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News Articles: LGBTQ issues

A quarter of U.S. congregations in the United Methodist Church have left the denomination as of December due to disagreements over whether to ordain LGBTQ clergy and perform same-sex weddings.

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  • Religion

United Methodists will again debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings

The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues.

April 23, 2024
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By:
  • Jason DeRose
Nex Benedict was frequently targeted by bullies at their Oklahoma high school because of their gender identity.

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  • National

What happened to Nex Benedict?

Benedict was attacked at their Oklahoma high school, and found dead at home the next day. The medical examiner's office says the nonbinary 16-year-old died by suicide. Their family has questions.

March 15, 2024
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By:
  • C Mandler
People participate in the New York City Pride Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York on June 26, 2022.

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  • National

The number of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ+ doubled in 12 years, new poll shows

In 2023, 7.6% of U.S. adults said they align themselves with the LGBTQ+ community, compared to 3.5% in 2012, the first year Gallup collected such metrics. That figure has grown every year since 2012.

March 13, 2024
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By:
  • C Mandler

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  • Books

A secret shelf of banned books thrives in a Texas school, under the nose of censors

A teacher at a public school near Houston has a secret classroom bookshelf largely made up of challenged titles. Many of the books deal with race, sex and gender.

January 29, 2024
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Perhaps no presidential candidate has leaned more into talking about schools than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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  • Politics

How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary

GOP candidates talk about schools a lot on the campaign trail. But that doesn't mean they are talking a lot about education, instead focusing on culture war issues on the battleground of K-12 schools.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Ret. Lt. Col. Bob Alexander stayed closeted in the Air Force for 20 years because of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. He came out when the policy ended, and when he retired, he decided to help those who weren't discharged honorably because of their sexual orientation. He resides in Washington D.C., and works as a cybersecurity attorney.

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  • National

Discharged over sexual orientation, military still owes thousands of vets

Twelve years after repeal of the ban on gay and lesbian troops serving openly, no one in the military or Veterans Administration knows how many vets are still without the benefits they're owed.

July 02, 2023
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By:
  • Quil Lawrence
A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building on May 6, 2021 in New York.

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  • Media

'New York Times' stories on trans youth slammed by writers — including some of its own

Writers--some with bylines in the Times — and LGBTQ advocates have signed open letters accusing the paper of biased coverage.

February 16, 2023
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  • Mary Yang
Dawn Clements of Fitzgerald, Ga. is shown smiling in this picture.

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  • News

An anti-gay letter led to a superintendent's resignation. But the community wants her back

A South Georgia community rallied around a respected school administrator after an anti-gay letter circulated and she resigned.

January 31, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
The Miami-Dade County Public School Board voted against making October LGBTQ History Month. The board voted in favor of observing the history month last year, but reversed its decision to align with Florida's Parental Rights in Education bill.

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  • Education

What is LGBTQ History Month and why did a Miami school board change its mind about it?

LGBTQ History Month celebrates 31 days of education and recognition of the LGBTQ civil rights movement. A school board in Miami voted against the month-long observance, after approving it last year.

September 10, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
J.K Rowling has said publicly that her new book was not based on her own life, even though some of the events that take place in the story did in fact happen to her as she was writing it.

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  • Books

J.K. Rowling's new book, about a transphobe who faces wrath online, raises eyebrows

In The Ink Black Heart, a popular cartoonist is harassed and killed after her work is criticized as transphobic. Observers say the plot mirrors Rowling's experience, though she calls it a coincidence.

September 01, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Tina Kotek speaks during Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 25, 2016. On Tuesday, she won Oregon's gubernatorial Democratic primary. If she wins in November, Kotek will be the nation's first openly lesbian governor.

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  • Elections

Tina Kotek's win comes amid a wave of LGBTQ candidates running for office

Kotek won her state's Democratic primary on Tuesday. If she wins the general election later this year, she will become the country's first openly lesbian governor.

May 18, 2022
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  • Ashley Westerman
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights in Education, the so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill, flanked by elementary school students during a news conference on Monday at Classical Preparatory school in Shady Hills, Fla.

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  • National

LGBTQ groups sue Florida over the so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law

The challenge against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis aims to block a new law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

April 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Gloucester County High School senior Gavin Grimm, a transgender student, arrives for a news conference in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 6, 2017. The Supreme Court is handing the Gloucester High School transgender teen's case back to a lower court without reaching a decision. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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  • News

LGBTQ Georgians React To SCOTUS Decision To Uphold Transgender Bathroom Ruling

The Supreme Court gave the LGBTQ community a victory on Monday, declining to hear a case centered around the use of restrooms by transgender students. Now, queer Georgians are reacting.

July 01, 2021
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  • Sarah Rose
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Paris in Jan. 2020.

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  • Arts & Life

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Directs Fiery Essay At Former Student — And Cancel Culture

Two literary stars from Nigeria are engaging in a very public feud — a fight that is both personal and also enfolds bigger questions about feminism, gender identity and social media.

June 17, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The new measure signed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday bans an old law that resulted in decades of discrimination by police against women of color and people who are transgender.

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  • Law

New York Repeals 'Walking While Trans' Law

The anti-loitering law, passed in 1976, resulted in decades of discrimination by law enforcement against women of color and people who are transgender, critics say.

February 03, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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