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US security alert warns Americans overseas of potential attacks on LGBTQ events
The State Department renewed a global security warning Friday for Americans overseas, adding to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an “increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence.”
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FBI warns of threats to LGBTQ Pride Month events in the US
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said foreign terrorist organizations or their supporters are potentially targeting LGBTQ-related events, including Pride Month.
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Biden's new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but transgender sports rule still on hold
The Title IX provisions promise to dismantle rules created by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who added new safeguards for students accused of sexual misconduct. Biden’s policy does not have any mention of transgender athletes.
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Lawmakers in Thailand approve bill to legalize same-sex marriage
Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill hat would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender.
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Support for same-sex marriage and LGBTQ protections dipped in 2023, survey shows
The share of U.S. adults who support same-sex marriage and laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination has dipped in the last year, a survey has found, according to NBC News.
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DC's only Black-owned LGBTQ+ lounge gives life to a historic building
Thurst Lounge on 13th Street NW is best known for its Thursday open mic nights. The building used to be owned by Odessa Madre, a Black woman who identified as LGBTQ herself. News4’s Tommy McFly has the details.
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Kansas' AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law
Kansas’ attorney general is telling public schools that they’re required to tell parents their children are transgender or non-binary even if they’re not out at home.
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Nearly 30% of Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ, national survey finds
More than 1 in 4 Gen Z adults in the U.S. identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, dwarfing the percentages of LGBTQ Americans in older age groups, a new survey has found.
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Maryland restaurant cancels drag brunch after bomb threat
The restaurant, Motorkat, in Takoma Park, Maryland, received bomb threats over a drag brunch and story time event.
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Transgender people can be baptized Catholic and serve as godparents, Vatican says
The document was signed Oct. 21 by Pope Francis and Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, who heads the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
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Loved ones demand justice at vigil for woman pushed into traffic on U Street
Police are searching for the person who deliberately pushed A’nee Roberson into the path of an oncoming van on U Street NW on Oct. 14. News4’s Jackie Bensen was at the vigil where her father, loved ones and activists gathered to rally for justice.
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Matthew Shepard honored at National Cathedral 25 years after his death
The Washington National Cathedral is honoring Matthew Shepard on Thursday, which marks 25 years since the gay college student’s death. The church honored Shepard by ringing its bell 25 times at noon. The 21-year-old was beaten, tied to a fence post and left to die in Wyoming on Oct. 6, 1998. Six days later, on Oct. 12, he died of…
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Matthew Shepard honored at National Cathedral 25 years after his death
The National Cathedral honored Matthew Shepard and his legacy in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.
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Inside the anti-LGBTQ effort to put Christian prayer and the Bible back in schools
Some Christian pastors and politicians argue that school prayer would prevent children from identifying as transgender. LGBTQ rights advocates are fighting back.
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Jury awards $100,000 to Kentucky couple denied marriage license
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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California business owner, mother of 9 killed after confrontation over Pride flag in front of her shop
Authorities say a California store owner has been fatally shot after a dispute over a LGBTQ Pride flag outside her business.
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Georgia panel rejects recommendation to fire teacher for reading book on gender fluidity to 5th graders
The panel reached a decision after a two-day hearing last week about whether Rinderle should be fired for reading the picture book “My Shadow is Purple” by Scott Stuart.
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Wendy Guevara becomes the first trans woman to win a Mexican reality TV series
Guevara won “La casa de los famosos México” with more than 18 million fan votes, marking a historic moment in Mexican reality TV.
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Spotsylvania school board approves LGBTQ+ policy
The Spotsylvania County School Board approved a proposal to let parents decide what pronouns students can use in school. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.
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Spotsylvania school board hears community opinions on LGBTQ+ policy
As the Spotsylvania County School Board prepared to vote on a proposal to let parents decide what pronouns students can use in school, they heard from members of the community. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.