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[Rainbow Parade Participants in Vienna]Austrian authorities have announced they thwarted an attack on an LGBTQ+ [Pride]( event in Vienna. A swift police response prevented untoward incidents during the event, attracting more than 300,000 people. [Read on »]( [LGBTQ+ Victories Did Happen in 2023](
[female couple]The news on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights around the world has not been promising. Governments in Poland and Hungary use it as a wedge issue, to shore up their political fortunes, while undermining democratic norms and the rule of law. Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Patriarch Kirill of the Orthodox Church used âtraditional valuesâ as partial justification for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while the Duma extended the âgay propagandaâ law to all age groups. [Read on »]( [AC/DC's Queer Manager Murdered in 1993 - New Blockbuster Evidence Revealed](
[Blockbuster Evidence Revealed in 1993 Murder of AC/DC Manager]The Australian judge overseeing an inquiry examining the 30-year-old unsolved murder of former [AC/DC manager Crispin Dye]( slammed New South Wales Police yesterday after the revelation of explosive evidence in the case. The inquest, which was opened last November, is examining the [88 unsolved deaths of gay men]( in Sydney and NSW between 1979 and 2000. [Read on »]( [Fox News Accused of Altering AP & Reuters Stories to Incite Anti-Trans Rage](
[Fox News, AP and Reuters logos][Fox News]( is being accused of altering the content of Associated Press and Reuters stories that the network republished on its website to enflame further tensions among those opposed to transgender people and their access to medical care. [Read on »]( [Dump Kamala Harris Because... Her Voice Is Nasal?](
At the Democratic National Convention in the summer of 1944, Missouri Sen. Harry Truman was nominated to be President Franklin Rooseveltâs running mate as Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term. Trumanâs selection was one of the great comeback stories in political history. Many were aghast that it was the relatively inexperienced Truman, because many realized that Roosevelt wouldnât survive a third term if he were reelected. The consensus on Truman was that he was clearly not ready to be president. [Read on »]( [Prescott Townsend, an Early Gay Rights Activist, Honored With Boston Tour](
[Prescott Townsend and Beacon Hill]A groundbreaking Boston gay activist is being recognized with a National Park Service tour of his neighborhood. [Read on »]( [Democrats Introduce Bill to Support LGBTQ & Womenâs History in Schools](
[Torres and Balint]Several [Democratic]( Congress members have filed a bill to support [LGBTQ+]( and womenâs history in [education](. [Read on »]( [Champions of Pride 2023: Asexual Author Michele Kirichanskaya](
In high school, Michele Kirichanskaya took a trip down a Google rabbit hole that led her to a word that perfectly summed up what sheâd been feeling: asexuality. [Read on »]( [Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer, Couple Who Took on DOMA, Honored With Street Sign](
[Photos of Thea Spyer and Edie Windsor]Marriage equality pioneer Edie Windsor and her wife, Thea Spyer, have been honored by having an intersection in New Yorkâs Greenwich Village named for them. [Read on »]( [Who Bailed Out Gay Republican Rep. George Santos?](
[Rep. George Santos]Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, has revealed his bail backers ahead of an order that went into effect at noon on Thursday demanding the names of the guarantors be released. [Read on »]( [Ryan Murphy Set to Leave Netflix for Disney](
[Ryan Murphy]Out writer, producer, and director [Ryan Murphy]( is bidding farewell to [Netflix]( after his five-year contract with the streaming giant comes to an end. He has reportedly found a new home at Disney. [Read on »]( [Elon Musk Dials Up Transphobia on Twitter, Says 'Cis' Is a Slur](
[Elon Musk][Twitterâs]( billionaire owner Elon Musk, who had previously declared himself a âfree speech absolutist,â has now declared that the words âcisâ and âcisgenderâ are slurs. He said that using the term in a ârepeated, targeted" way could result in sanctions against accounts. [Read on »]( [Gay Man Brutally Beaten by Stranger on Manhattan Street in Hate Crime](
[NYPD car]Authorities in New York City are looking for a suspect after a man was beaten and screamed at in what police say was an antigay hate crime. [Read on »]( [Anti-Trans Misinformation Spewed at Senate Hearing â But It Gets Countered](
[From left: Harleigh Walker, Riley Gaines, and Kelley Robinson]The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on LGBTQ+ rights Wednesday, "Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans," featured some dangerous misinformation about transgender people â although there were other witnesses to counter it. [Read on »]( [Lesbian Mothers Targeted by Prosecutor Going After Children's Birth Certificates](
[Italian Prosecutor Seeks to Invalidate Birth Certificates for Same-Sex Parents]Valeria Sanzari, the prosecutor for the city of Padua in northern Italy, is trying to cancel the birth certificates of 33 children born to lesbian couples, claiming the documents are illegal because they list the name of a non-biological parent. [Read on »]( [Kansas Man Arrested for Threatening to Shoot Up, Bomb Nashville Pride](
[Nashville Pride]Tennessee prosecutors have indicted a man over online threats he allegedly made targeting Nashville Pride with violence. [Read on »](
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