LGBTQ Nation

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LGBTQ+ elders feel ‘excluded and isolated’ in a community ‘geared towards younger people’, study finds

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A UK-based charity dedicated to LGBTQ+ people over 50 has revealed that many feel “excluded and isolated” in a community “geared towards younger people”. Research by Opening Doors found people over the age of 50 “especially within the gay community” feel less visible due to being less likely to have “familial networks”.  Due to “distrust in the system”, the charity also found that older people often go without help from external support networks.  John Campbell, who identifies as androsexual, said his experience as an older LGBTQ+ person has been “trying at times, owing to the amount of emotional trauma”.  ‘I feel excluded’  […]

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NHL bans players from wearing rainbow-colored Pride jerseys

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The National Hockey League (NHL), the highest level professional ice hockey league representing 32 North American teams, has banned teams from wearing Pride-themed warm-up jerseys during the teams’ LGBTQ+-inclusive Pride nights. The NHL’s ban will also forbid teams from wearing jerseys commemorating military veterans, people with cancer, and others. The league’s decision comes during Pride Month and barely a week after Major League Baseball (MLB) announced a similar ban. When a gay couple was shown kissing in the stadium, he said “That’s disgusting. Security, get rid of them.” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman recently talk to Sportsnet about the rainbow-colored jerseys and how some […]

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Inside Oakland Black Pride: a 5-day festival centering queer people of color

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Today, the third annual Oakland Black Pride Festival kicks off with a fabulous benefit dinner spotlighting the culinary contributions of queer people of color. It’s the first in a five-day series of events — including workshops, a cookout, and a bar crawl—that Oakland Black Pride founder and CEO Olaywa K. Austin says are aimed at serving the particular needs of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Black queer community. The festival has its roots in the summer of 2020, when Austin and friends began trying to figure out how to celebrate Pride amid the COVID-19 lockdowns. “As we were quarantined and I was […]

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Majorities of Americans oppose religious-based anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination

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Large majorities of U.S. adults across different racial, ethnic, and religious identities oppose religious-based discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, according to a new Williams Institute report. Even majorities of Republicans oppose religious-based anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, the report found. Its findings suggest that Republican-led attacks on LGBTQ+ civil rights — many of which are couched in religious terms — are actually opposed by most American adults. A survey of non-LGBTQ Americans show large majorities disagree with right-wing discrimination. The data came from the Williams Institute’s September 2022 survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,003 adults. Approximately 84% of survey respondents said they opposed […]

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Republicans don’t have anywhere to eat this month. All of these chains celebrate Pride

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It’s Pride Month and as more and more businesses have climbed on board the rainbow train, Republicans are running out of places to dine out. “Rainbow washing” and “rainbow capitalism” have become common refrains from some in the community who are weary of corporations slapping a rainbow on their logo without supporting the community during the other 11 months of the year. But with over 600 anti-LGBTQ+ laws proposed at the federal and national levels by Republicans and the religious right, this is the year to overlook that in favor of just making them squirm. But as the far-right boycotts […]

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How LGBTQ+ people can protect their mental health during a traumatizing Pride season

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With hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed over the past year, both at the federal level and in state legislatures across the country, it’s a difficult time for the queer community. Republican politicians, far-right online personalities, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists have launched vicious attacks against the community, especially drag queens and transgender people. June is usually a celebration for the LGBTQ+ community, but this year many have found it challenging to enjoy Pride like in previous years. They’ve been traumatized by the nonstop vitriol and threats of violence.  So how can you take care of yourself this year? The onslaught of […]

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Warning of terrorism attacks on LGBTQ+ community during 2024 presidential race

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned that the LGBTQ+ community is at risk of terrorism attacks during the 2024 US presidential race. The DHS’ announcement, published on 24 May and set to expire on 24 November, states that the “United States remains in a heightened threat environment”. The federal agency noted that “both domestic violent extremists and those associated with foreign terrorist organisations” continue to call on supporters to attack the US, with likely targets being highlighted as minority groups including the LGBTQ+ community.  The DHS states that the 2024 election cycle and legislative decisions could lead to such violence […]

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Women’s soccer players forced to go through humiliating genital exams to compete in World Cup

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Soccer champ Nilla Fischer has revealed that she and her teammates on Sweden’s national team had to “show their genitalia for the doctor” at the 2011 Women’s World Cup to prove that they were cis women. Fischer bares all in her new autobiography I Didn’t Even Say Half of It, where she describes the “humiliating” experience of showing her vagina to a designated physiotherapist. “We were told that we should not shave ‘down there’ in the coming days and that we will show our genitalia for the doctor,” wrote Fischer. The reveal at that year’s World Cup in Germany was prompted […]

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Catholic “Pride Mass” canceled after protestors bombard bishop with “hateful” messages

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A Catholic “Pride Mass” at Duquesne University was canceled at the urging of the Pittsburgh diocese after being bombarded with messages from anti-LGBTQ+ protestors.  Planned by the organization Catholics for Change in our Church, the mass was meant to be promoted as a service held in solidarity with LGBTQ+ Catholics. But according to local news outlet WESA, all hell broke loose when a flyer referring to the event as a “Pride Mass” was obtained and published by the far-right Daily Signal. The flyer was reportedly put out by a parish member without approval from the organizers. Her rhetoric is getting more combative, saying trans women […]

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Out Sen. Tammy Baldwin says LGBTQ+ mental health data should be collected in federal surveys

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While speaking at the Politico Health Care Summit, out Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) expressed the need for the federal government to collect more data about LGBTQ+ people, especially when it comes to mental health.  Federally funded surveys, she said, rarely provide questions on LGBTQ+ identities.  “I think it’s so important people are counted. It’s hard to claim with great reliability how much greater risk gay and lesbian, bisexual, transgender children and adults are at risk for suicide. It is really important that we get that data because it helps us make our arguments for greater resources and greater services.”  As The Hill reports, Baldwin […]

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