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2 in 3 school students in the US feel unsafe due to their LGBTQ+ identity

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A new survey has shown that two-thirds of LGBTQ+ school students in the US have reported feeling unsafe because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. The report comes from Glisten, an organisation “dedicated to creating safe and respectful learning environments for youth of all sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions, race and abilities.” The figures are part of the organisation’s 13th National School Climate Survey, and hear from LGBTQ+ students, including intersex, asexual and Two-Spirit individuals, from K-12 about their 2024-2025 school year. The results found that two out of three LGBTQ+ students reported feeling unsafe at school because of […]

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‘It’s coming from the top’: Trump’s EEOC abandons trans man’s workplace discrimination case

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Flint Del Sol thought the government might tell him no. He did not expect it to say the quiet part in writing. For nearly three years, Del Sol, an educator and author, had been pursuing a workplace discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against his former employer, a Southern California school district where he taught for more than a decade. As a transgender man, he says he filed the complaint after years of threats, scrutiny, and what he described as discriminatory treatment tied to his transition and his advocacy for LGBTQ+ students. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ […]

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32% of US voters prefer candidates who oppose LGBTQ+ rights, study shows

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A new poll has shown that 32 percent of Americans would prefer to vote for a candidate that vocally opposes LGBTQ+ rights over one that vocally supports them. The survey comes from Data for Progress, a progressive US-based research group, and was shared with The Advocate on 19 June. Results showed that more than half of Americans polled – 51 percent, in fact – said they were more likely to vote for a candidate who actively supports LGBTQ+ rights. Just 16 percent said they did not know which kind of candidate they would prefer when it comes to support for the queer community. Despite […]

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Ohio pastor who called LGBTQ+ books a ‘health risk’ sentenced for child sex crimes

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Silas Shelton, a church pastor from Clinton County, Ohio, was sentenced to prison Monday for sex crimes against a child that occurred in 2019. He was arrested in October of last year and charged with multiple felonies. Supporters of both the victim and Shelton filled the courtroom, anxiously anticipating the judge’s ruling, as reported by local tri-state CBS affiliate WKRC. However, statements by Shelton’s supporters and his attorney claiming he was a good family man and a pillar of the community didn’t carry much weight with Judge Andrew McCoy, who ultimately imposed the maximum sentence. Stay up to date with the latest […]

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Neighbours unite to display Pride flags after Idaho bans them from public property

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Residents of Boise, Idaho, are coming together to display Pride flags across the city after a state law banned them from flying on government property. A grassroots group called Pride North End has been distributing as many flags and yard signs as possible to locals willing to display them outside their homes. The group has already handed out more than 250 flags and 900 yard signs, according to CBS2 Boise. Though its GoFundMe campaign initially aimed to raise $2,000, it has since brought in more than $10,000, with any unused funds to be donated to LGBTQ+ nonprofits. “We cannot just say something without doing […]

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Nearly 40 years later, Minneapolis repeals bathhouse ban

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Following a 9-2 vote, the Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to repeal the city’s longstanding ban on adult bathhouses, a nearly 40-year prohibition that dates back to the earliest days of the AIDS crisis, per MPR News. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. The last bathhouse in operation in Minneapolis closed in 1988 during the height of the AIDS crisis, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. Jason Chavez, the only out LGBTQ+ member of the council, co-authored the two ordinances required to repeal the ban and, during his remarks, […]

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Mamdani Blows A Kiss From NYC March: “Happy Pride!”

The New York Times reports: A stream of ticker-tape confetti marked the start on Sunday morning of the New York City Pride March, the jubilant and rainbow-bedecked celebration of the L.G.B.T.Q. community that is one of the city’s largest annual public events. Onlookers filled the sidewalks on dozens of blocks and craned their necks out of apartment windows on Fifth Avenue just before noon on Sunday as the parade kicked off, with Gov. Kathy Hochul holding a banner at the front of the march, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani marching nearby. On Sunday afternoon, Gotham Cheer, an L.G.B.T.Q. cheer group, prepared for a […]

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Pete Buttigieg was separated from his children after false CPS report targeted his family

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Pete Buttigieg said Friday that an anonymous child protective services allegation brought police and a Child Protective Services worker to his family’s home this week, forced his 4-year-old twins into forensic interviews, and left him briefly separated from them before authorities concluded the report was false. In a deeply personal Substack post titled “A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family,” the former transportation secretary described the incident as a “cruel, politically motivated hoax” that invaded his home, frightened his family, and pulled his children into the brutal machinery of American politics. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with […]

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Homocon Trump Ambassador Bill White Attacks Pop Star Katy Perry For Turning Down His Brussels Event

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Belgium had a meltdown on stage because singer Katy Perry didn’t perform at the America 250 celebrations in Brussels. Ambassador Bill White was one of several people who gave a speech at the bash marking America’s 250th birthday in the European nation on Sunday, in front of thousands of invite-only guests at the public Cinquantenaire Park in Belgium’s capital. There were also musical performances from the Zac Brown Band, despite being virtually unknown in Belgium, as well as country singer Alexis Wilkins, the girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, who suffered […]

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Oregon Pride march canceled after organizers say police wouldn’t protect eventgoers

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Organizers of a Pride march in Oregon have canceled the event, citing concerns about violence, distrust of police, and what they described as a lack of support from law enforcement. Organizers of a Pride march in Oregon canceled amid concerns about violence and a lack of support from police. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. Eugene/Springfield Pride organizers announced a rally and march originally scheduled for Saturday will not go forward, though the group’s festival at the Lane Events Center will proceed. Organizers said they canceled the rally and […]

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