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NFL leaders host Pride Flag Football clinic for youth ahead of Super Bowl game
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Ahead of the Super Bowl, NFL leaders host Pride Flag Football clinic for LGBTQ+ youth in New Orleans

It comes as other major companies and organizations turn away from longstanding efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

Frank Perez head of the LGBTQ Archives Project of Louisiana stands at the site of the missing Upstairs Lounge fire plaque in New Orleans French Quarter June-25-1973-Times-Picayune-photo-by-Philip-Ames
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New Orleans activists fundraise to replace stolen plaque remembering an arson that killed 32 queer people

New Orleans activists have launched a fundraising campaign to replace the marker honoring those killed in the Upstairs Lounge fire. The group’s aim is to make sure the memory of what happened in 1973 isn’t forgotten.

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Politics

Louisiana theatre students take to the state capitol's steps to protest ‘don’t say gay’ bill

Thirteen students traveled from New Orleans to Baton Rouge on March 27 to protest several anti-LGBTQ+ bills up for consideration by the Republican-controlled House and Senate.

​Steven Kabuye Ugandan LGBTQ activist stabbed escape arrives Canada Toronto Pearson International Airport
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A Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist was stabbed and left for dead in the street. Now, he recounts his escape to Canada

Steven Kabuye had been followed for sometime before two men ambushed him on his morning commute in January. Still recovering, he fled Uganda days later with bandages still on.

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Politics

Louisiana is the only state that's never had an out LGBTQ+ state legislator. Here's why

Queer statehouse candidates in Louisiana say running for office was 'traumatic.'