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Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee have introduced legislation that will ensure that people with anti-LGBTQ+ prejudices can foster and adopt children. Opponents of the proposed law say it could lead to situations in which LGBTQ+ children are placed with parents who do not accept their sexual orientation or gender identity. Introduced in both the Tennessee

Japan’s fitful march toward marriage equality took a giant leap on Thursday when a high court ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. “Disallowing marriage to same-sex couples is a discrimination that lacks rationality,” the ruling said, while noting that “enacting same-sex marriage does not seem to cause disadvantages or harmful effects.” Related:

Kristen Stewart on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Photo: Screenshot In February, out actress Kristen Stewart sent right-wingers into a tailspin when she appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone wearing nothing but a leather vest and a jockstrap. Stewart told the publication she wanted the shoot to be the “gayest f**king thing you’ve

The number of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has been steadily rising over the past decade, with nearly 8 percent now saying they are anything other than straight. On Wednesday, Gallup released its analysis of polling data from its 2023 telephone surveys of more than 12,000 American adults. In total, 7.6% of respondents said

Nex Benedict Photo: GoFundMe The Oklahoma state medical examiner’s office has ruled Nex Benedict’s death a suicide. The 16-year-old Owasso High School sophomore of Choctaw descent died on February 8, a day after a violent altercation with three other students in a school bathroom in which he was reportedly beaten until he blacked out. Benedict,

England’s National Health Service (NHS) announced Tuesday that it will halt puberty blocker prescriptions for transgender minors. The change follows an ongoing independent review that found there was “not enough evidence” that the hormone treatments, which block the physical changes of puberty, are safe or effective. Related: Puberty blockers will now only be available as

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) dropped out of the presidential primary after running on his record of demonizing the LGBTQ+ community and fighting against “woke” diversity efforts. Now, like DeSantis’ failed campaign, his anti-LGBTQ+ efforts are going down in flames. 21 of the nation’s most vicious bills proposed this year have died after the Florida

A new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) shows support for marriage equality has dipped from a high water mark in 2022. For the first time since PRRI began tracking nationwide support for three key LGBTQ+ rights policies — nondiscrimination protections, religiously-based service refusals, and same-sex marriage — the group found a decline

Pride in Thessaloniki, Greece – June 23, 2018 Photo: Shutterstock Just weeks after a landmark law granted same-sex couples in Greece the right to marry, nearly 200 people dressed in black on Saturday night chased a transgender couple through the town square in Thessaloniki, the country’s “second city” and host this week to the Thessaloniki

Gerald Declan Radford Photo: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office More than a month after he admitted to fatally shooting a gay dog owner in Tampa, Florida, Gerald Declan Radford has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. The 65-year-old claimed that he acted in self-defense on February 2, when he shot John Walter Lay, 52, at

New polling has found that many LGBTQ+ voters would potentially vote for more conservative candidates if not for the GOP’s virulent opposition to LGBTQ+ rights. A survey of 600 LGBTQ+ Americans shared with ABC News by The Independent Center and the Bullfinch Group found that this demographic is far more likely to vote for President

Small MPOX outbreaks have recently occurred in New York, North Carolina, and Colorado. But while the virus behind the painful skin infection caused a national public health emergency in 2022, the U.S. officially declared an end to the emergency over a year ago. Since then, there has been little national messaging around what, if anything,

A recent study revealed a substantial increase in the number of Americans who either identify as bisexual or have a history of bisexual behavior. 9.6% of respondents reported having both male and female partners, over three times more than what was reported in the 1990s. The study, published by researchers Martin A. Monto and Sophia

Dylan Dittrich-Reed and his son, Niko, pose for a portrait outside of the S.C. Statehouse on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Dittrich-Reed is worried he will have to move his family out of state if they cannot get gender-affirming health care for his son. Photo: MCKENZIE LANGE/ Staff / USA TODAY NETWORK Despite anti-transgender activists’ claims

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Pastor Tommy McMurtry of the Liberty Baptist Church in Rock Falls, Illinois recently went after atheists for supporting the “perversion” of being LGBTQ+. “The atheist religion always is a supporter of perversion,” he said. “They are always the biggest supporters of the LGBT, the trans rights, and all that because it is an anti-God religion. And

A well-known social media personality is clapping back after a conservative commentator accused him of pedophilia simply because he is a gay dad. Widower José Rolón is a single gay father of three. Using the handle @nycgaydad across social media, he shares delightful and hilarious videos he makes with his kids. He has over 512

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Welcome to the (somewhat shorter this week) LGBTQ Nation News Quiz. We’ve kept you up-to-date on politics, current events, and news from the LGBTQ+ community all week. Now, this is your chance to look back on what happened. We’ll be testing your knowledge with a series of questions taken from our headlines this past week. Try the

Images of Tjachyadi posted on the Libs of TikTok X account. Photo: Screenshot A beloved chemistry teacher resigned from his position at a Texas high school this week after being targeted by anti-LGBTQ+ hate influencer Chaya Raichik, who goes by Libs of TikTok on social media. “It has been very difficult to see the hateful

President Joe Biden smiles before delivering the 2024 State of the Union. Photo: Josh Morgan-USA TODAY via IMAGN President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address told transgender Americans, “I have your back.” He also spoke against book-banning and “erasing history,” and told Congress to pass the Equality Act, legislation that would enshrine LGBTQ+ civil

An AI-generated image of Trump with Black people. Notice the oddly-rendered hands and lettering. Photo: Twitter screenshot Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has begun actively courting Black voters, a group that has traditionally voted Democrat. Trump’s supporters have also begun courting this group by making dozens of artificial intelligence (AI) generated images of him surrounded by

J.K. Rowling Photo: Shutterstock Author J.K. Rowling has been reported to the police by British TV broadcaster India Willoughby for misgendering her. This follows a years-long feud between the two triggered by the Harry Potter author’s history of transphobic comments. “J.K. Rowling has definitely committed a crime,” Willoughby, the first transgender talk show host in

The DeMoss Learning Center at Liberty University Photo: EOverbey via Wikimedia Commons and Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license Liberty University — the Christian conservative and anti-LGBTQ private school in Lynchburg, Virginia — has been fined $14 million by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for not reporting on-campus crimes as required by the

A research fits a woman with a brainwave scanning headset Photo: Shutterstock Neurological researchers have developed brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that use artificial intelligence (AI) to “read minds” and detect people’s thoughts and sexual orientations. Though the tech is still very new and somewhat crude, it has ethicists thinking about the legal protections humans will need

Drag queen dances in “Kangaroo Time” Photo: Screenshot “Kangaroo Time,” a music video featuring drag queens, kangaroos, and ballet dancers, has won a prestigious international science competition. Queer behavioral ecologist Weliton Menário Costa took home the top prize at the Eurovision-like “Dance Your Ph.D.” competition. Costa has spent years studying eastern grey kangaroos. Related: Costa’s

NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks at a Trump rally on March 2, 2024 Photo: Megan Smith/USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN As expected, former President Donald Trump has handily beaten former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley in the Super Tuesday primary elections held in 14 states and one U.S.

Former President Donald Trump endorsed North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) for his state’s governor, calling Robinson “Martin Luther King on steroids.” However, Robinson has said he considers King to be an “inferior pastor” and a “communist” who wanted to “subvert capitalism” and “free choice.” These comments cap off his years of extremely hateful language towards

Today is Super Tuesday, when 15 states and one territory hold votes for Democratic and Republican primaries. But while President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are largely expected to sweep their parties’ races for president, Super Tuesday will also help select the candidates running in other state and local races that could drastically