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Portugal Passes Law to Let Trans People Self-identify Their Legal Gender

Portugal has passed a law that allows transgender people to change their legal gender under a “self determination” system. The new law, which makes Portugal the sixth European country to adopt a “self-ID” gender recognition law, passed through the country’s parliament on Friday by a reported vote of 109-106. It removes a medical diagnosis requirement for transgender people to have their gender legally recognised, and instead allows them to change their legal gender through a procedure based on self-determination. The new gender recognition law removes hurdles to transition that have faced criticism, and instead respects that trans people themselves know best […]

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Illinois Set to Become Second State to Teach LGBT History in Schools

Lawmakers in Illinois have pushed forward a bill that would require schools to teach LGBT history to students in the state. The state looks set to approve a bill that would require all public elementary and high schools to teach “the significant role of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in society.”  It would mean the state will use LGBT inclusive textbooks, as well as dedicating teaching time to LGBT history. The bill was given its second reading earlier this week and was later supported by the state’s education committee with an 8-2 vote. The proposed bill would teach pupils […]

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LA to Protect Trans Citizens From Trump

During the first year of the Trump administration, transgender and non-binary individuals saw a host of personal freedoms threatened through new proposals and bills. First came the removal of mandatory protections of trans students under Title IX in February of 2017. By September, the Justice Department filed a brief arguing for businesses to be able to discriminate against individuals based on gender and sexuality. A month later, a series of “license to discriminate” laws passed across the South, allowing individual businesses and services to turn away customers due to religious convictions. Today, a new iteration of the bill that seeks […]

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Alleged Serial Killer Now Faces First-degree Murder Charge in Death of Abdulbasir Faizi

Another murder charge was laid Wednesday against Bruce McArthur, bringing the number of people he is alleged to have killed to seven. McArthur, 66, appeared in court via video this morning to face his latest first-degree murder charge in the death of 42-year-old Abdulbasir Faizi, one of three missing men at the centre of Project Houston. The College Park courtroom was moderately full, mostly with media there for McArthur’s appearance. He appeared via video dressed in an orange jumpsuit, standing close to the camera. Faizi’s family has known about his death for two weeks, a relative told the Star. On […]

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San Francisco Pride Announces Our 2018 Community Grand Marshals and Honorees

“The 2018 theme for Pride, Generations of Strength, encourages us to express our gratitude to those before us who organized against and stood up to injustice, recognize those among us who advocate tirelessly for our progress, and lend our support to those who will lead us into the future. In this spirit of solidarity and strength, San Francisco Pride is pleased to be honoring this exemplary collection of individuals and organizations. Our communities are, have been, and will be better for their contributions.” — George Ridgely, Jr. Executive Director, San Francisco Pride Congratulations to the 2018 San Francisco Pride Community […]

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Equality California Endorses Openly LGBTQ Local Candidates in 2018 Races Across State

Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization, announced the endorsements of 10 openly LGBTQ candidates running for local office in 2018. The candidates are among a surge of out LGBTQ Californians seeking public office across the state — and a record number of LGBTQ candidates running throughout the country this year. Equality California has endorsed the following candidates in their respective races: San Francisco Board of Supervisors: District 8 Equality California has dual-endorsed Supervisor Jeff Sheehy and City College Trustee Rafael Mandelmanfor the Eighth District of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Jeff Sheehy, who was appointed by the late Mayor […]

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Gay Couple Attacked After Miami Pride

 Two victims were attacked by four young men in Miami Beach after the city’s Gay Pride Parade Sunday in what police think may have been a hate crime. In video footage of the incident, four young men — one wearing a Florida International University T-shirt — are seen walking up to a bathroom area on Ocean Drive and Sixth Street at about 7:40 p.m. Sunday. Two other men walk out, and are immediately attacked by the four. One of the attackers shouts a Spanish slur used to refer to LGBT men before he and the other attackers begin repeatedly punching […]

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Two Men Face 100 Lashes After Being Arrested for Having Gay Sex

(Instagram/kabaraceh) Two Indonesian men have been arrested for having gay sex. The university students had their rooms raided by residents in Aceh, the only region of the Muslim-majority country where Shariah law is in effect and gay sex is illegal. Condoms and mobile phones belonging to the 21 and 24-year-old were handed over to police. Indonesian gay man gets caned for having sex (Getty) If found guilty, the men face being sentenced to 100 lashes at a public caning. Marzuki, head of the Aceh Provincial Sharia Law Department, told local reporters that one of the men had ‘confessed’ to the […]

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Trans Comic Eddie Izzard Lands Key Labour Party Role

(Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) Comedian Eddie Izzard has been appointed to the Labour Party’s governing body. The comedian and political activist, who previously identified as a transvestite but has since started using the umbrella term “transgender”, has vowed to become one of the first trans people elected to Parliament. Earlier this year he failed to win election to the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee, just missing out to candidates from the party’s hard left Momentum faction. However, this week he landed a spot on the body after all, as Momentum director Christine Shawcroft stepped down over an anti-Semitism scandal. Eddie Izzard sits on a bench (Photo […]

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Grindr is Sharing the HIV Status of Users with Outside Companies

  Gay dating app Grindr is sharing the HIV status of its users with outside firms, it has been revealed. A Norwegian nonprofit has discovered that the information is being shared with two private companies that help “optimise” apps, Localytics and Apptimize.  The information also includes users’ screen names, GPS data, email address and phone ID. “Thousands of companies use these highly-regarded platforms. These are standard practices in the mobile app ecosystem,” Grindr Chief Technology Officer Scott Chen told BuzzFeed, who verified the claims. “No Grindr user information is sold to third parties. We pay these software vendors to utilise […]

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