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Court’s ruling against same-sex marriage sets up a Japan Supreme Court decision
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Court’s ruling against same-sex marriage sets up a Japan Supreme Court decision

Read more at AP News. A court found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage was constitutional Friday in the last of six cases that are expected to be brought to the Supreme Court for a final…

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November 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM

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Teachers are outing trans students thanks to Texas’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law
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Teachers are outing trans students thanks to Texas’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law

Read more at LGBTQ Nation. The grim consequences for transgender students in Texas are coming into focus three months after the state’s sweeping new Don’t Say Gay legislation went into effect in Se…

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November 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM

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Colts Neck NJ BOE passes parental rights bill amid LGBTQ criticism
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Colts Neck NJ BOE passes parental rights bill amid LGBTQ criticism

Read more at Out in New Jersey. The Colts Neck Township Schools Board of Education on Nov. 19 unanimously passed a “Parental Bill of Rights,” which among other things allows parents to obtain infor…

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November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM

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Court grants big victory for same-sex marriage rights in European Union
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Court grants big victory for same-sex marriage rights in European Union

Read more at LGBTQ Nation. The European Court of Justice has issued a ruling that all nations in the European Union (EU) must recognize lawful same-sex marriages that were performed in ot…

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November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM

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New Zealand bans puberty blockers for trans youth as far-right party claims victory in “war on woke”
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New Zealand bans puberty blockers for trans youth as far-right party claims victory in “war on woke”

Read more at LGBTQ Nation. A far-right party in New Zealand that is hostile to trans rights preempted a government announcement on Wednesday that the country will indefinitely ban the use of pubert…

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November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM

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Federal court rejects Trump Justice Department’s effort to access trans kids’ medical records
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Federal court rejects Trump Justice Department’s effort to access trans kids’ medical records

Read more at the Advocate. Transgender youth in Pennsylvania and their families are celebrating a significant legal victory. A federal court in Philadelphia has rebuffed the Department of Justice’s…

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November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM

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America is copying Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ playbook
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America is copying Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ playbook

Read more at Metro Weekly. The summer of 1985, I turned 16. In Belgium. While I lived primarily in rural, red Florida, summers sometimes had me staying with Dad’s family. At the time, my Army fathe…

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November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM

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US Supreme Court backs parents’ right to opt out of LGBTQ-themed school books
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US Supreme Court backs parents’ right to opt out of LGBTQ-themed school books

Read more at MSN. The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a group of parents seeking to exempt their children from public school instruction that conflicts with their religious belie…

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November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM

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Legalizing same-sex marriage is still unpopular in South Korea. But does it need to be popular?
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Legalizing same-sex marriage is still unpopular in South Korea. But does it need to be popular?

Read more at the Korea Herald. South Korea made a quiet but meaningful policy change in October. For the first time, the national census now allows same-sex couples living together to identify each…

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November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM

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Texas A&M committee rules professor’s firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
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Texas A&M committee rules professor’s firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified

Read more at CNN. A Texas A&M committee agreed that the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to …

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November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM

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Dominican Republic celebrates historic court win against old anti-gay law
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Dominican Republic celebrates historic court win against old anti-gay law

Read more at LGBTQ Nation. The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court recently struck down provisions that criminalized consensual same-sex conduct by officers in the country’s National Police a…

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November 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM

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Veteran FBI employee files lawsuit claiming he was fired for displaying Pride flag
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Veteran FBI employee files lawsuit claiming he was fired for displaying Pride flag

Read more at CBS News. A 16-year FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired last month because he had a Pride flag draped near his desk. David Maltinsky, who was weeks away from b…

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November 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM

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Why some Texas teachers are being forced to “deadname” trans students under a new state law
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Why some Texas teachers are being forced to “deadname” trans students under a new state law

Read more at the Texas Tribune. Ethan Brignac, a transgender student at Wylie East High School, has been “Ethan” since seventh grade — to his friends, family and teachers. When he reached high scho…

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November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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Dutch court denies U.S. trans woman asylum on basis of her gender identity
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Dutch court denies U.S. trans woman asylum on basis of her gender identity

Read more at LGBTQ Nation. A Dutch court has upheld the decision to reject an American trans woman’s application for asylum after the 28-year-old challenged the decision earlier this year. Veronica…

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November 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM

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Catholic preschools appeal to Supreme Court in Colorado case over LGBTQ rights and religious liberty
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Catholic preschools appeal to Supreme Court in Colorado case over LGBTQ rights and religious liberty

Read more at CPR News. Two Denver-area Catholic parishes asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reconsider a lower court decision that said parish preschools participating in Colorado’s state-…

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November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM

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LGBTQ+ Texans fought to be recognized. That work is eroding under a conservative pressure campaign.
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LGBTQ+ Texans fought to be recognized. That work is eroding under a conservative pressure campaign.

Read more at The Texas Tribune. Arlington Mayor Jim Ross stood under the June sun and delivered an impassioned speech in front of a crowd awash in rainbows and glitter. “You know Martin Luther King…

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November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM

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Pro basketball team embraces homophobia, rejects the Pride rainbow
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Pro basketball team embraces homophobia, rejects the Pride rainbow

Read more at Outsports. If you are an LGBTQ fan of the New Zealand Breakers of Australia’s National Basketball League, your favorite team won’t be wearing a Pride rainbow in 2026. The NBL…

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November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM

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Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports
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Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports

Read more at Erin in the Morning. The State Department quietly updated its website this week to signal that the Trump administration may move to invalidate passports held by transgender Americans, …

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November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM

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“LGBTQ+ expats”: Move Abroad Week Talk Replay
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“LGBTQ+ expats”: Move Abroad Week Talk Replay

About this Talk by Bob McCranie Explore how to choose countries where you can live authentically and safely. We’ll discuss rights, culture, and communities for LGBTQ+ expats worldwide. You&#8…

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November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM

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Tijuana opens center for LGBTQ migrants, women and children
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Tijuana opens center for LGBTQ migrants, women and children

Read more at ABC 27 News. Tijuana is opening a facility that will help members of the LGBTQ+ community and women and children who are victims abuse, including those who are migrants deported from t…

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November 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM

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While no one was watching: Belmont NC removes LGBTQ employee protections
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While no one was watching: Belmont NC removes LGBTQ employee protections

Read more at QNotes Carolinas. Karen Hinkley, an attorney in Belmont, filed a lawsuit in Gaston County on October 30 claiming the city of Belmont violated North Carolina’s open-government laws when…

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November 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM

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The U.S. Has Turned its Back on LGBTQ Asylum Seekers
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The U.S. Has Turned its Back on LGBTQ Asylum Seekers

Read more at Time. In 1980, Cuban police detained Fidel Armando Toboso-Alfonso without charge, encouraged co-workers to publicly shame him, and warned he faced four years in prison unless he fled t…

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November 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM

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Oakland gets first rainbow crosswalk: ‘It tells every trans, queer and non-binary person … they are welcome’
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