The most clicked on queer stori of 2021 clu a transgenr Miss USA nttant, gay emperors, a nonbary Olympian, lbian bars and more.
Contents:
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * lgbt issues in the news *
The only discernible actn Smh has taken was keepg Labe–Ponoka MLA Jennifer Johnson out of her party uc after was revealed that as a ndidate she had publicly pared trans kids to fec this lack of actn also serv as a ristance of sorts to what's happeng elsewhere parts of nservative North Ameri — pared to Premier Blae Higgs's ntent reforms to stunt pronoun policy New Bnswick schools, or the ban on genr-affirmg re for mors and the "Don't Say Gay" law on classroom stctn Florida, whose Gov.
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
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. * lgbt issues in the news *
She praised the wi public acceptance of same-sex marriage and parenthood, as well as the number of gay nservative staffers. "I'm very proud of the nservative movement and how clive is and I want to make sure we rema that clive, " she said to the terviewer, who has a history of beg at odds wh that a Medice Hat fom durg May's provcial electn, Smh ntued along this ve, bemoang "10 years of polarizatn" on LGBTQ issu, and strsed that adults should be "supportive" of kids as they stggle wh their inty and add that her chief of staff is gay, and highlighted that one premier's office munitns staffer do double duty as outreach officer who meets wh LGBTQ anizatns and youth lears (though her office would not specify which groups he's met wh). Her 2012 electn mpaign was sunk by an Edmonton ndidate's flammatory ments that gays would suffer afterlife a "lake of fire, " and Smh's subsequent refal to sanctn him.
Gay men? Every year, Gallup releas a survey of how many Amerins intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. “Three out of 10 women unr the age of 25 nsir themselv to be gay or transgenr.
Advot worry that bat hijacked by the extrem of both parti over trans youth and athlet are beg ed for a broar asslt on settled law protectg gay, lbian and bisexual people. * lgbt issues in the news *
Everyone will be eher gay or trans or nonnformg or whatever the list of 50 or 60 different optns there are.
” The edian Bill Maher said on his show that by 2054, if we follow what he se as the current trajectory, “we will all be gay, ” addg that the rise the number of younger people intifyg as transgenr seemed spic. Bee of the fluence of Schorr put siarly Natnal Review: “To suggt that social suggtibily uld be playg a role the skyrocketg numbers of young girls’ exprsg their sire to bee mal, for example, is not of urse to say that gay and transgenr people would not exist whout the topics’ beg discsed the public square. ”This fear is based on an unrstandg of genr and sexualy as alarmgly agile, easily undone by a gay teacher or a trans TikTok fluencer.
And so are homosexualy, bisexualy and beg ’s been an objective crease the number of visible L. This is the first time Amerin history that gay and trans people have been able to live as themselv any real way, wh jobs and marriag and dogs and ts and visibily.
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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. Ron DeSantis signed the ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn law — or what crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — on March 28.
An pennt UN human rights expert on Tuday warned that the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr diverse (LGBT) people are beg “liberately unrmed by some state ernments the Uned Stat”, urgg more actn on the part of the Bin admistratn to protect them. | * lgbt issues in the news *
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.