LGBT groups ask D.C. Council for millions

• Released Date: 12-Feb-2020

Activists have asked Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. City Council to consider allocating $17.6 million to LGBT-serving community organizations in the District’s 2021 budget, a more than 80 percent increase over what they unsuccessfully re

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Bank Reverses Decision, Picks Kids Over LGBT Activists

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

Seven hundred kids. That’s how many students would have lost their scholarships—and a chance at a better life—if Fifth Third Bank hadn’t come to its senses.Instead, after a week of uncertainty, the company sat down with Florida parents and pastors an

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Progress toward LGBTQ equality 'is a jagged line.' Here's what has changed over the past decade.

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

In 2010, no states outlawed  <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-involved/trevor-advocacy/50-bills-50-states/about-conversion-therapy/">conversion therapy</a> for LGBTQ minors, banned health insurers from excluding transgender-related cover

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Mirvac Retail centres celebrate Mardi Gras with insta-worthy installations

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

Mirvac Retail centres in Sydney and Brisbane are set to become members of community-based organisation ‘Welcome Here’ to focus staff and retailers on inclusion and diversity as they break out their rainbow celebrations, through fun and engaging Mardi

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Row erupts at General Synod over LGBT rights in the church

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

A row over homosexuality erupted at General Synod after both conservative and LGBT activists accused the Church of England of “kicking [the] can down the road”.Leading bishops and decision-makers within the Church are currently debating issues about

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Texas demands the Supreme Court put an end to a pro-LGBTQ California law

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a Supreme Court action against  <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/ab1887">a 2016 California law</a> that prohibits state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ laws, saying that it has every right to allow adopt

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Westboro Baptist Church attempts a homophobic protest and it backfires spectacularly

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

The  <a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/27/westboro-baptist-church-megan-phelps-roper-fred-granddaughter-abusive-religion/">Phelps family church</a>, also known as “the most hated family in America”, held anti-LGBT+ protests at several locat

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My School Gets Abuse For Supporting LGBT Groups. But We Won’t Back Down

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

This month my school, Woodside High School, will be the first in London to get a permanent rainbow crossing. We are delighted about it – but we also know it is likely to be a matter of days before it is vandalised.We are very open about our stance on

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Say ‘yaaasss’ to Best and Less all-inclusive kids wear

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

ustralian clothing store Best and Less have released a children’s range of LGBTIQ-friendly playsuits and the internet can’t contain itself. Tailored specifically for babies with same-sex parents, the Pride range is a first for Best and Less. 

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What’s it like when your dad comes out? I found out at age five

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

It was 1992. I was a five-year-old girl with a head of Barbra Streisand-esque Jewish curls and an embarrassing early 90s outfit, sitting on the stairs with my dad, when he told me he was gay. Not as dramatic as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/me

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Progress toward LGBTQ equality 'is a jagged line.' Here's what has changed over the past decade

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

In 2010, no states outlawed  <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-involved/trevor-advocacy/50-bills-50-states/about-conversion-therapy/">conversion therapy</a> for LGBTQ minors, banned health insurers from excluding transgender-related cover

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Row erupts at General Synod over LGBT rights in the church

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2020

A row over homosexuality erupted at General Synod after both conservative and LGBT activists accused the Church of England of “kicking [the] can down the road”. Leading bishops and decision-makers within the Church are currently debating issues about

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