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Vermont business
    leaders support marriage equality, the gay community finds its
    way in Iran, and more.
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          Mar 18, 2009
          
        
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Judgment day :

    A federal court 
    ruled on Tuesday

     that the University of California's Hastings
    College of the Law may bar the Christian Legal Society from
    being recognized as a student group for requiring members to
    sign a declaration of faith.
    

    

    Tehran dispatch :

    Of course a gay community exists in 
    Iran

    . The question is, who can see it?
Splitsville :

    The New Hampshire house judiciary committee 
    split its vote

    on the same-sex marriage bill, meaning that no recommendation
    will be made when the bill goes to the full house floor.
    

    

    Hate-crime spree?

    An attack outside a local gay bar is the latest in a 
    recent wave

    of apparent bias crimes in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Common cents :

    Business leaders in 
    
    Vermont

    tell senators that job growth will not suffer if same-sex
    marriage is legalized.
And the winner is :

    Three cities are 
    finalists

    to host the Gay Games in 2014.
Suspicious activity :

    Fire destroys the scene of a possible hate-motivated murder in 
    outer London.

        
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Vermont business leaders support marriage equality, the gay community finds its way in Iran, and more.

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Minnesota’s largest pediatric system restarts gender-affirming care for trans minors

The state’s largest pediatric provider resumed care after a court struck down Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s directive targeting treatment for transgender youth.

House Republicans push bill forcing states to stop acknowledging trans people in schools

The "don’t say trans" measure would shift power from states to Washington by conditioning education funding on limits to transgender-related content.

How I came out to my Mexican dad—who had secrets of his own

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Idaho said no Pride flags permitted. Boise said watch this

A new Republican state law restricts Pride flags, but the capital city is finding other ways to show it stands with LGBTQ+ residents.

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Cameryn Lovett says she was responding to a student’s anti-gay remarks when the district gave her an ultimatum.

Boston University removed Pride flags. Backlash forced its president to back off

President Melissa Gilliam called it a “pause,” not a reversal, after backlash spread across campus.

Ohio teacher sues over removal of ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ poster

A teacher in Little Miami had the poster that celebrated diverse identities up for nearly four years before LGBTQ+ flags caused an uproar.

TV judge slams homophobic father who sued his gay son for conversion therapy costs

Judge Eboni K. Williams put the bigoted father on blast in a clip that's racking up millions of views.

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What’s framed as literacy is a roadmap to marginalize LGBTQ+ students and erode secular education, writes John Casey.

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The state’s largest pediatric provider resumed care after a court struck down Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s directive targeting treatment for transgender youth.

The "don’t say trans" measure would shift power from states to Washington by conditioning education funding on limits to transgender-related content.

In this excerpt from Ni De Aqui, Ni De Alla: A Soul Suspended Between Two Worlds, memoirist Jorge Xolalpa shares his family's journey moving to the U.S. as undocumented immigrants.

A newly released archive of vintage photos offers an intimate look into the radical queer activism of 1980s and '90s New York.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

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Most Popular

A new Republican state law restricts Pride flags, but the capital city is finding other ways to show it stands with LGBTQ+ residents.

Cameryn Lovett says she was responding to a student’s anti-gay remarks when the district gave her an ultimatum.

President Melissa Gilliam called it a “pause,” not a reversal, after backlash spread across campus.

A teacher in Little Miami had the poster that celebrated diverse identities up for nearly four years before LGBTQ+ flags caused an uproar.

Judge Eboni K. Williams put the bigoted father on blast in a clip that's racking up millions of views.

What’s framed as literacy is a roadmap to marginalize LGBTQ+ students and erode secular education, writes John Casey.

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