• Detroit showcases queer art in pioneering exhibition

    Detroit showcases queer art in pioneering exhibition

    Jun 27, 2024 10:25 PM EDT

    ... a worsening political environment in this country for the queer community. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, since January, more than 500 bills targeting LGBTQ rights have been introduced in local and state legislatures. Patrick Burton: I would say I'm a queer civil servant. I see the exhibition ...

  • News Wrap: Bolivia's president says country facing military coup attempt

    News Wrap: Bolivia's president says country facing military coup attempt

    Jun 26, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Bishop Michael Curry, who was the first Black leader in the church's 239-year history. Curry was an outspoken advocate of racial justice and LGBTQ+ equality. He rose to global prominence in 2018 when he delivered a rousing sermon at the widely televised marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan ...

  • Biden pardons veterans convicted under military's former ban on gay sex

    Biden pardons veterans convicted under military's former ban on gay sex

    Jun 26, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    ... country. And one in five transgender Americans before the ban was lifted would serve in the military, which means that we're more patriotic as LGBTQ people. We serve at twice the rate. And we have lived under these criminal laws for a long time. And so, little by little ...

  • Christian communities face growing political divide as religious affiliation declines

    Christian communities face growing political divide as religious affiliation declines

    Jun 26, 2024 10:25 PM EDT

    ... half of that today, and, in just the past two years, lost about a quarter of its churches over issues surrounding same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy. Rev. Victor Long, First United Methodist: The lord's table is the place where the distinctions between rich and poor, powerful and powerless ...

  • Biden pardons ex-service members convicted under a defunct gay sex ban so they can regain benefits

    Biden pardons ex-service members convicted under a defunct gay sex ban so they can regain benefits

    Jun 26, 2024 04:39 PM EDT

    ... were convicted simply for being themselves,” Biden said in a statement. “We have a sacred obligation to all of our service members –- including our brave LGBTQI+ service members: to properly prepare and equip them when they are sent into harm’s way, and to care for them and their families ...

  • How these couples made their marriage work after after a gender transition

    How these couples made their marriage work after after a gender transition

    Jun 20, 2024 03:17 PM EDT

    ... light of new honesty. Such marriages, when they do prevail, can underscore the resilience of love, the flexibility of sexual identity and the diversity in LGBTQ+ relationships 20 years after the first same-sex marriages in the U.S. and with Pride Month in its sixth decade. “Even though he ...

  • Shooter who killed 5 at Colorado LGBT club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimes, avoids death penalty

    Shooter who killed 5 at Colorado LGBT club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimes, avoids death penalty

    Jun 18, 2024 05:14 PM EDT

    ... include Ashtin Gamblin, who worked the front door that night and remains in physical therapy after being shot nine times. A true member of the LGBTQ+ community would know about the discrimination and the mental health challenges they face and wouldn't attack its members in such a sanctuary, she ...

  • Thailand's Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages

    Thailand's Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages

    Jun 18, 2024 02:26 PM EDT

    ... for acceptance and inclusivity but has struggled for decades to pass a marriage equality law. Thai society largely holds conservative values, and members of the LGBTQ+ community say they face discrimination in everyday life. The government and state agencies are also historically conservative, and advocates for gender equality have had ...

  • News Wrap: Israeli officials say Netanyahu has dissolved war cabinet

    News Wrap: Israeli officials say Netanyahu has dissolved war cabinet

    Jun 17, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... 20 percent surrounded today after burning nearly two square miles. A federal judge has temporarily halted a Biden administration rule expanding Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students in six additional states. The preliminary injunction applies to Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Last week, a different judge blocked ...

  • Surgeon general calls for social media warning labels amid teen mental health crisis

    Surgeon general calls for social media warning labels amid teen mental health crisis

    Jun 17, 2024 10:45 PM EDT

    Just take LGBTQ youth, for example. While, yes, we have seen, thankfully, that many LGBTQ youth have been able to find a sense of community online in some cases that they may not have been able to find in person, we also know that they are much more likely to ...