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As LGBTQIA+ citizens, many of us feel at risk. Current laws are highly discriminatory against trans youth and their families. Our marriages, our families, and even our safety are at risk.
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Virginia takes one step closer to enshrining marriage equality in its state constitution
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Virginia takes one step closer to enshrining marriage equality in its state constitution
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. The Virginia Senate voted this past Friday in favor of repealing an amendment to the state constitution that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. Senate Jo…
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January 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Spotlight on Mauritania, where LGBT people hide their identities for fear of stigma
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Spotlight on Mauritania, where LGBT people hide their identities for fear of stigma
Read more at Erasing 76 Crimes. Mauritania criminalizes same-sex sexual activity under its Penal Code, which provides a maximum possible sentence of death by stoning for men. However, in 2021, the …
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January 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Judges in this state aren’t required to perform same-sex marriages, top state court rules fleeredstates.blog/2026/01/16/j...

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Judges in this state aren’t required to perform same-sex marriages, top state court rules
Read more at ABA Journal. Texas judges can decline to perform same-sex weddings because of their “sincerely held religious belief” and not be in violation of the rules on judicial impar…
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January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Top LGBTQ+ friendly countries in 2026
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Top LGBTQ+ friendly countries in 2026
Read more at QNotes Carolinas. For LGBTQ+ people, safety has never been an abstract idea. Concerns for our community show up in legislation, healthcare and how the government treats its citizens. I…
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January 11, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
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LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
Read more at Erasing 76 Crimes. Criminalization of gay sex — 2025 tally and 2026 preview Criminalized Sodomy: Burkina Faso, Trinidad & Tobago Decriminalized Sodomy: St. Lucia, Niue (r…
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January 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Over 100 detained in brutal police raid on LGBTQ+ nightclub in Azerbaijan
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Over 100 detained in brutal police raid on LGBTQ+ nightclub in Azerbaijan
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. International LGBTQ+ rights advocates are calling for an investigation following a brutal police raid on an LGBTQ+ friendly venue in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, late last…
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January 10, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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Two ballot initiatives gathering signatures target transgender kids in Colorado
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Two ballot initiatives gathering signatures target transgender kids in Colorado
Read more at Colorado Newsline. A Colorado organization is leading two ballot measures that would restrict rights for transgender children in the state.  Protect Kids Colorado, a coalition led…
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January 10, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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GOP lawmakers in Utah to “permanently” ban gender-affirming care even after their own report supported it
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GOP lawmakers in Utah to “permanently” ban gender-affirming care even after their own report supported it
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz (R) says his Republican majority intends to permanently ban gender-affirming care for minors this year. The move comes more than seven mon…
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January 10, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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2025 LGBTQ rights update: African activists resist growing repression
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2025 LGBTQ rights update: African activists resist growing repression
Read more at Erasing 76 Crimes. North Africa Morocco: Morocco has been under a long-term project to revise its legal system, and this year published reforms to the code of criminal procedure t…
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January 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Supreme Court Will Review Ban on LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’
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Supreme Court Will Review Ban on LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’
Read more at MSN. The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether scores of state and local governments are violating the Constitution by barring licensed counselors from trying to change a child’s…
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January 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Trans sports ban that could require genital exams will appear on the ballot in Washington
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Trans sports ban that could require genital exams will appear on the ballot in Washington
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. A far-right political action committee says it has collected enough signatures to potentially get a trans sports ban onto Washington state’s ballot in November, and that …
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January 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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2025 LGBTQ rights update: Many bright spots in Asia amid the gloom
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2025 LGBTQ rights update: Many bright spots in Asia amid the gloom
Read more at Erasing 76 Crimes. East and Southeast Asia Japan: The long slow march to eventual same-sex marriage continued in Japan in 2025, with resolution still looking a year or more a…
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January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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2025 LGBTQ rights update: Progress and backsliding in Latin America and Caribbean
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2025 LGBTQ rights update: Progress and backsliding in Latin America and Caribbean
Read more at Erasing 76 Crimes. Central America Costa Rica: The constitutional court recognized the right of same-sex couples to share maternity leave, just like heterosexual couples can. The …
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January 3, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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NYC to distribute $2 million in emergency funding to organizations serving transgender people
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NYC to distribute $2 million in emergency funding to organizations serving transgender people
Read more at Gay City News. With less than 48 hours remaining in office, outgoing Mayor Eric Adams rolled out a plan to distribute $2 million in what the city is describing as “emergency funding” t…
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January 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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The new challenges obtaining SNAP benefits for LGBTQ+ recipients
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The new challenges obtaining SNAP benefits for LGBTQ+ recipients
Read more and listen at NPR. Advocates for the LGBTQ+ community say the new limits on the food assistance program, SNAP, may make it especially difficult for many LGBTQ people battling food insecur…
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January 1, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Kazakhstan bans so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda
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Kazakhstan bans so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda
Read more at the Advocate. The Central Asian country of Kazakhstan has joined its neighbor Russia in banning so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a bill to …
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December 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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LGBTQI+ refugees seeking asylum in Canada
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LGBTQI+ refugees seeking asylum in Canada
Canada has a proud history of providing protection to and helping resettle those most in need. That includes those in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and additional sexual…
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December 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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California Policy on Disclosing Student Gender Identity Blocked by Judge
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California Policy on Disclosing Student Gender Identity Blocked by Judge
Read more at Newsweek. A federal judge in California has struck down a state policy that prevented teachers from informing parents when their child identified as a different gender at sch…
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December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Aetna to Cover IVF Treatments for Same-Sex Couples After $2M National Settlement
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Aetna to Cover IVF Treatments for Same-Sex Couples After $2M National Settlement
Read more at GayE. When Mara Berton and June Higginbotham imagined their future, it always included children. What they did not imagine was a $45,000 bill standing between them and the family they …
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December 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Malaysia’s LGBTQ Community Lives In Fear As Raids Drive Them Underground
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Malaysia’s LGBTQ Community Lives In Fear As Raids Drive Them Underground
Read more at South China Morning Post. In Chow Kit, a crowded district of Kuala Lumpur forever caught between progress and prejudice, Amy* moves quietly through narrow alleys – a transgender outrea…
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December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Cleveland Heights to welcome only LGBTQ mayor in Ohio
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Cleveland Heights to welcome only LGBTQ mayor in Ohio
Read more at Spectrum News 1. Jim Petras is leading Cleveland Heights in turning the next page in its governance, assuming office as city’s newly-elected mayor in January. “[I’m] very grateful to o…
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December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Court blocks Michigan conversion therapy ban on free speech grounds
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Court blocks Michigan conversion therapy ban on free speech grounds
Read more at Bridge Michigan. A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy for minors who are LGBTQ+, declaring it violates the First Amendment rights…
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December 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Pam Bondi Directs FBI to Offer Cash Bounty for Promoters of “Radical Gender Ideology”
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Pam Bondi Directs FBI to Offer Cash Bounty for Promoters of “Radical Gender Ideology”
Read more at Them. The Justice Department has instructed the Federal Bureau of Investigation to crack down on supposed “domestic terrorist” organizations, the definition of which includes those who…
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December 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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House passes bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors
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House passes bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors
Read more at CNN. The House on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that could imprison health care providers for providing gender-affirming care for minors. The bill — titled the “Protect Children’s Inn…
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December 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Texas unveils “tip line” to report & send pictures of suspected trans women using the restroom
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Texas unveils “tip line” to report & send pictures of suspected trans women using the restroom
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. Texas’ virulently anti-trans attorney general, Ken Paxton (R), has launched a tip line that allows people to report on suspected trans people they believe are violating t…
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December 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM