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Alice Cooper loses cosmetics brand deal over anti-trans remarks

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An LGBTQ+ owned cosmetics brand has cut ties with Alice Cooper in the wake of wildly anti-trans remarks the rock star made in a recent interview. In a statement posted to its official Instagram page on Friday, Vampyre Cosmetics announced that it has canceled a collaboration with the 75-year-old singer, known for his theatrical stage persona and goth makeup. “In light of recent statements by Alice Cooper we will no​​​​​​​​​ longer be doing a makeup collaboration,” the brand’s post reads. “We stand with all members of the LGBTQIA+ community and believe everyone should have access to healthcare. All pre-order sales will be […]

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Brazil makes homophobic hate speech punishable by prison

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Brazil’s high court has ruled that homophobic hate speech is on par with racial hate speech and punishable with a prison sentence of two to five years. The Supreme Court’s 9-1 ruling stated it was a “constitutional imperative” for LGBTQ+ people in the country to have this protection.  France 24 explained that the court already ruled in 2019 that homophobia was a crime on par with racism, but that ruling applied to the overall LGBTQ+ community, rather than to speech directed at specific people. The most recent lawsuit was brought by ABGLT, a Brazilian LGBTQ+ rights group. The injunction comes after the […]

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Florida will now fire trans teachers if they use the correct bathroom

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Florida’s State Board of Education has approved new penalties to enforce the state’s anti-transgender bathroom law. Signed into law in May by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is also running for his party’s presidential nomination in 2024, Florida’s House Bill 1521 went into effect in July. It requires people to use bathroom and changing facilities that correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth and applies to public schools, universities, parks, prisons, and other government buildings but not to businesses and healthcare facilities. DeSantis has said the law will ensure women’s safety, based on the myth that trans people are violent sexual […]

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Catholic schools tell trans kids to act like “their biological sex”

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Catholic schools in Worcester, Massachusetts have issued a new policy that orders students to use their names and pronouns assigned at birth and conduct themselves in a manner “consistent with their biological sex,” according to a statement issued by the local diocese on August 15. The policy affects more than 5,000 students in 21 schools in the city 45 miles west of Boston. While the guidance claims that bullying and harassment based on sexual orientation or gender identity “will not be tolerated,” the policy goes on to say that “students may not advocate, celebrate or express same-sex attraction in such a way as to […]

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Republicans are using trans kids to try to trick people into voting against abortion

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Support for abortion access remains high among both Democratic and Republican voters, and as such, Republicans have resorted to trying to trick people into voting for anti-abortion measures – and they’re using anti-trans fearmongering to do it.  In several states, Republicans have tried to convince voters that ballot measures seeking to restrict reproductive rights will also protect youth from Democrats – who they say are trying to force children into gender transitions.  A recent report from Slate detailed how Republicans have (unsuccessfully so far) used this tactic in Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.  In Michigan last year, Republicans spent millions of dollars trying to […]

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California GOP opposes national party’s anti-same-sex marriage platform

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The California Republican Party has sparked a battle with the national GOP by proposing to remove the national party’s opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion from its state political platform. Supporters say removing these two items will help align the California GOP platform with the values of California voters’ values while helping Republican candidates win statewide elections. However, opponents say removing the items would betray the party’s conservative values and contradict the anti-abortion and anti-gay stances of the GOP presidential candidates. The 2020 — that is, current — national Republican platform continued the party’s opposition to same-sex marriage (even though the U.S. […]

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Four arrested for “acts of homosexuality” in Uganda

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Four people have reportedly been arrested in Uganda in the Buikwe district, located in central Uganda along Lake Victoria. Police told the AFP that that four people – two of whom were women – were arrested after receiving a tip that “homosexuality” was happening at a massage parlor in the area.  “The police operation was carried out following a tip-off by a female informant to the area security that acts of homosexuality were being carried out at the massage parlor,” said police spokesperson Hellen Butoto. The arrests come just months after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed the country’s new Anti-Homosexuality Act, which […]

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Gay elder beaten & burned by nursing home workers, now dead

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Ted Brown said his now-deceased civil partner of 50 years, Noel Glynn, received bruises and cigarette burns from homophobic workers while living in a London nursing home for nine months. Brown sued the local council that oversees the home, and the council offered a £30,000 ($38,266 U.S.) settlement to Brown two years ago, but he said he hasn’t received any of the promised money yet. Glynn lived in the Albany Lodge Nursing Home in Croydon in South London from December 2018 to October 2019 while receiving care for dementia. Brown paid £1,400 ($1,787) a month for Glynn’s care. Brown said two LGBTQ+ […]

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A majority of queer youth feel hopeful despite widespread bullying & stress

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Nearly half of all LGBTQ+ youth feel unsafe in school settings, and over half said they had been bullied due to their queer identities, a new report from the Human Rights Campaign(HRC) found. But even though over half of queer respondents also showed signs of anxiety and depression, majorities of LGBTQ+ youth have also come out to their families and feel hopeful for the future nonetheless. The HRC’s 2023 LGBTQ+ Youth Report surveyed over 13,000 LGBTQ+ youth between the ages of 13 and 17, from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Approximately 54% of transgender and gender-expansive youth and 46% of […]

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Trans blogger convicted for discussing her life under Russia’s supposed child protection law

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A Russian court has convicted — and possibly detained and beaten — transgender blogger Milana Petrova for allegedly violating laws against spreading “LGBTQ+ propaganda” and “discrediting” the Russian military. Petrova had allegedly posted LGBTQ+ content, including details about gender transitioning, as well as criticisms of Russia’s army on her public Telegram channel, the Russian independent news outlet Novaya Gazeta reported. It’s not surprising that Putin opposes gay marriage and transgender rights. What’s surprising is how many Republicans in the U.S. agree with him. Her channel’s content was reported to Russia’s Center for Combating Extremism by Ekaterina Mizulina, Director of Russia’s Safe Internet League. […]

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