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Virginia to become the first Southern state with LGBTQ civil rights protections
The state is working on a lot of LGBTQ legislation following Democratic wins last fall.
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This app’s “bio-metric gender verification software” scans users’ faces to make sure they’re girls
“It’s Bio-Science, not pseudo-science like phrenology,” the app claims, noting that it doesn’t work for “trans-girls.”
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Bartender knocked unconscious & others injured as 2 men attacked a gay bar
They shouted anti-gay slurs & beat up several people in the “nightmarish” attack.
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Uber driver told 2 dads their baby “needed his mother” & called the police on them
When the gay dads complained, Uber offered them $10 and a form letter.
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Man barged into class to give out anti-gay pamphlets. University says it’s OK because he’s married.
The man entered an LGBTQ Studies class to give out conversion therapy pamphlets. But the administration said that he’s not a threat because he’s married and bought a house.
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Gay Civil Rights icon Bayard Rustin just got his sodomy conviction pardoned
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California pardoned Rustin, who was arrested in 1953 for having sex with men.
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Marsha P. Johnson is getting a state park in Brooklyn named after her
To kick off Black History Month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he will rename a state park in honor of the activist and icon.
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Iowa Republicans give up on removing transgender people from state’s civil rights protections
A Republican leader announced that he was killing the proposed bill that would have paved the way for Iowa to stop providing protections and medical care to trans people.
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NFL player Aaron Hernandez came out to his mother as gay before his suicide
His older brother says that the convicted murderer and former NFL player told his mother he was gay shortly before he died by suicide in prison.
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Man confesses to viciously stabbing gay men in alleged hate crimes
He allegedly stabbed or attacked several people in a string of hate crimes that started on Christmas.