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Pope Leo says blessing same-sex weddings is ‘not what the Church teaches’

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Pope Leo is continuing his predecessor’s decision to bless same-sex couples — so long as they don’t look too much like a wedding. The new pontiff recently said in an interview with Christian newspaper Crux that “the church’s teaching will continue as it is” in regards to marriage equality, while criticizing some ceremonies in which priests have blessed couples as they legally marry. “I’ve already spoken about marriage, as did Pope Francis when he was pope, about a family being a man and a woman in solemn commitment, blessed in the sacrament of marriage,” Leo said. “But even to say that, I understand […]

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Kamala Harris discusses trans athletes & why she wouldn’t ‘turn on transgender people’

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s upcoming memoir, 107 Days, out Tuesday, arrives at a moment when transgender rights have become a central battleground in U.S. electoral politics. In it, Harris confronts not just her own record but the broader cultural storm swirling around trans athletes and the politics of fear. According to Politico, Harris writes that she understands concerns from some parents and players about fairness in girls’ athletics, especially in contact sports where “biological factors such as muscle mass” may produce what some consider unfair advantages. She insists that these challenges “can be resolved with goodwill and common sense … without vilifying and demonizing children.” Research shows transgender athletes make up […]

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Phoenix man arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up LGBTQ+ bar over Charlie Kirk killing

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Phoenix police have detained a man accused of threatening to shoot people at a local LGBTQ+ bar as revenge for Charlie Kirk‘s death. Treven Michael Gokey, 49, was arrested Wednesday on two felony counts of making a terroristic threat and using a computer to threaten, according to the police report via AZ Family, and is currently being held in the Maricopa County jail on a $250,000 bond. Officers said that Gokey threatened a shooting at Cruisin’ 7th, allegedly telling them that “Charlie Kirk was a martyr” and he ”was a martyr for Charlie Kirk.” Gokey reportedly told police during a a welfare check […]

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LGBTQ+ employees traveling abroad for work feel less safe. What should companies do?

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Most LGBTQ+ people who travel for work say they’ve felt less safe abroad — and yet a new survey has found most companies aren’t offering protections for their employees even as they send them to places where their identities are illegal.  More than half (52 percent) of employees say that traveling for work as a member of the LGBTQ+ community feels less safe compared to their heterosexual or cisgender colleagues, according to a new report from World Travel Protections. This is amplified by the fact that 61 countries still criminalize homosexuality in some form.  Despite the safety concerns, only 13 percent of travelers say that […]

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BOYCOTT: Ben & Jerry’s founder Jerry Greenfield resigns, says he’s ‘been silenced’ over LGBTQ+ rights

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Greenfield said that when packaged goods company Unilever bought Ben & Jerry’s for $326 million in 2000, the “unique merger agreement” allowed them the independence to use their brand to speak out “in support of peace, justice, and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but in relation to real events happening in our world.” Today, he claimed it’s “profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone.” “And it’s happening at a time when our country’s current administration is attacking civil rights, voting rights, the rights of immigrants, women, […]

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Florida businesses and governments take to walls and parking lots to replace rainbows DeSantis blasted away

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As Florida transportations continue a literal erasure of rainbow street art, local governments and businesses are seeking new ways to honor the LGBTQ+ population. In Delray Beach, where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration sandblasted an intersection after city officials refused to remove it themselves, City Commissioners this week brainstormed new tributes. According to a local CBS affiliate, that could include establishing an entire Pride Street, putting up murals on a city parking garage, or adding light projects on a water tower. In Orlando, where the DeSantis administration started his battle against street art by blacking out a crosswalk honoring victims of the Pulse shooting and arrestingpeople who chalked colors back in, […]

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The Heritage Foundation wants transgender people and allies designated as terrorists

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The architects of the Project 2025 agenda now want the federal government to monitor and label transgender people and those close to them as terrorists. The Heritage Foundation urged the FBI to add a new designation to its list of domestic violent extremist groups for Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism, falsely claiming violence from trans people and allies is increasing.  “TIVE is based on the belief that violence is justified against those who do not share radical views of transgender ideology. It has led to an increasing trend of TIVE domestic terrorist events across the country,” reads a release from the organization. Trans people make up less than a […]

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Meet the Black gay entrepreneur running to be Alabama’s next senator

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In Alabama, where Republicans have entrenched their dominance and legislatorshave passed some of the nation’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, Dakarai Larriett is mounting a campaign he knows will be an uphill climb. At 43, the Birmingham-born entrepreneur and activist could become the first Black out gay man elected to the U.S. Senate. But Larriett insists that isn’t the point.  “This campaign is so about the policies, the policies that improve the lives of people, and not the personalities,” he said in an interview with The Advocate. A career in business and service Larriett’s résumé spans both the corporate world and community activism. After graduating from the University […]

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Creator of the trans flag is fleeing U.S. due to LGBTQ+ persecution

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Monica Helms, the Navy veteran and creator of the original transgender pride flag, is fleeing the country due to anti-LGBTQ persecution. She and her wife, Darlene Wagner, launched a GoFundMe earlier this year to facilitate their move abroad. “We are worried there’s a possibility something could happen where we end up getting arrested just for being who we are,” Helms said in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter when the fundraiser first kicked off. The couple currently lives in Georgia, which Erin in the Morning’s newest risk assessment map labeled as a “high risk” area for transgender people. Helms is by no means the only transgender refugee […]

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Amy Coney Barrett, conservative panelists discuss overturning marriage equality

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Conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t appear inclined to overturn marriage equality — but can she be trusted? Barrett calls the right to marry “fundamental” in her new book, Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution, which comes out Tuesday. However, she has previously said the matter should be up to each state. And in her confirmation hearings in 2020, she was cagey about whether she would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to abortion nationwide, butin 2022 she voted to overturn it. Meanwhile, panelists at the National Conservatism Conference, held this week in Washington, D.C., discussed the possible reversal of Obergefell […]

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