+ people are smoking to cope with trauma. Today’s anti-tobacco activists are failing them.

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Yellowing teeth. Wrinkling skin. A dry as hell cough. We’ve all seen the ads showing the dangers of smoking cigarettes. In middle school, our teachers would pass out red ribbons and “D.A.R.E.” us to be drug-free. “Just Say NO” still lingers in my brain all of these years later.  We’ve also seen at least one person close to us who has smoked a cigarette, had one too many shots of alcohol, or used some other form of substance to cope with the stresses of daily life. With the FDA declaring youth vaping an “epidemic” in 2018, it is clear that the scare […]

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Democrats introduce bill to fight anti-LGBTQ+ harassment in colleges

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Democrats introduced a bill that would require colleges and universities to fight anti-LGBTQ+ harassment on campus. The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act would require colleges and universities that receive federal funds – which is almost all of them – to enact an anti-harassment policy that specifically addresses harassment based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex (which includes sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, and religion. The policies would also have to address cyberbullying. The appeals court ruled evidence “tainted the jury’s verdict on the remaining charges, depriving defendant of his constitutional right to a fair trial.” “No one […]

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Texas church launches program to help fund transgender kids’ healthcare

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A Texas church has chosen a radically different path from many denominations nationwide. Instead of demonizing LGBTQ+ people, the Galileo Church in Fort Worth has opted to support and welcome the community. The congregation is particularly disturbed by the state legislature’s recently enacted law that bans healthcare providers from treating trans kids and has launched a program to help families get their children the healthcare they need. “Health care is a human right, and withholding necessary care for trans kids is state-sponsored cruelty. As neighbors to one another, we seek ways to help each other’s families flourish,” the church says on the […]

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New study finds decline in UK trans acceptance: ‘A shift that benefits no one’

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Findings from 40 years of the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, which was published by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) on Thursday (21 September), revealed insights into cultural and moral views in the UK.  Although the BSA was founded in 1983, questions regarding transgender people were first asked only seven years ago.  The BSA 2022 survey consisted of 6,638 interviews, conducted between 7 September and 30 October, and results showed a sharp rise in prejudice against trans people, with only 64 per cent saying they’re “not at all prejudice”, falling from 82 per cent since 2019.  Also according to the […]

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Anti-trans rallies clash with counter-protestors across Canada

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Anti-trans rallies in cities across Canada were met with counterprotests on Wednesday, as demonstrators clashed over LGBTQ+ inclusive school policies and curriculum. As the CBC reports, the demonstrations were sparked in part by anti-trans school policies similar to those that have been introduced in school districts across the U.S. recently. In June, New Brunswick’s provincial government instituted a policy requiring trans and nonbinary students under 16 to get their parents’ consent before teachers can use their names and pronouns. Saskatchewan adopted a similar policy in August. Both provinces face legal challenges over the policies. According to the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, Wednesday’s anti-trans rallies […]

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School board orders removal of student-painted mural containing LGBTQ+ imagery

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A West Michigan school board has ordered the removal of a student’s mural after parents freaked out over some LGBTQ+ imagery included in the artwork.  Grant High School student Evelyn Gonzales painted the mural at the Child and Adolescent Health Center at Grant Middle School after winning an art contest.  The mural shows kids and animals wearing hats with red crosses on them. The kids have diverse skin colors and one wears a hijab. One girl in the mural wears rainbow colors. Another student wears a transgender flag shirt while getting a shot from a bunny nurse. And two kids […]

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These 7 history-making LGBTQ+ Latinx artists were all honored on stamps

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Queer people of Latin American heritage have been making history for centuries, but most of them don’t get official recognition for their work by their national governments. These seven Latine/Latinx LGBTQ+ people have had the honor to have their likeness or their artwork grace an official postage stamp of their country.  Sergio E. Baradat (born 1959) Sergio Baradat, an out gay graphic designer of Cuban descent who grew up in Miami, makes sense to be the person to start off a list about Latine folks on stamps because he is a leader in the postage design world.  ADVERTISING Get the […]

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Sen. John Kennedy reads sexually explicit passages to justify anti-LGBTQ+ book bans

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During a Tuesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about book bans, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) read sexually explicit passages from two LGBTQ+ memoirs in order to justify censorship as a necessary way to protect children from pornography and sexual grooming. However, other experts during the hearing pointed out book bans are also being used to ban non-sexual LGBTQ+ children’s books and other books about the anti-Semitic Nazi Holocaust, Native American genocide, and Black and Latino civil rights experiences. The hearing, entitled “Book Bans: Examining How Censorship Limits Liberty and Literature,”featured testimony from five witnesses: two who claimed that the upset around book […]

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