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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. * top gay news *
PolicsBarack Obama’s half-brother lled him an anti-gay slur on social media. 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.
TOWLEROAD GAY NEWS
The most clicked on queer stori of 2021 clu a transgenr Miss USA nttant, gay emperors, a nonbary Olympian, lbian bars and more. * top gay news *
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.
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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 .
Jonathan HernanzBeloved Philalphia drag performer Valencia Prime died after a performance at a popular lol gay bar Sept. MORE StoriOUT News3d agoOUT NewsTwo men stabbed 'homophobic attack' outsi London gay bar, police sayThe stabbg, which is beg vtigated as a "homophobic attack, " amid a surge reported hate crim agast LGBTQ Brons recent years. Department of Health and Human Servic’ vtigatn jt weeks after two patients sued the hospal for releasg their News6d agoOUT NewsEthpia cracks down on gay sex hotels, bars and rtrantsGay sex is prohibed by law Ethpia, but there are no recent reports of people beg nvicted for engagg nsensual same-sex sexual News6d agoOUT NewsTeen spect NYC stabbg of a dancer is dicted on a hate-crime murr chargeO'Shae Sibley, 28, was fatally stabbed late last month after dancg to mic by Beyoncé wh iends at a Brooklyn gas News7d agoOUT NewsMassachetts uple nied foster re applitn over LGBTQ views, plat saysMichael and Cathere Burke allege that the state’s Department of Children and Fai discrimated agast them for their Catholic News7d agoOUT News'Heartstopper' books temporarily removed om Mississippi public libraryThe LGBTQ young adult graphic novel seri was taken off the shelv a Marn County library followg rint News7d agoOUT NewsUganda print fiant after World Bank spends fundg over LGBTQ lawThe World Bank said the new law, which impos the ath penalty for certa same-sex acts, ntradicts s valu.
” (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.