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One of the nation’s largest conversion therapy networks is disbanding
Hope for Wholeness, a prominent ex-gay ministry that boasts one of the most expansive networks of conversion therapy offerings in the United States, is disbanding. The Spartanburg, South Carolina-based organization, founded in 1999 as Truth Ministries, told members in an email Monday and obtained by NBC News that Hope for Wholeness would be closing its operations, citing the group’s difficulties in retaining a director to lead their efforts.
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Supreme Court rules workers can't be fired for being gay or transgender
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that workers cannot be fired for being gay or transgender in a major win for members of the LGBT community. The 6-3 holding, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative appointed by President Donald Trump, is a blockbuster development in the history of gay rights in the United States.
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Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules
The court said the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Do our sexual preferences affect our personalities?
Do our sexual preferences affect our personalities? Aussie researchers reviewing the findings of 21 past studies have found that men and women who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual tend to show different personality traits to those who identify as straight, especially among younger adults...
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Glamour and equality at Pattaya transgender pageant
After her friends were killed in transphobic attacks at home in Brazil, Ariella Moura's aim was to make a statement against gender discrimination on Saturday at the world's top transgender pageant in Thailand. The annual Miss Tiffany's Universe pageant brings together 21 international contestants showcasing their beauty but also spreading a defiant message for equality from across the globe.
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Indonesia proposes bill to force LGBTQ people into ‘rehabilitation’
The “Family Resilience Bill" would force lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people into treatment to “cure” their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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The multimillion-dollar Christian group attacking LGBTQ+ rights
A group of about two dozen people, mostly women, stood on the steps of the Connecticut capitol on a New England winter day with signs reading “Protect Women’s Sports” and “#FairPlay”. In front stood Christiana Holcomb, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, the conservative Christian legal group representing three cis teen girls in a lawsuit filed this month demanding two transgender teen girls be barred from competing in the female high school sports division.
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Puberty blockers linked to lower suicide risk for transgender people
The finding suggests that a major — and politically controversial — aspect of trans health care for minors could help reduce the community’s disproportionate suicide risk.
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Legalising gay marriage is dramatically lowering suicides rates, study shows
Homophobic stigma remains a factor, warn experts
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Priests broke confession confidentiality to out gay soldiers to military
A British politician has apologized after it emerged some chaplains with the British armed force told superiors about gay and bisexual military personnel in the 1990s. The UK dropped its ban on openly LGB people serving in the armed forces in 2000. However, before this time, gay military personnel were routinely dismissed if their sexuality became known.
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Homosexuality may have evolved for social, not sexual reasons
Scientists don't ask how some people evolved to be tall. In the same way, asking how homosexuality evolved is the wrong question. We need to ask how human sexuality evolved in all its forms.
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Germany plans to ban gay 'conversion therapy'
A draft law prohibits the therapy for all minors, with violators facing jail time. Health Minister Spahn said the ban sends a message to those struggling with their sexuality: "You're okay just as you are."
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Selin Ciğerci Evlendi
Selin Ciğerci ve Gökhan Çıra Swiss Bosphorus otelde dünyaevine girdi. Çiftin nikah şahitliğini Demet Akalın yaptı. Trans Kadın Selin Ciğerci, Transeksüel..
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Lezbiyen, Gey, Biseksüel, Trans & İnterseks
Türkiye Lezbiyen, Gay, Biseksüel, Transgender ve İnterseks Birliği. Türkiye LGBTİ Birliği.
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Five years after coming out, Apple's Tim Cook says he has 'not regretted it for one minute'
Apple CEO Tim Cook in an interview published Thursday discussed his decision to publicly come out as gay in a 2014 editorial, saying he "has not regretted it for one minute, not at all."
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Uganda’s ‘Kill the Gays’ bill is back & it may be even worse
The law would be expanded to include anyone "involved in promotion and recruitment" - including saying gay people are born that way...
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They Didn't Back Down
For 17 years, the office of Jackie Jackson-Dean has featured a familiar ornament of welcome: a safe space sticker, adorned with stars, a rainbow motif and an implicit message. “I want these kids to be able to come to school,” she says, “and feel like at least one person here is safe to talk to.”
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‘Representation matters’: Photo of black gay couple kissing goes viral
Just a few days ago, Tyler Hightower had only 40 Twitter followers. Now, he said his Apple Watch won't stop buzzing to alert him about replies people are leaving to a photo of him and his boyfriend sharing a kiss. “Posting this because representation matters. The black, gay, and happy gworls are out here!” Hightower wrote in an Oct. 1 tweet that has since gone viral. “We live together and have two cats. … We are at our 1 year and 8th month mark and still going strong!”
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No distractions: An NFL veteran opens up on his sexuality
There is not a single openly LGBTQ player in the NFL. Defensive end Ryan Russell wants to change that. "Whatever I was to you before this letter, I'm still that now. We just know each other a little better."
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How to Be an LGBTQ Ally
It takes a concerted effort to move from pleasantries to real support
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