From attacks on drag shows and a nightclub to viral moments of queer joy, this year was tly a mixed bag of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer news.
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- GAV NEWSOM F SCHOOL DISTRICT $1.5 LN FOR REJECTG MATERIALS MENTNG GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
- GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
- POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
GAV NEWSOM F SCHOOL DISTRICT $1.5 LN FOR REJECTG MATERIALS MENTNG GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
California Gov. Gav Newsom followed through on threats to fe a school district for refg to adopt state-approved curriculum that featured gay rights activist Harvey Milk. * latest news gay rights *
Gav Newsom followed through on his threats to fe the Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD), lnchg his next culture war attack agast nservative board members who rejected state-endorsed curriculum that allegedly mentns gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
"GAVIN NEWSOM CELEBRATES ‘INCREDIBLE’ STORE CLAIMING TO SELL ‘BANNED’ BOOKS WHILE STUMPING FOR BIDEN IN IDAHO A close-up of Amerin polician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk (1930-1978) as he mpaigns for a posn on the San Francis Board of Supervisors September 1977. Opponents of the textbook argue that sex and homosexualy should not be tght materials for elementary school stunts, an argument emergg school districts across the natn as many ntue to clu LGBTQ+ ntent si the classroom.
Milk, the person ntentn, was the first gay man to w an electn San Francis. Met police want to intify man after attack south London that is beg treated as homophobic. Met want to intify man after attack south London, which is beg treated as homophobic.
GAY RIGHTS ARE GOG BACKWARDS THE US, SAYS ELTON JOHN
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Gay rights are gog backwards the US, where “disgraceful” laws are discrimatg agast LGBTQ+ people, Elton John has said. There’s a law now that, if you vis a doctor Florida, they n refe to treat you if you’re gay, which I fd jt unbelievable. ”John, who found the Elton John Aids Foundatn, which has raised more than $525m and by s own timatn saved 5 ln liv, exprsed his ep unhapps about the growg ti of homophobia, which he said extend to Bra.
“It’s a growg swell of anger and homophobia that’s around Ameri.
POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
LGBTQ+ advot hail Pope’s rejectn of sexual orientatn as crime and ll to bishops to rist anti-gay laws as ‘tone’ * latest news gay rights *
“But I feel that the Phillip Schofield thg has been totally homophobic. Though the percentage of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults has doubled over the past , acrdg to Gallup, lawmakers stat across the untry have proposed legislatn that seeks to rtrict LGBTQ rights. Dpe divisn among her teammat, she ntued to pete and went on to bee the first transgenr woman to w an NCAA champnship when she won the 500-yard etyle March for full storyDog abandoned for beg 'gay' is adopted by same-sex upleJohn Wn, Fez and Steve NicholsIn March, a story about a dog named Fez who was abandoned at a shelter North Carola for beg “gay” went viral.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
Ron DeSantis signed the ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn law — or what crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — on March 28. She is the latt LGBTQ sensatn on the show, followg Amy Schneir, who beme the show’s top female earner last for full story'It’s already havg an impact': LGBTQ people fear abortn rights reversalA supporter of gay marriage wav a flag ont of the Supreme Court on June 25, Wilson / Getty Imag fileIn May, LGBTQ people anticipated that the reversal of Roe v. Click for full storyA 25-year-old got a taxi outsi an NYC gay bar.
He was ad an hour photoSocial worker Jul Ramirez died after leavg a popular Manhattan gay bar April and gettg to a b wh three unintified men. His bank acunts were draed days later, his brother told NBC News May, and the fay was left wh more qutns than answers weeks after his for full storyAnti-LGBTQ threats, fueled by the ter's far right 'mache, ' shut down trans rights and drag eventsPolice Cor d'Alene, Idaho, ta people pulled om a U-Hl tck near the cy's Pri celebratn June Brown via APThroughout June, which is LGBTQ Pri month, activists and alli were forced to ncel events or enact addnal secury measur after drag performanc and readgs at lol librari were targeted by whe natnalist for full storyLns, headach, bilatg pa: Gay men wh mpox share their storiGerald Febl shows mpox lns on his hands July 3, New York. Benjam Ryan / NBC NewsEighteen gay men who ntracted mpox, prevly known as monkeypox, told NBC News about their experienc amid the unprecented outbreak over the summer.
Rearch published Augt suggted that the vis’s spread was largely beg driven by sex between for full storyGOP lawmaker attend gay son’s weddg 3 days after votg agast same-sex marriageRep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., attend his gay son’s weddg July 22 — three days before votg agast the Rpect for Marriage Act, a bill that would dify feral protectns for same-sex marriage.