Tag: USA
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Taoiseach to raise trade, gay and transgender rights with Donald Trump
Varadkar rejects call not to meet Trump and ‘green-wash’ his ‘racist, homophobic’ views.
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New Exhibition Highlights History, Diversity of LGBTQ Periodicals in Northern California
A new exhibition will highlight the history and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer periodicals produced in Northern California from the 1940s through the 2000s.
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ICE arrests gay Mexican immigrant applying for U.S. citizenship
An undocumented immigrant who was living in the Philly area and was married to an American is fighting deportation.
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Facebook offers new custom gender field for trans users
Today, Facebook announced a custom gender option with additional privacy settings for transgender people. The new feature, which GLAAD helped develop, enables users to select a custom gender option, indicate preferred pronouns and adjust privacy settings for the custom gender field.
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Air Force Academy Continues Defending Employment of Conversion Therapy Advocate
The United States Air Force Academy is continuing to defend the hiring of conversion therapy advocate Dr. Mike Rosebush. Dr. Rosebush, hired by the Academy in 2009, works for the Academy’s Center for Character and Leadership Development.
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HRC Takes Adoption and Foster Care Work to Next Level, Launches Next Phase of “All Children – All Families” Project
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, in partnership with the Dave Thomas Foundation and the National CASA Foundation, last Monday announced the expansion of the highly successful All Children – All Families (ACAF) project.