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Jun 30

Watch 4:25
Why corporations are increasingly waving the Pride flag

From Ikea to Burger King, a growing number of companies are rolling out rainbow-themed products to celebrate Pride Month. But some critics in the LGBTQ community are skeptical of this growing corporate enthusiasm with some boycotting New York City’s Pride…

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Jun 29

Watch 5:51
Stonewall exhibit showcases flash point in LGBTQ community

By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green

It was 50 years ago this week that gay, lesbian, trans and other gender-nonconforming people rioted at a bar called the Stonewall Inn after a police raid. The New York Public Library has one of the largest collections of LGBTQ…

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Jun 24

Watch 8:46
Why the Stonewall Riots represented a ‘sea change’ for LGBTQ rights

By John Yang, Kira Wakeam

On a June night in 1969, patrons of a New York City gay bar called the Stonewall Inn battled with police and set in motion the modern movement for gay rights. Fifty years later, the milestone anniversary of the event…

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Jun 21

YA literature has more LGBTQ characters than ever. Here are 5 books to read

By Elizabeth Flock

The world of YA is “finally giving LGBTQ+ teens the literature they deserve," New York Public Library’s manager of young adult programs said.

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Jun 17

Watch 3:04
2 gay veterans on their 25 years of love

The 1969 police raid at Stonewall Inn in New York City was a watershed moment in LGBTQ history. After years of police harassment and mistreatment, the bar’s patrons fought back. As part of the NewsHour’s coverage of the 50th anniversary,…

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Jun 12

Presidential candidate O’Rourke unveils plan to protect LGBTQ rights

By Associated Press

Beto O'Rourke's plan includes a universal health care system that would guarantee LGBTQ people access to hormone "and other gender-affirming treatments."…

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Jan 22

Supreme Court: Military service by transgender people can be restricted

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the court's five conservatives greenlighting it and its four liberal members saying they would not have.

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Jan 14

LGBTQ activists report new wave of detentions, torture and killings of gay people in Chechnya

By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press

The Russian republic of Chechnya has launched a new crackdown on gays in which at least two people have died and about 40 people have been detained, LGBT activists in Russia charged Monday.

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Jan 02

Brazil’s Bolsonaro targets indigenous groups, LGBTQ rights on 1st day as president

By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

Newly installed President Jair Bolsonaro issued executive orders on Brazil's indigenous groups, descendants of slaves and the LGBT community in the first hours of his administration.

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Oct 26

Matthew Shepard laid to rest in Washington, 20 years after killing

By Juliet Linderman, Associated Press

More than 2,000 people gathered at the Episcopal cathedral, the second-largest cathedral in the country, to celebrate Shepard's life, mourn his death and honor his memory.

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