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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill amendment would require Florida’s schools to out students within six weeks

Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill has been amended with a requirement for schools to out students once they learn of them being LGBTQ+. The bill, which is part of a Parental Rights in Education proposal, was altered by Rep Joe Harding on 18 February. His amendment states that “the school principal or his or her designee shall develop a plan, using all available governmental resources, to disclose such information within [six] weeks after the decision to withhold such information from the parent.” This would be done “through an open dialogue…

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Chantale Wong becomes first out lesbian US Senate-confirmed ambassador

Chantale Wong has made history by being confirmed as the United States Director of the Asian Development Bank. She becomes the first openly lesbian, Senate-confirmed ambassador in America’s history after a bipartisan confirmation vote. Writing on Facebook on 8 February, the day of her confirmation, Ambassador Wong shared her “pride and humility” over the honour. She said: “22 years ago, Pres. Clinton appointed me to the Board of the ADB as the Alternate Executive Director. I was young and impressionable and had so much to learn. “Tonight the US Senate…

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Joe Biden tells LGBTQ+ community they “are loved” as Florida advances “hateful” bill

Joe Biden has promised to support the LGBTQ+ community as Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill makes its way through state legislature. The bill, which is part of a Parental Rights in Education proposal, is being sponsored by Republican State Senator Dennis Baxley. LGBTQ+ activists are fearful that if Senate Bill 1834 is signed into law, it could have the power to totally limit any discussions or lessons on identity, the community’s history and the oppression it has faced. On 8 February, The White House tweeted that “conservative politicians in Florida…

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Joe Biden mourns the loss of trans individuals during Transgender Day of Remembrance

President Joe Biden mourned the loss of transgender Americans on Transgender Day of Remembrance 2021. Since the start of the year, at least 48 transgender individuals have lost their lives due to acts of violence and bigotry. The astronomical number has now marked 2021 as the “deadliest year on record for transgender Americans” since the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) began tracking these crimes in 2013. The HRC previously cited 2020 as the highest known number of deaths within the transgender and gender-nonconforming community with 44 deaths. In light of this…

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Lady Gaga was “looking for evidence of the insurrection” at Joe Biden’s inauguration

Lady Gaga has revealed that she would have been a “combat journalist” if her singing career did not take off. In her interview for the December 2021 cover of British Vogue, the Highway Unicorn (Road to Love) singer opened up about all things House of Gucci. “It is three years since I started working on it,” she told the iconic fashion magazine, “and I will be fully honest and transparent: I lived as her [Reggiani] for a year and a half. And I spoke with an accent for nine months…

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Beth Robinson makes history as first LGBTQ+ woman nominated to federal circuit court

President Joe Biden is nominating the first openly LGBTQ+ woman to serve on any federal circuit court in America. Beth Robinson, an associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court since 2011, played a fundamental role in paving the way for same-sex marriage to become legal in the United States. The Biden administration will now nominate her to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit – a territory covering the states of Connecticut, New York and Vermont. “Justice Robinson has been a hero of mine for many…

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Joe Biden announces that Pulse nightclub will become a national memorial

President Joe Biden has revealed his plans to honour the Pulse Nightclub with a new bill. On Saturday (12 June) Biden released a statement announcing his plans on making Pulse Nightclub into a national memorial. “In the coming days, I will sign a bill designating Pulse Nightclub as a national memorial, enshrining in law what has been true since that terrible day five years ago: Pulse Nightclub is hallowed ground,” he said. Biden also touched on visiting the families of the victims in 2016 and keeping in contact with them…

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Connecticut governor commemorates Pride Month by signing LGBTQ+ parenting bill

Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a bill to ensure greater protections for LGBTQ+ parents and their children. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamon has gone ahead with signing the Connecticut Parentage Act which delivers state-mandated legislation offering protections towards children regardless of the circumstances of their birth or the marital status, gender, or sexual orientation of their parents. The act also ensures the children have equal access to the security of a legal parent-child relationship. “Yesterday was beautiful. We had the perfect setting to commemorate the start of #Pride Month and show the…

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Here are the LGBTQ+ senators and legislators who made history in the 2020 US election

Meet the diverse LGBTQ+ political pioneers changing the face of American history in the 2020 election. This year’s US election may have been more anxiety-inducing than any in recent memory, but among all the nail-biting drama we’re some history-making moments for LGBTQ+ candidates. The 2020 US Election provided a number of first across numerous states, increasing representation for LGBTQ+ people in positions of power. Here’s a breakdown of what we know so far: Michele Rayner-Goolsby Michele Rayner-Goolsby has become the first obama queer state legislator elected to Florida’s House of…

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Joe Biden says the ‘LGBT-free zones’ in Poland have ‘no place in the EU or the world’

“Let me be clear: LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.” Joe Biden has denounced the towns in Poland that have declared themselves “LGBT-free zones” free from “LGBT ideology.” The Democratic presidential candidate quote-tweeted an article from ABC News, in which Ursula von der Leyen – the new head of the European commission – criticised Poland’s ruling party for their anti-LGBTQ+ approach to policy and human rights. “Let me be clear: LGBTQ+ rights are human rights — and “LGBT-free zones” have no place in the European Union or anywhere in the world,”…

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