• Chefs for Equality lays out a spread to benefit HRC Foundation

  Oct 18, 2019 | 18:41 pm

  For the eighth consecutive year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation will team up with prominent food writer David Hagedorn, and Christopher Vazquez and Rick Davis of Amaryllis Floral + Even Design, to host Chefs for Equality, the annual culinary event that raises money for the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign. The event, which […]

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• Georgia school district will limit transgender students to single-stall restrooms

  Oct 18, 2019 | 17:02 pm

  Superintendent Carlton Wilson says he nixed pro-trans policy after death threats and vandalism

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• Gay man beaten with hammers after fake Grindr date led to homophobic attack

  Oct 18, 2019 | 16:18 pm

  Marc Power was was ambushed, assaulted, and called "faggot" by at least four young men

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• Virginia Beach will ask General Assembly to ban conversion therapy next year

  Oct 18, 2019 | 16:11 pm

  Republican lawmakers have consistently thwarted efforts to ban therapy, deemed "ineffective" by most experts

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• The Feed: Anti-gay graffiti, Frank Ocean’s queer club night, Matthew Shepard’s parents slam AG Barr

  Oct 18, 2019 | 11:34 am

  Five LGBTQ stories you need to know

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• SMYAL celebrates 35 years of serving LGBTQ youth at annual fall brunch

  Oct 18, 2019 | 11:14 am

  Event will celebrate successful programs, and honor the work of LGBTQ immigration lawyer Ava Benach

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• Arizona art teacher fired for allegedly discriminating against transgender student

  Oct 17, 2019 | 18:43 pm

  Teacher is accused of failing a trans student, lowering an atheist student's grade, and proselytizing to her class

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• Federal judge overturns transgender protections in Affordable Care Act

  Oct 17, 2019 | 16:25 pm

  Judge Reed O'Connor claims protections violate the religious freedom of Christian medical providers

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• UN Free and Equal campaign partners with GLAAD for Spirit Day

  Oct 17, 2019 | 14:03 pm

  The United Nations has partnered with GLAAD to call for more action against anti-LGBTQ bullying. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Free & Equal campaign have partnered with the LGBTQ media advocacy organization as part of Spirit Day. As part of the partnership, UN Free & Equal […]

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• Spirit Day: 2020 Democrats tell LGBTQ youth “it does get better” and they’re “not alone”

  Oct 17, 2019 | 13:20 pm

  Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, and other presidential candidates shared messages of support for Spirit Day

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