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LGBTI People of Color Outnumber White LGBTI People on Broadcast TV for the First Time

For the first time in history, LGBTI people are color outnumber their white counterparts on broadcast television. GLAAD recently released their annual Where We Are on TV report. This report gauges where the LGBTI representation is at on TV, including broadcast networks, cable, and streaming. Broadcast TV In this new report, GLAAD reported that 8.8% of characters on broadcast TV are LGBTI — a record-breaking number. Moreover, 50% of LGBTI characters on broadcast TV are people of color. Overall, the number of LGBTI characters increased from 58 in the 2016-2017 season to 75 series regular characters in the 2017-2018 season. […]

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Philadelphia Catholic Archbishop: ‘There’s No Such Thing as LGBTQ’

Philadelphia-based Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput, who once said sexually active gays cannot take communion, now denies the existence of LGBTI people at all. Archbishop Chaput claims that church documents should refrain from using the term ‘LGBTQ’ in any official documents. He also blamed the church’s sexual abuse crisis on liberal beliefs about sexuality. ‘There is no such thing as an “LGBTQ Catholic” or a “transgender Catholic” or a “heterosexual Catholic,” as if our sexual appetites defined who we are; as if these designations described discrete communities of differing but equal integrity within the real ecclesial community, the body of Jesus […]

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New Jersey Schools Can Keep Trans Students’ Secret from Parents, According to State

According to the state of New Jersey, educators can keep students’ transgender identities secret from their families. This new protection comes just months after the state passed three bills giving trans residents of Jersey more rights. LGBTI advocates are celebrating New Jersey’s recent guidance. They say it’s putting the state among national leaders for protecting trans students from unaccepting families. Still, some parent and family groups argue that schools shouldn’t be keeping such significant secrets from families. ‘We always have believed that any discussion that affects our students should be an all-inclusive discussion,’ Rose Acerra, president of the New Jersey […]

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