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Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a removal of an Obama-era measure to collect data on LGBTQ foster children and parents, reported NBC News.Under the proposed rule change, HHS w...

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

As a result of the transgender military ban that went into effect last week, the U.S. Naval Academy will no longer accept transgender students in 2020, reported the Capital Gazette.The school in Maryland cu...

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

Same-sex couples could be almost 75 percent more likely to be denied a loan than heterosexual couples, suggests a new study from Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business.After analyzing national mort...

TIME’s 100 Most Influential People Honors LGBTQ Icons and Allies

A number of LGBTQ icons and allies made TIME100, TIME magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people.Transgender actress Indya Moore and gay television producer Ryan Murphy both made the list. ...

NYC Museum to No Longer Host Gala for Brazil President

The American Museum of Natural History in New York on Monday announced it will no longer host an event at which Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be honored.The New York Times reported the Brazilian-A...

Mayor of Atlanta Solidifies Opposition to Conversion Therapy

Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms has introduced a legislation opposing conversion therapy in the city and calling on the rest of the state to follow suit.This resolution, which was passed unanimously b...

Supreme Court Won’t Undo Death Penalty for Inmate Alleging Anti-Gay Bias in Jury

The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday it won’t hear a case contesting the death penalty of gay man in South Dakota despite evidence suggesting the jury invoked the punishment based on his sexual orientatio...

Atlanta All-Male HBCU To Admit Transgender Men in 2020

Atlanta’s own Morehouse College, the country’s only all-male HBCU (Historically Black College and University), will begin admitting transgender men in 2020.The college’s board of trustees approved the new p...

Russian Trans Woman Wins Discrimination Suit in Historic First

In a historic first, a Russian court has ruled in favor of a transgender woman in a discrimination lawsuit against her employer, according to LGBTQ Nation.Transgender woman Anastasia Vasilyeva sued the Yano...

New England Patriots Welcomes Two Out Male Cheerleaders

For the first time in decades, two male cheerleaders will be a part of the New England Patriots cheering squad.Driss Dallahi, 23, and Steven Sonntag, 22, both who are gay, were inspired to audition after se...

Non-Profit Launches Reparations Campaign for Those Still Eating at Chick-Fil-A

Florida-based non-profit, The Dru Project, has begun a “reparations” initiative for those to donate to who continue to eat at Chick-fil-A, reported NewNowNext.However, many found themselves unable to resist...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Converse Releases New Pride and Trans Pride Sneakers

Frank Ocean Reveals He’s Been in a Relationship for Three Years

Watch: Jimmy Fallon Parodies Pete Buttigieg on ‘Tonight Show’

Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

TIME’s 100 Most Influential People Honors LGBTQ Icons and Allies

NYC Museum to No Longer Host Gala for Brazil President

Mayor of Atlanta Solidifies Opposition to Conversion Therapy

Supreme Court Won’t Undo Death Penalty for Inmate Alleging Anti-Gay Bias in Jury

Atlanta All-Male HBCU To Admit Transgender Men in 2020

Russian Trans Woman Wins Discrimination Suit in Historic First

New England Patriots Welcomes Two Out Male Cheerleaders

Non-Profit Launches Reparations Campaign for Those Still Eating at Chick-Fil-A

Converse Releases New Pride and Trans Pride Sneakers

Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

Frank Ocean Reveals He’s Been in a Relationship for Three Years

Watch: Jimmy Fallon Parodies Pete Buttigieg on ‘Tonight Show’

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

TIME’s 100 Most Influential People Honors LGBTQ Icons and Allies

Sam Park Joins Positive Impact

NYC Museum to No Longer Host Gala for Brazil President

Mayor of Atlanta Solidifies Opposition to Conversion Therapy