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• TOWLEROAD GAY NEWS
• WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'
• CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• A 'TROUBLG RISE' BS OWNERS REFG GAY UPL, ADVOT SAY

TOWLEROAD GAY NEWS

” (April 19)Click for full storyCherry Grove: How a beach town beme a gay ‘safe haven’Maggie McCorkle and Audrey Hartmann Cherry Grove, Calif., Grove Archiv CollectnAn exhib at the New-York Historil Society featur rarely seen photos of the LGBTQ muny enjoyg the eedom offered by Fire Island’s Cherry Grove, one of Ameri’s first gay beach towns. Colbert / Roadsi AttractnsThe movie, starrg Mark Wahlberg, tells the plited story of a father who wanted to memorialize his gay son while also spreadg a msage of acceptance. NBC Out shows feature stori, origal vios and other unique ntent about, and of tert to, the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny.

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. 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.

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.

WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'

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.

12 and was spired by the 1992 cult classic by director Penny Marshall, brought much-need reprentatn to the screen for lbians and other queer women, who celebrated how “gay, gay, gay” for full storyOne of the most powerful men NYC's gay nightlife scene fac over a of sexual misnduct allegatns NBC News / Getty Imag / via InstagramMichael J. Cohen, one of the most proment figur New York’s gay nightlife scene, was acced of sexual misnduct by ne people who spoke to NBC News about their experienc over the last .

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR

July 26, 2023, 2:57 AMUniversy print nmns antisemic and homophobic vandalismPolice Ann Arbor, Michigan, are vtigatg "hate-motivated vandalism" at two off-mp Universy of Michigan aterny ho. July 25, 2023, 4:31 PMTransgenr swimmers to be clud the trial of an open tegory at petnsThe erng body of swimmg says will set up an “open tegory” that will clu transgenr petorsJuly 25, 2023, 12:47 PMChallenge to Florida drag shows law won't go to trial until next sprgTrial will terme if new Florida law targetg drag shows is 24, 2023, 5:42 PMMalaysia cuts short mic ft after Brish band slams anti-gay laws, sger kiss male bandmateMalaysia’s ernment has cut short a mic ftival after the lead sger of Brish band The 1975 slammed the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate durg their performanceJuly 22, 2023, 8:06 PMJacksonville Jaguars Kev Maxen be 1st male pro sports ach to e out USJacksonville Jaguars’ assistant ach Kev Maxen has ma history by beg the first male ach profsnal sports the U.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

