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Biden to LGBTQ Advocates: ‘You Deserve a Partner in the White House’

Joe Biden on Thursday doubled down on his commitment to LGBTQ rights, including his support for the Equality Act, in a message to the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ rights group. Speaking in advance of the group’s Unite for Equality Live virtual event, the former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee said America is at a turning point: “This election is going to determine our future for a very long time.” Pointing to a litany of crises — the pandemic, economic decline, climate change, wildfires, threats to LGBTQ equality — Biden said the common denominator is President Donald Trump. “A president […]

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Donald Trump Sued by Lesbian Niece Mary for ‘Cheating’ her Out of Millions

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Donald Trump is being sued for fraud by his niece Mary Trump, who claims her uncle and his siblings deliberately cheated her out of tens of millions of dollars. The lawsuit filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Thursday (September 24) includes multiple claims of fraud, concealment and civil conspiracy, among a myriad of allegations. The president is said to have conspired over several decades with Mary’s aunt, former federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry, and uncle Robert Trump (who died last month), to squeeze her out of the family business and deprive her of her multi-million dollar inheritance. For the Trumps, […]

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Biden Reaffirms Commitment To Equality Act

NBC News reports: Joe Biden on Thursday doubled down on his commitment to LGBTQ rights, including his support for the Equality Act, in a message to the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ rights group. Speaking in advance of the group’s Unite for Equality Live virtual event, the former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee said America is at a turning point: “This election is going to determine our future for a very long time.” Accusing Trump of trying to roll back protections for the LGBTQ community, Biden promised to be a staunch ally. “You deserve a partner in the […]

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The Merriam-Webster Updates its Definition of ‘Bisexual’ to Make it More Trans-inclusive

The definition of ‘bisexual’ in the Merriam-Webster dictionary has been updated to encompass gender as well as sex, making it more inclusive of trans identities. The progressive move is thanks to bisexual advocate Robyn Ochs, who reached out to Merriam-Webster in January 2019 asking them to change their definition of ‘bisexual’ to a term that embraces the full gender spectrum.× When she got no reply she asked for GLAAD’s help in lobbying the publisher, explaining that the use of the word “both” implies that sex and gender identity are simple binaries, which is inaccurate. Merriam-Webster promptly updated the entry, and as of Bisexual Visibility […]

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‘Suicide Prevention Bill Becomes First LGBT-inclusive Law Unanimously Approved by Congress

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A suicide prevention bill that includes LGBT-specific training for helpline workers has become the first ever LGBT-inclusive legislation to pass through the US House of Representatives without a single vote against it. The house passed the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, which will allow Americans to dial 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, by unanimous consent on Monday (September 21), sending the bill to the president’s desk. LGBT+ suicide prevention charity The Trevor Project notes that the bill “is the first that is specifically LGBTQ-inclusive to pass Congress unanimously in history”, with not a single lawmaker casting a […]

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National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action Network

The National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action Network (the Network) launched a new campaign that urges presidential candidates to address issues of LGBTQ+ poverty in the United States. The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Justice Work at The Vaid Group co-coordinate the Network with over 100 member organizations and advocates. As part of the bold new initiative, the Network released a two page “LGBTQ+ Priorities for the Next Presidential Term” memo highlighting concrete steps the White House can take to dismantle barriers to social and economic justice for LGBTQ+ people. The recommendations include investing in LGBTQ+ communities, strengthening anti-poverty programs, and […]

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Vulnerable LGBT+ Teens Feel Less Supported by their Parents than 20 Years Ago, Study Finds

Parents of LGBT+ teens are less accepting of their children than 20 years ago, an alarming study has found. Research published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies found that parental behaviours toward LGBT+ youth have steadily worsened for nearly two decades, a result which “surprised” the report’s top researchers considering the overall rise of acceptance towards queer people in recent years. “This increasing societal acceptance really doesn’t filter down to youth who are still in school, who are still being discriminated against or victimised by their classmates,” the report’s co-author Hilary Rose, an associate professor in the Department of Applied […]

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Pete Buttigieg Implores LGBT Youth to ‘Vote Like Your Life Depends on it’

Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay presidential candidate for a major party, has one message for LGBT+ youth in the run up to the US election: Vote. Buttigieg, the gay mayor from Indiana who was the surprise break-out star of the Democratic race earlier this year, has thrown his weight behind Joe Biden’s bid to get Donald Trump out of the White House. And in an interview with The Guardian, the 38-year-old has spoken out about how this year’s US election is both political and deeply personal. “When you see your own rights come up for debate, when you know something as intimate […]

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One of Trump’s Picks to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Close Links to Anti-LGBT+ Hate Groups

Allison Jones Rushing, one of Donald Trump’s top picks to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court, has worrying links to an anti-LGBT+ hate group. Rushing is one of the 20 potential conservative nominees Trump listed earlier this month, just weeks before before Ginsburg passed away and left a vacancy on the US Supreme Court. Trump plans to replace RBG, as she was affectionately known, imminently, and has vowed to announce a woman as his nominee this week. Rushing is one of the most prominent female potential nominees on Trump’s list, and has a concerning anti-LGBT+ history. According to CNN’s Daniel Dale, Trump boasted that one […]

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Democrat Set to Make History as the First Trans State Senator in the US

Trans Democrat Sarah McBride is set to make history as the first out transgender state senator ever elected in the United States, after winning the state legislative primary in Delaware. McBride, a trailblazing trans activist, national press secretary for Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and author of the book Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality, already became the first trans person to speak at a major party convention when in 2016 she addressed the Democrat National Convention.Read More But now she is set to make history again. Only four openly trans people have ever been elected to state legislature […]

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