‘People are dying alone’: A former AIDS chaplain on life under lockdownVincent Schwahn, an openly gay Episcopal priest, counseled the sick and dying during the AIDS crisis. With a new and deadly pandemic now threatening his community, Schwahn is preparing for the worst. |
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Australia moves to ease rules on gay blood donorsThe proposal would cut a 12-month celibacy period to give blood for men who have had sex with men to three months |
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Trans racing driver Charlie Martin wants to make LGBT+ history at Le MansHeated debates about trans women in competitive sports only make Martin more determined to compete in the famed 24-hour race in 2021 |
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U.S. state of Idaho sued over trans birth certificate and sport lawsIdaho was the first U.S. state to ban trans athletes, saying they have an unfair advantage |
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Third of UK lesbian mothers experience homophobia from other parentsDuring Lesbian Visibility Week, a rare study shows 37% of lesbian mothers had children bullied because of their parents' sexuality |
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IKEA and Microsoft join call for Germany to relax ban on gay men giving bloodCalls grow for Germany to ease its 12-month no sex ban on gay men donating blood as the coronavirus crisis hits potential donors |
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Polish MPs vote not to kill 'Stop Paedophilia' anti-gay lawThe ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) voted not to reject a law that critics say would ban sex education and equates being gay with paedophilia |
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U.N. urges nations to protect LGBT+ people amid coronavirusLGBT+ people are more vulnerable to negative health outcomes, unemployment and homelessness due to COVID-19, the UN said |
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Books with LGBT+ themes are 'most challenged' in U.S.Books with gay and trans themes get a record number of challenges at U.S. libraries and schools |
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Rights groups seek LGBT+ protection in U.S. coronavirus responseMore than 180 groups called on the U.S. Congress to specifically protect LGBT+ from discrimination in coronavirus legislation |
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In Russia, a black market for HIV drug to try on coronavirusKaletra is being tested around the world to treat COVID-19 and a Russian black market for the drug is worrying HIV-positive people |
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OPINION: This May 17, don’t let COVID-19 force LGBT+ people back into silenceJoel Bedos, Tuisina Ymania Brown and Luz Elena Aranda As the coronavirus pandemic is being used to erode human rights, LGBT+ communities will tell the world that we won't be left behind |
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