From an engagement at NYC's Pri March to a profsnal athlete announcg "I'm gay," here are some of NBC Out's top good news stori of 2018.
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THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
After everythg that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people experienced 2017 seemed only fair that 2018 would start off wh a small glimmer of hope. What we didn’t expect was that hope would be served up om nearly all rners of the earth. * lgbt news 2018 *
After everythg that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people experienced 2017 — om roundups and torture Chechnya to antigay wch hunts Egypt and Indonia, closure of queer-iendly health facili Tanzania, and a ncerted effort by the Tmp admistratn to roll back equal rights the Uned Stat — seemed only fair that 2018 would start off wh a small glimmer of hope. And 2016, five gay and lbian Indians filed a wr petn, as dividuals directly affected by the law, which prompted the Supreme Court to orr a rensiratn of the 2013 cisn by a larger bench, sayg that the lg was nsistent wh a recent lg on privacy rights.
”Pro-LGBTQ LegislatnLGBTQ advot on the state level ma progrs along several onts, but nondiscrimatn measur and “gay nversn therapy” bans were among the most prevalent, acrdg to the New Hampshire, Republin Gov. Charl Kpa / APIn the first statewi referendum on transgenr rights, Massachetts rints voted overwhelmgly November to mata a 2016 law that extend nondiscrimatn protectns to transgenr people, cludg their e of public bathrooms and locker rooms that align wh their genr the 25 stat that were nsirg bans on so-lled gay nversn therapy on mors last year, five stat — Washgton, Maryland, Hawaii, New Hampshire and Delaware — passed the bans to law.
Rho Island banned the e of “gay or trans panic” fens, and Massachetts prohibed the placement of prisoners solary nfement bee of their LGBTQ stat. When to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer rights.
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Bill makg legal to ban gays & lbians om adoptg pass Geia.
Bill makg legal to ban gays & lbians om adoptg pass Oklahoma. …Invtigators said that a 10-year-old child who died recently after years of physil abe may have e out as gay jt before he was killed. Republins vote to make legal natnwi to ban gays & lbians om adoptg.
Gay uple nied a marriage license by town clerk New York. …A gay uple om upstate New York were nied a marriage license by the town clerk and now even the Governor is gettg volved. A gay Tmp supporter went viral after he had a racist hissy f a Lyft.