Stories, pride, and voices from the LGBTQ community.
Stories, pride, and voices from the LGBTQ community.
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Your parents are supposed to be the ones who stand by you no matter what. Many parents understand that friends and partners will come and go, but they will be the ones to always help you up when you fall. Many parents strive to be the person their children can…
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In a historic victory for LGBTQ movements across Africa, Botswana's High Court has overturned laws criminalising consensual same-sex relations. This comes just a month after Kenya's high court ruled not to decriminalise homosexuality in March. Under Botswana's Penal Code, it was written that "carnal knowledge of any person against the…
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A straight man in Oklahoma has gone viral for a wholesome and supportive message printed on his pickup truck to celebrate Pride Month. Living in Oklahoma's Hubert - a small town consisting of around 600 people, the majority of which voted for Donald Trump - Cody Barlow has taken the…
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A bisexual Sikh man has gone viral for creating a rainbow turban for Pride Month. Taking to Twitter, Jiwandeep Kohli shared a picture of himself smiling in his glorious creation on June 1. Since then, it has received widespread praise from the LGBTQ+ community and their allies, garnering over 26K…
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A transgender woman who previously competed as a man has become a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) track champion. CeCe Telfer clinched the women's 400-metre hurdles national title at the 2019 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships for Franklin Pierce University on May 25. The senior completed the…
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Non-binary people identify as being neither male or female. Now, two non-binary friends have celebrated becoming more comfortable in their gender identity by posing topless after having their breasts removed. Xanthe Zeitstück and Rowan Janiszewski while, admittedly, delighted with the results of their double mastectomies, were nervous about being topless…
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A transgender teen has been crowned prom king at Barnstable High School in Hyannis, Cape Cod. Nick James Bulman, who was previously known as Nicole, came out as a transgender man last summer and began living as his authentic self - additionally taking the male hormone testosterone and having top…
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A transgender female powerlifter has been stripped of her world titles by the RAW Powerlifting Federation after they ruled that she classified as a man at the time of her victories. Mary Gregory, who hails from Virginia, set a slew of world records in powerlifting - including in the women's…
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With Pride month on the horizon, brands and business around the world are rolling out products that represent and support the LGBTQ community. Some of the cynics amongst us might see it as an easy cash grab from those in the queer community (which, with a lot of companies, it…
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Matteo Salvini serves as Italy's deputy prime minister and the minister of the Interior. He's also the leader of the far-right Lega Nord Party, known for its anti-immigration agenda. Recently Salvini was the keynote speaker at the World Congress Of Families, an event that brings together anti-LGBT and anti-abortion activists.…
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A transgender student has lost his university scholarship after President Donald Trump's transgender military ban came into effect last week. Map Pesqueira, from San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a national three-year Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship to fund his future studies in his senior year of high school. However, his dreams…
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As LGBTQ+ people become more and more accepted in society, and the general public becomes better educated, more people will come to accept their true gender identity. With more exposure and representation in the media, and queer role models for young people to look up to, coming out of the…
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A British supermarket chain has launched a type of biscuit called a 'gender-neutral gingerbread person,' and has asked the general public to come up with a name. The chain shared a picture of the biscuit figurine, which appears to be wearing a grey icing sugar smock, and a cheerful grin,…
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New laws are set to be passed as early as next week, allowing Tasmanian people to change the gender on their birth certificates. The legislation was passed on Thursday night, with eight votes to six, and reportedly is to be formally approved next week, before returning to the lower house…
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It's fair to say that Ariana Grande has a pretty big LGBT+ fanbase - so much so that some fans have speculated over the years that the thank u, next songstress might actually be gay or bisexual herself. Up until now, this was little more than rumours and wishful thinking.…
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It's pretty crazy to think that pretty soon Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are going to be married. The couple first announced their engagement on Instagram back in October of 2o17, when Turner shared an image of her own hand holding her fiancé's, bearing a gorgeous diamond engagement ring on…
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The number of people who identify as transgender has vastly increased in the last decade. In a report by The Williams Institute, the number of transgender individuals in the US now stands at 1.4 million, which is roughly double what it was 10 years ago. The last decade has also…
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As LGBTQ+ people become more and more accepted in mainstream culture, more and more celebrities are deciding to embrace their true sexuality and gender identity and come out of the closet. If you want an example of this kind of phenomenon then look no further than Sam Smith. Smith ha…