July 20, 2023, 12:46 AMUK Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologiz for a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people the aryU_K_ Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U_K_ ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state. S., ntroversial surgeri for tersex children to assign them a genr are often still 18, 2023, 2:12 PMWhat's behd the fight to ban tersex surgery USIntersex activist Sean Saifa Wall intifi as male spe beg strated by doctors at 13 years 17, 2023, 1:16 PMThoands march at Budapt Pri as LGBTQ+ muny voic anxiety over Hungary's rtrictive lawsThoands of participants of the Budapt Pri march wound through the streets of the Hungarian pal on Saturday wh marchers voicg their anxiety over the creasg prsure on the LGBTQ+ muny om the untry’s right-wg ernmentJuly 16, 2023, 3:58 AMInty Denied: Trans Ameri: Part 2One Florida clic's staff says the state's ban for youth transgenr re is a cynil attempt to cut accs to all transgenr patients and will have ser 14, 2023, 7:56 AMInty Denied: Trans Ameri: Part 1Across the untry transgenr teens like Ain Pace say their te selv are unr attack om laws that prevent mors om gettg genr affirmg 14, 2023, 7:55 AMHungary slams hefty fe on bookstore cha over LGBTQ+ graphic novel, says vlated lawA ernment office Hungary has levied a hefty fe agast a natnal bookseller for vlatg a ntent law that prohibs the pictn of homosexualy to morsJuly 13, 2023, 6:29 PMHungary slams hefty fe on bookstore cha over LGBTQ+ graphic novel, says vlated lawA ernment office Hungary has levied a hefty fe agast a natnal bookseller for vlatg a ntent law that prohibs the pictn of homosexualy to morsJuly 13, 2023, 5:46 PMRsian lawmakers move to further rtrict transgenr rights new legislatnRsian lawmakers have approved a toughened versn of a bill that outlaws genr transng procr, wh add cls that annul marriag which one person has “changed genr” and barrg transgenr people om beg foster or 13, 2023, 2:14 PMMoms speak out durg Disabily Pri Month as US marks 33 years of ADATwo moms talk to “Good Morng Ameri” about why they wanted to speak out on social media July, which is also known as Disabily Pri 12, 2023, 2:03 PMKansas mt stop changg trans people's sex listg on driver's licens, judge saysA state-urt judge has orred Kansas to stop allowg transgenr people to change the listg for sex on their driver’s licensJuly 10, 2023, 8:38 PMRsia’s first transgenr polician drops her n for ernor due to anti-LGBTQ+ billRsia’s latt anti-LGBTQ+ bill erod support need to register her ndidacyJuly 10, 2023, 7:10 PMTrans rights advot prott Tennsee billA feral urt lg allowed a law Tennsee to go to effect, clearg the way for a ban on genr-affirmg re for people unr 9, 2023, 3:36 PMTennsee n enforce ban on transgenr re for mors, urt saysA feral appeals urt has temporarily reversed a lower urt's lg that had prohibed Tennsee om enactg a ban on genr-affirmg re for transgenr youthJuly 8, 2023, 5:50 PMMeet the hockey team ma up entirely of trans and nonbary athlet Team Trans is a “val” safe space for hockey players who intify as transgenr, says. July 5, 2023, 10:46 PMLegimacy of 'ctomer' Supreme Court gay rights se rais ethil and legal flagsThe supposed ctomer that sparked the se says never 4, 2023, 6:38 AMMan ced LGBTQ Supreme Court se says he was never volved: ReportThe report is sparkg qutns as polls show most people disapprove of the urt self.

Proment German LGBTQ+ rights activist Anastasia Biefang has exprsed ncerns about an crease homophobic and anti-transgenr vlence and abe the untry, parg to rhetoric ed by the Nazis. A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl.

A 'TROUBLG RISE' BS OWNERS REFG GAY UPL, ADVOT SAY

LONDON (Rters) -Brish Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologised on Wednday to LGBT ary veterans who endured sexual abe, vlence, bullyg and harassment while servg the armed forc before a ban on homosexualy was lifted 2000.

MADRID (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn. ‍A Tennsee anizatn is workg to solve homelsns among transgenr women by buildg ty homOver 40% of Black transgenr women reported havg experienced homelsns their lifetim, pared to one-third of the overall transgenr populatn the U. Department of Health and Human Servic (HHS) announced that gay and transgenr people would once aga be protected om discrimatn health the Tmp admistratn, feral laws banng discrimatn on the basis of sex fed "sex" as the genr assigned at birth, which exclud transgenr people om protectns.

” Becerra also said that rtorg the health re protectns for gay and transgenr people aligns the partment wh a Supreme Court se 2020 that termed that laws agast to sex discrimatn the workplace and employment also protect gay and transgenr people. ‍Israel lifted 'nigratg' rtrictns on blood donatns by gay menIsrael jt announced would be liftg rtrictns on blood donatns by gay men, sayg the sayg the limatn was discrimatory and 's health mister Nzan Horowz, who is openly gay, announced on Twter and Facebook that the Health Mistry had “removed the gradg and irrelevant qutns” blood donor qutnnair, that everyone would be treated equally regardls of sexual orientatn, and that was "a remnant of a stereotype that belongs to history. ‍A new study found that suici rat fell by 46% after gay marriage was legalized Swen and DenmarkSuici rat among those same-sex relatnships have fallen signifintly both Denmark and Swen sce the legalizatn of gay marriage, acrdg to a jot study by the Danish Rearch Instute for Suici Preventn and Stockholm the study, rearchers pared suici rat for people same-sex and heterosexual relatnships the perds 1989–2002 and 2003– rearchers found that between the two perds, the number of suicis among people same-sex unns fell by a staggerg 46%, pared to a cle of about 28% the number of suicis by people heterosexual relatnships.

