Stories, pride, and voices from the LGBTQ community.
Stories, pride, and voices from the LGBTQ community.
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A school teacher has been fired after making derogatory comments towards a transgender student in their class. Per The Mirror, a French teacher from Ash Manor School in England had her contract terminated for gross misconduct after a student's mother reported a conversation she had with the students. Susan Field…
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Tom Daley has shared some encouraging words for LGBTQ+ youth after taking gold in Tokyo. According to Today, the 27-year-old British Olympic swimmer spoke on the subject of his sexuality and his career in sports after he and his diving partner, Matty Lee, swept to victory in the men's synchronized 10-meter…
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Leyna Bloom has become the first-ever transgender model to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine. According to People, the 28-year-old shared an image on Instagram of the cover, which sees her wearing a white one-piece bathing suit and kneeling down on a sandy beach. Writing in a caption…
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Caitlyn Jenner has responded after Marjorie Taylor Greene intentionally misgendered her by dismissing her as a "man in a dress". The 47-year-old Georgia Representative provoked widespread backlash after she insulted the former Olympian, who is currently running for governor of California in the 2021 gubernatorial recall election in the state.…
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An upcoming Netflix show aimed at preschoolers has been praised for featuring a non-binary character. The show in question, Ridley Jones, also has a female lead - a six-year-old girl who lives in a treehouse inside the Museum of Natural History with her mother and grandmother. Fred the bison is…
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A nine-year-old penned a sweet note to a gay couple after they received a homophobic letter from a hateful grandmother. Dits Preece and his partner Allen, of Alderney, UK, received a scathing letter after appearing on TV as part of their local station's coverage of Pride month, per Pink News.…
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The city of Chicago has provoked controversy this week after paving over a rainbow crosswalk immediately after Pride month ended. A Twitter user going by the handle @anxious_e was the first person to point out the faux pas, sharing a side-by-side post of the crosswalk in question, which is situated…
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A transgender man has emerged victorious following a years-long case over whether trans students should be able to use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity. Back in 2014, now-22-year-old Gavin Grimm, who was then a high school student, challenged the local school board in Gloucester County, Virginia, which had…
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A New Jersey high school valedictorian says he was "censored" while delivering a speech at graduation about his experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community as well as his struggle with anorexia. On June 17, Bryce Dershem, 18, addressed his peers at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees when…
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Transgender teen Ashton Mota introduced President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday, marking the return of Pride celebrations under his administration. Back in February, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Equality Act, a bill that would ban discrimination of an individual or group based on their…
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A woman has claimed she was recently refused service by a department store worker due to the fact she's transgender. Per Independent, a trans woman named Licca, who goes by the handle @liccalollipop on social media, took to TikTok in a video to share the bad service she'd allegedly received…
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Two men have been arrested as violence erupted at a Virginia school board meeting over new transgender policies and critical race theory. On Tuesday, June 22, 250 residents of Loudoun, the wealthiest county in the US, gathered at Ashburn, Virginia, to discuss the new rules, per Fox News. It became…
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A weightlifter from New Zealand has been praised on social media for becoming the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic games. Per New York Post, 43-year-old Laurel Hubbard, who previously competed in men's weightlifting before transitioning to female, has been picked to participate in the upcoming summer games…
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A couple has expressed outrage over the fine they received after pinning a pride flag to their mailbox. Per NBC 6 News, Bob Plominski and Mike Ferarri hung their flag outside their home in Oakland Park, Florida, on June 1, as a tribute to Pride Month. Four days later on…
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Nintendo is considering introducing a non-binary Pokémon character after a young fan pitched the idea to them. The child's handwritten letter to the video game company was posted to Twitter on Wednesday, with the youngster's parent captioning the sweet post: "My kid wrote a letter to Nintendo and they wrote…
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A transgender man has spoken out about the "trauma" he suffered at the hands of medical professionals during his pregnancy. Kayden Coleman, whose baby girl is now 10-months-old, opened up about the experience in an interview with TODAY. The 34-year-old, who also has a seven-year-old daughter, said of his pregnancies:…
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A Republican representative has claimed that his alleged donation to a homophobic "holocaust denier" was a simple mistake. Per The Daily Beast, Federal Election Commission files showed that the Texas GOP Louie Gohmert donated $5,500 to the anti-LGBTQ+ and antisemitic Pastor Steve Anderson last December. However, Gohmert's Chief of Staff…
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A couple is planning to re-marry three years after their first wedding as one of the spouses has since come out as a trans woman. Rayna and Jae Harvey of Somerset, UK, tied the knot in 2018, over a decade after they first met on MySpace back in 2007, The…
