Ige Signs Bills Furthering LGBTQ+ Equality, Inclusion – Big Island Now
Gov. David Ige signed three bills last week that further efforts to make Hawai‘i more inclusive of residents who are members of the LGBTQ+ community. (Photo from Gov. Ige’s Facebook page)...
Texas GOP pushes “healthcare independence”—and bans on trans medical care – Chron
The Texas GOP approved an updated party platform at its Houston convention this weekend that contains multiple anti-LGBTQ policy stances, most notably referring to homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice" and...
Monkeypox and HIV: Public Health Experts Are Avoiding Mistakes From 40 Years Ago –...
In the early days of the HIV epidemic, in the 1980s, governments around the world mailed public health information to households featuring images of tombstones and death. For even the least-informed...
Breed nominates pink triangle co-founder to arts panel – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest...
Mayor London Breed has nominated pink triangle co-founder Patrick Carney to the San Francisco Arts Commission, according to a June 21 release from her office.Carney, a gay man, helped start the...
Clela Rorex dies at 78; clerk granted early same-sex marriage licenses – The Washington...
Placeholder while article actions loadClela Rorex, a Colorado county clerk who became a heroine of the gay rights movement when she began granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 1975, four...
217 Today: Changing agriculture industry includes more science-focused jobs and workers without degrees –...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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Today’s headlines:
Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger says he’s received a death threat for his role in investigating the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Several Chicago-area counties have been...
How does it hurt you to accept someone for who they are? Here’s why...
My college friend, who would later be the best man at my wedding, asked me out for a beer — just me. I wasn’t sure what was up. We usually spent our dollar...
Pride month events around the region – Reading Eagle
The region will celebrate June as Philly Gay Pride Month with 30 days and 100s of ways to be out, proud and gay in the city of brotherly love and sisterly...
AHF urges community outreach & education around monkeypox – Los Angeles Blade
WASHINGTON – As of June 16th, 2,166 cases of monkeypox have been recorded globally, spanning 37 countries, including places where it is not usually seen. The United States currently has 100...
Texas GOP calls to end gay marriage, criminalize adult Trans healthcare – Los Angeles...
By James Finn | DETROIT – 2022 has been a tough year for LGBTQ Pride as political and religious leaders openly push hate and right-wing groups like the Patriot Front and...
15 Great Summer Reads Sure to Keep You Turning the Pages – Boston University
Our list of fiction and nonfiction has something for everyone Today is the official start of summer (known as the time to relax, sit outside with your feet up, and read),...
News From the Rutgers Board of Governors: June 2022 – Rutgers University
Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University Rutgers Board of Governors Approves 2.9 Percent Tuition and Fee Increase The Rutgers University...
News From the Rutgers Board of Governors: June 2022 – rutgers.edu
Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University Rutgers Board of Governors Approves 2.9 Percent Tuition and Fee Increase The Rutgers University...
With most Colorado Dems decided, what happens on GOP ticket will shape November –...
Lauren Boebert (Twitter)DENVER (CN) — Once a closely watched swing state, Colorado seems to have settled behind the Democratic Party. After all bold blue dominated the statehouse and executive branch for...
V. Castro: No Limitations – Locus Online – Locus Online
Violet Castro was born July 14, 1979 and grew up in San Antonio TX. She moved to Philadelphia PA to attend Drexel University, where she earned a BS in political science...
Bi-ology: the science of bisexuality and bi-erasure – Palatinate
By Eve Kirman Throughout recorded history it has been known that some people, and animals, are attracted to more than one gender. Specific labels that refer to this attraction, however, are...
Transgender Women Swimmers Banned from International Competitions – Gay Nation
2 min readAn advocacy group for LGBTQI+ people in sport, Athlete Ally, has condemned swimming’s international governing body FINA for their decision to restrict the participation of transgender athletes...
Master of the universe – National Catholic Reporter
“For as you judge, so will you be judged” (Matt 7:2). 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Mt 7:1-5 One wonders what would happen if...
School pupils share the importance of School Diversity Week and Pride Month – Gay...
UK students have opened up about the importance of School Diversity Week and Pride Month.
On 20-24 June, youth charity Just Like Us is set to host the UK-wide celebration of LGBTQ+...
Black Voices: Grad speeches should not be for hate agendas – Indiana Daily Student
Graduation is a time of celebration. A time to reminisce and congratulate the graduating class on all their hard work and accomplishments. Especially in college, graduation is a big deal and...
40 Easter Eggs In ‘Stranger Things 4’ – Elite Daily
Here’s a rundown of all the films directly referenced in the first seven episodes:Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982): Robin’s reference to where Vickie paused the movie is the famous scene...
On This Gay Day: The Rocky Horror Show opened in London – OUTinPerth
The Rocky Horror Show began on this day in 1973
After two previews, The Rocky Horror Show made it’s debut at the Royal Court’s 63-seat Upstairs Theatre on this day in 1973. The show...
ICAM program schedule, June 19 – June 25, 2022 – The Local Ne.ws
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ICAM Public ChannelComcast Ch. 9 and Verizon Ch. 33¸ Sunday, June 19, 20227:30 a.m. Let’s Visit Charleston10 a.m. First...
Dame Kelly Holmes comes out as gay after 34 years: ‘I’m finally free’ –...
Dame Kelly Holmes has publicly come out as gay in a new interview.The Olympic runner, 52, said that she “finally feels free” after years of living a “secret” life...
ABA: Inside the controversy surrounding the most popular therapy on autistic children in Ontario...
By Jessica R. Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jun 18, 2022 - Brampton, Mississauga Who decides what is normal? Applied Behaviour Analysis—ABA—is a standard autism therapy in Ontario, the...
Drag story hour hosts, under attack, dig in their heels – Detroit News
Olga R. Rodriguez and Ali SwensonSan Francisco – Protesters pray outside a library in New York City as Flame, a drag queen sporting a bright wig and a red gown, entertains...
Drag story hour hosts, under attack, dig in their heels – The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Protesters pray outside a library in New York City as Flame, a drag queen sporting a bright wig and a red gown, entertains the children inside by...
My Problem With Pronouns – WIRED
A conservative friend suggests banning all adjectives—eliminate identifiers entirely. “Conservative,” for example. Adjectives signal our opinion of a person, and sometimes that’s all. Relying on them exaggerates differences, shrink-wraps complexity, slaps...
Religion digest – Hot Springs Sentinel
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Oklahoma Secretary of Education: Academic focus needed in Tulsa – Oklahoma Council of Public...
Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters is defending a Tulsa Public Schools board member who has come under fire after suggesting the district should focus more on academics than social agendas.
In...
Blood donation policy for gay and bisexual men operating ‘on the fly’ – The...
Blood donation policy should be based on science rather than operating “on the fly”, a gay man who travels to Northern Ireland to donate blood has said.Tomás Heneghan, who took a...
Dr. Sally Ride honored with statue at Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City...
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - As we celebrate Pride Month, we take you to Long Island where the first astronaut known to be part of the LGBT community is honored with a...
Commentary: My life as an intersex comedian living every letter in the queer alphabet...
Never in my wildest dreams did I, an upstanding Brit, a former mental health advisor to the U.K. government — with security clearance and excellent manners — imagine I’d find myself...
Medical Fiction: Dr. Trebaux and Bruiser – Physician’s Weekly
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror,...
These are the ‘Lightyear’ scenes drawing ire from anti-LGBTQ critics – Chron
Disney and Pixar's latest animated picture "Lightyear," which tells the origin story of legendary space ranger Buzz Lightyear in a spinoff of the "Toy Story" film series, is drawing backlash from...