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News Articles: lgbtq

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs the Parental Rights in Education bill, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, at Classical Preparatory School, March 28, 2022, in Shady Hills, Fla. Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday, March 11, 2024.

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Florida teachers can discuss LGBTQ topics under 'Don't Say Gay' law, settlement says

Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement between Florida officials and civil rights lawyers.

March 11, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
People take a selfie with rainbow Pride flags before the start of the Equality Parade in Warsaw, Poland, in June 2023. The Equality Parade was celebrated under the slogan "We predict equality and beauty!"

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After years of legal discrimination, Poland's same-sex couples await civil union law

The new government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised to introduce legislation that would legalize civil unions in Poland, one of the few nations in Europe that doesn't recognize them.

March 06, 2024
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  • Rob Schmitz
The American Library Association had its annual conference in Chicago last year. Several states have moved to disassociate with the ALA amid what some conservatives say has been politicization of the group. ALA officials deny having a political agenda.

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  • National

In Georgia, a bill to cut all ties with the American Library Association is advancing

Several other states have made moves to disassociate from the nation's oldest library professional association. But Georgia's bill, the first of its kind in the nation, goes further than the others.

March 02, 2024
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  • Tovia Smith
Fifth grade Due West Elementary School teacher Katie Rinderle is shown seated in this posed photo.

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  • News

Lawsuit challenges 'vague' policies banning 'divisive' subjects in Cobb County Schools

A Cobb County teacher fired for reading a book to fifth graders that included a gender nonconforming character is suing the Cobb County School district.

February 15, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Sen. Elena Parent speaks with Sen. Carden Summers and attorney Jeff Fleghorn. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia Senate panel OKs latest version of 'Don’t Say Gay' restrictions

A controversial bill dubbed Georgia’s version of “Don’t Say Gay” moved forward in a Senate committee Tuesday after three years of work and multiple failures to move.

February 14, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
A same-sex couple receives a blessing in front of Germany's Cologne Cathedral in September 2023, a few months before Pope Francis officially declared such blessings allowable.

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  • Religion

Catholic Church works to explain what same-sex blessings are and are not

Now that Pope Francis has OK'd priests blessing same-sex couples, LGBTQ+ Catholics are figuring out how to ask for these blessings and whether they want them.

February 14, 2024
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  • Jason DeRose
Demonstrators march with a picture of Aguascalientes state electoral court magistrate Jesus Ociel Baena in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Thousands in Mexico demand justice for LGBTQ+ figure found dead after death threats

Jesús Ociel Baena was the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial post in Mexico, breaking through barriers in a country where LGBTQ+ people are often targeted with violence.

November 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
From left to right Archivists Asbhy Combahee and Morna Gerard stand with Activist Tracee McDaniel in the archives of the Georgia State University Library September 5, 2023.

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  • News

‘You’re not the first.’ Georgia State University project aims to preserve transgender history

Transgender people get to tell their stories in a project through the Georgia State University archives. The goal is to preserve the lives of trans people and the impact they have on the community.

November 07, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
The unnamed plaintiff's lawyers, Kazuyuki Minami, left, and Masafumi Yoshida, right, speak to media after the ruling of the Supreme Court on Wednesday in Tokyo.

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  • World

Japan's Supreme Court hands down a landmark transgender rights decision

The court ruled unanimously that compulsory sterilization surgery for people who seek to legally change their gender is unconstitutional.

October 25, 2023
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Hubert Sobecki is a spokesperson for Love Does Not Exclude, an association that represents Poland's LGBTQ+ community. Sobecki says while he's encouraged that Polish voters have rejected the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party, he's not convinced that Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition represents a big change for the LGBTQ+ community in Poland.

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As Europe applauds Poland's election results, civil rights groups prepare to fight

LGBTQ+ and abortion rights advocates are thrilled Poland's ruling, right-wing Law and Justice party is unlikely to form Poland's next government. But they are skeptical of the commitment of who will.

October 21, 2023
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  • Rob Schmitz
LGBTQ community supporters and members hold hands as they watch the Supreme Court verdict on petitions that seek the legalization of same-sex marriage, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday. According to a Pew survey, acceptance of homosexuality in India increased by 22 percentage points to 37% between 2013 and 2019.

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  • World

India's top court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage

The court passed the responsibility back to Parliament. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud also urged the government to uphold the rights of LGBTQ+ people and end discrimination against them.

October 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The second Atlanta Pride March, June 25, 1972, from the Atlanta LGBTQ+ Historic Context Statement report. (Source: Edmund Marshall, photographer. Originally published in The Great Speckled Bird newspaper, July 3, 1972. Image hand colored by Stephanie Coffin. Courtesy of WRFG 89.3 FM Atlanta)

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Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history documented in new research report

Tens of thousands of people are expected to flock to Piedmont Park this weekend, Oct. 14-15, for Atlanta Pride, one of the largest LGBTQ+ festivals in the country. They will all be participating in the evolving history of LGBTQ+ Atlanta.

October 11, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby
Cardinal Joseph Zen, a vocal opponent of attempts by Beijing and the Vatican at rapprochement, is shown presiding over a vigil Mass for Bishop Michael Yeung in Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019.

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  • Religion

Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions may be possible

In a letter to conservative cardinals, the pope suggested that such blessings for same-sex unions could be studied if they didn't confuse the blessing with sacramental marriage.

October 03, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Jon Hetherington, 34, from Oregon, originally planned to attend the Seattle show of Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour, but couldn't fly because his wheelchair exceeded the plane's cargo dimensions. He posted about the saga on TikTok and a representative for Beyoncé arranged for him to attend her Dallas show.

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  • Arts & Life

A Beyoncé fan couldn't fly to a show due to his wheelchair size, so he told TikTok

Jon Hetherington, 34, couldn't fly to Seattle to see Beyoncé on her Renaissance World Tour because his wheelchair was too tall. However, he was invited to see her Dallas show.

September 22, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
The Canadian and U.S. flags are displayed on lamp posts in the downtown area, March 22, 2023, near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.

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  • World

Canada issues travel advisory warning over U.S. states' LGBTQ+ laws

The country's Global Affairs department did not specify which states, but is advising Canadian travelers to check the local laws for their destination before traveling.

September 01, 2023
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