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Supreme Court rejects appeal over bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children
The Supreme Court has refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children. Three conservative justices dissented. The court on Monday turned away an appeal from Washington, where the law has been upheld. An appellate panel struck down local bans in Florida as an unconstitutional restriction on counselors’...
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SCOTUS rejects challenge to conversion therapy ban
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.
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PolitiFact: How many trans people are there in the U.S., and why do we overestimate it?
State legislators introduced hundreds of 2023 bills targeting transgender Americans and affecting access to health care, education policy and sports. To hear the political discourse, it sounds at times as if the United States’ transgender population is large, booming and influential.
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Miami Beach Pride Hosts Easter Picnic With Fun for Entire Family
With 2023 marking the 15th anniversary of the annual Miami Beach Pride festivities, the first Easter family picnic took place Saturday with fun for everyone.
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‘Hope, Faith': Miami Beach Shows Support for Transgender Community on Day of Visibility
The City of Miami Beach showed its support for the transgender community on Trans Visibility Day. NBC6’s Jessica Vallejo reports
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Proposed Legislation Would Expand So-Called ‘Don't Say Gay' Law to Prohibit Preferred Pronouns
A member of the Florida House of Representatives has introduced legislation that would expand what critics called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill to prohibit someone from describing themselves or others with pronouns besides the ones they were born with in the context of the state’s education system.
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Biden Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill at White House Ceremony
President Joe Biden signed gay marriage legislation into law Tuesday before a crowd of thousands, a ceremony that reflected growing acceptance of same-sex unions.
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House Passes Bill Protecting Same-Sex, Interracial Unions, Sending It to Biden to Sign Into Law
President Joe Biden is expected to promptly sign the measure, which requires all states to recognize same-sex marriages.
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Conservative Justices Lean Toward Anti-Gay Marriage Web Designer in Case Pitting LGBTQ Rights Against Religious Freedom
The case comes at a time when the court is dominated 6-3 by conservatives and following a series of cases in which the justices have sided with religious plaintiffs.
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California Catholic Deacon Faces Backlash Over Anti-LGBTQ Tweet Posted Hours After Colorado Mass Shooting
An East Bay catholic deacon is under fire for insulting the LGBTQ community just hours after the Club Q shooting in Colorado.
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NYC's Oldest Gay Bar May Soon Get Landmark Status
Julius’ has been a bar since 1864. It was thrust into the forefront of the gay rights movement in 1966 — three years before the Stonewall riots — when activists staged a peaceful “sip in,” announcing they are homosexuals and asking to be served.
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Mormon Church Comes Out in Support of Protecting Same-Sex Marriage in Federal Law
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it supports efforts underway in Congress to safeguard same-sex marriage rights.