Ante Erlangsen, the lead thor, told the Rters Foundatn that, along wh other gay rights legislatn, same-sex marriage may have rced feelgs of social stigmatizatn among some LGBTQ+ people.

‍Makg NFL history, Carl Nassib announced he’s gay and ma a $100, 000 donatn to The Trevor Project for LGBTQ+ youth suici preventnLas Vegas Rairs fensive leman Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to announce he's gay. ‍A new Alabama law will remove all anti-LGBTQ language om the state’s tn curriculumEffective July 1, a new law Alabama will remove all anti-LGBTQ language om the state's tn law remov the requirement for teachers to tell stunts that homosexualy is “not a liftyle acceptable to the general public” and that “homosexual nduct is a crimal offense unr the laws of the state.

“Endg state-mandated homophobia sex ed is a hard-won fight by advot who’ve been workg toward this for years, ” Courtney Roark, Alabama policy and movement buildg director for URGE, said a statement. ‍Brish veterans who were dismissed for beg LGBTQ+ n now reclaim their medalsIn Febary of this year, the Brish ernment admted that their pre-2000 policy to only allow heterosexual people to serve the ary was a “historic wrong, ” CNN heterosexual people were allowed to serve the Brish Armed Forc until the turn of the century, and service members whose sexualy was disvered often had their honors removed before they were gay and bisexual Brish veterans who were stripped of their medals bee of their sexualy will be able to reclaim change after a legal mpaign by Falklands War veteran Joe Oalice, who was forced om the Royal Navy after 18 years of service 1993 for beg bisexual.

Out is an outlet for the most proment voic of the LGBT muny, many of whom exprs opns on culture, polics, gay news, and more on Read the latt op-eds om gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals like Michael Mto, Jse Archer, Christopher Glazek, Michael Lus, and more. It’s been que a year, one full of both good news and bad for the LGBTQ+ muny — om anti-drag queen protts to “don’t say gay” to a rabow wave the midterm electn.

That ernor, Ron DeSantis, signed the “don’t say gay” bill — officially, Parental Rights Edutn — to law March, and went to effect July 1. Massachetts and Oregon elected lbian ernors — Mra Healey and Ta Kotek, rpectively; Colorado reelected a gay male ernor, Jared Polis; and several stat elected their first LGBTQ+ state legislators, statewi officials, or ngrsnal reprentativ.

': FDNY first rponrs get engaged at NYC PriTracy Bermuz, left, and Tayreen Bonilla kiss after Bermuz proposed durg the Pri para New York on June 24, Betancur / Getty ImagIn the midst of the march— which clud tens of thoands of participants and an timated 2 ln onlookers — Tdy Bermuz, an FDNY emergency medil technician, proposed to her girliend, FDNY paramedic Tayreen Mart, Major League Soccer player, says, 'I'm gay'Mnota Uned midfielr Coll Mart ntrols the ball as Sportg Kansas Cy forward Diego Rub chas durg the first half of an MLS soccer game on Oct. Anthony Souffle / Star Tribune via AP fileIn an exclive terview wh NBC News, Mart said his teammat already knew that he was gay before he me out publicly. 18, Godlki / AP fileWhen Deidre Downs was crowned Miss Ameri more than a ago, the ia of legalized gay marriage and Miss Ameri later marryg her same-sex partner Alabama would have been an unimagable future.

Courty Helen Grace JamHelen Grace Jam had been subjected to tense scty for weeks the 1950s by the Office of Special Invtigatns (OSI), which was vtigatg service members spected of beg gay. They had even followed her to a lbian dance club Cowboys lebacker out as gay, announc weddgDallas Cowboys lebacker Jeff Rohrer / AP“I’ve given at least five people heart attacks wh this news, ” Jeff Rohrer said. ”Michelle Obama reveals she snuck out of Whe Hoe to celebrate gay marriage lgFormer first lady Michelle Obama kicks off her "Beg" book tour wh a signg at the Semary Co-op bookstore on Nov.