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Anti-LGBTQ Bills Increasing in 2022
A wave of bills across the nation this year seek to restrict LGBTQ rights. News4’s Jummy Olabanji spoke with activists and experts who are worried about this increase.
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Pride Prom to Provide Fun & Inclusion in Northern Virginia
Safe Space NOVA, an organization that provides social support and activities for LGBTQ youth, is holding its annual Pride Prom. News4’s Tommy McFly spoke with an event organizer.
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U.S. ‘Decades Behind' on Legislation to Fight Online Hate Speech
The arrests of members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near a Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Pride march show a continuing problem with hate groups and hate speech in the U.S., says Sophie Bjork-James. The Vanderbilt University anthropology professor joined LX News to discuss how Congress and platforms can take action that could limit hate groups’ ability to spread hateful...
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Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect LGBTQ Community, Ban Conversion Therapy
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday during a Pride event at the White House, directing federal agencies to investigate discriminatory legislative attacks against LGBTQ individuals and banning conversion therapy.
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Jill Biden Calls for Renewed Support of LGBTQ Community: ‘We Will Not Go Back'
During a Pride event at the White House Wednesday, first lady Dr. Jill Biden celebrated social progress while calling for renewed protections as states around the country pass anti-LGBTQ laws. “Your president and I are proud to stand with you and fight beside you, but we know this progress hasn’t reached everyone in the same way.”
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White Supremacists Arrested in Idaho Planned to Riot at Pride Event
Police in Coeur d’Alene Idaho arrested dozens of members from a white supremacist group that were planning to riot at Coeur d’Alene’s Pride event on Saturday.
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Pride Kicks Off in NYC with Ceremony at Stonewall National Monument
Pride Month kicks off in New York City as the Pride flag was raised over the historic Stonewall National Monument.
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Here's Where to Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month in the DC Area
This October, celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month around the D.C. area with these fun events.
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Pride Flags Vandalized in Northern Virginia
Several Pride flags were vandalized or stolen in Lovettsville, Virginia.
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Virginia Community Shows Love After Pride Flags Vandalized, Stolen
A Northern Virginia community is making sure love wins after several LGBTQ pride flags were damaged or stolen in recent days. Sheryl Frye and Kris Consaul, of Lovettsville, Virginia, live in what’s known as the “rainbow house” for its vibrant picket fence. “Our favorite is when the little kids come by and are like, ‘It’s the rainbow house!’” Frye...
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Asked to Take Down Pride Flag, Wisconsin Couple Sets Up Rainbow Floodlights Instead
After being told to take down their Pride flag, one Wisconsin couple found a clever alternative that caught that internet’s attention, the Milwaukee Journal Sentential reported.
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The Stonewall Inn: How a 1969 Uprising Made an NYC Bar a Landmark
Fifty-two years ago, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village was an underground gay bar where a police raid sparked a rebellion that fueled the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
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Gorgeous Doritos Ad Featuring Sweet Coming Out Story Goes Viral
You might want to reach for a bag of chips and some tissues after watching a Doritos Mexico ad that is lighting up the Internet with its sweet message of acceptance.
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Colors of LGBT, Transgender Flags Adorn DC Crosswalks for 50th Pride Month
The rainbow-colored bands of the Pride flag now adorn D.C. intersections as the city celebrates its 50th annual Pride Month. Bands with the design of the Progress flag stretch from curb to curb at 17th and P streets NW, where the Pride parade usually passes. It was postponed this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. D.C.’s transportation department installed the art Thursday... -
LGBTQ Pride at 50: Focus Shifts Amid Pandemic, Racial Unrest
The coronavirus pandemic and calls for racial equality have changed the very nature of this year’s 50th anniversary LGBTQ Pride events
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Raven-Symoné Marries Girlfriend Miranda Maday
The “Raven’s Home” actress and former “Cosby Show” child star, 34, tied the knot with Miranda Maday in what appears to be an outdoor backyard ceremony, based on photos shared on Instagram Thursday.
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High Court Decision Spotlights GOP Divide Over LGBT Rights
Democrats have flooded Twitter and email inboxes with praise for this week’s watershed Supreme Court decision shielding gay, lesbian and transgender people from job discrimination
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Nickelodeon's Pride Tweet Ignites Debate on SpongeBob's Sexual Orientation
This weekend, Nickelodeon appeared to confirm that SpongeBob SquarePants is, in fact, a member of the LGBTQ community.
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Pride Shifts Focus to Black Lives Matter
News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports on how the protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death, are bringing to light the challenges the Black LGBTQ community faces.
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Seattle Pride Event Goes Virtual
Organizers of the annual Seattle Out and Proud parade have made the decision to hold the event online this year in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Almost half a million people attended the event last year.