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Threats against trans councilwomen stir violence fears in Brazil

Threats against transgender councilwomen in Sao Paulo have raised fears of a surge in transphobic violence in Brazil

Thomson Reuters Foundation News stories

Black, gay and happy: is Hollywood ready for that?

Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels wants to make a gay superhero film and a gay love story with a happy ending - but says Hollywood has never been ready for his work


Lesbian mother of stateless baby takes citizenship fight to top EU court

Hearing at Court of Justice of the European Union seen as test case for "rainbow families" in Europe


Hate crime, violence feared in Polish 'LGBT-free zones'

Polish zones that oppose 'LGBT ideology' are incentivising 'hate speech', said a Council of Europe report


Author Naomi Wolf defends LGBT+ history book accused of inaccuracy

The book detailing Britain's history of sodomy laws has come under fire for the second time after a corrected version was published in November


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Reuters News stories

Fact check: Dr Rachel Levine not featured on the March 2021 cover of Vanity Fair

Social media users have been sharing screenshots of a fake tweet by Dr. Rachel Levine saying that she is honored to be on the cover of Vanity Fair in March


In Pentagon debut, Biden promises break from Trump-era politicization of military, trans military ban

President Joe Biden sought to draw a contrast with former President Donald Trump in a speech that emphasized diversity in the armed forces


7th Circuit judges seek middle ground on religious exemption to gay bias claims

Some of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges said they were leery of 'extreme' arguments in a case brought by a gay former church music director


Fact check: Story of girl’s father punching the person who followed her into a Target bathroom likely stems from meme pages and features unrelated photo

A social media meme claims to show a daughter with her father who had punched a man for following her into a bathroom - the story is untrue



Opinion

OPINION: The disproportionate impact of the HIV epidemic is rooted in structural racism and anti-Blackness

Alphonso David

On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we call to attention the fact the HIV epidemic is far from over and that it disproportionately affects Black and Latinx gay and bisexual men and transgender women


OPINION: Role models have a real impact on the mental wellbeing of young people

Nicholas Hewlett

The interest generated by me coming out during my school assembly was surprising - hopefully one day a gay headmaster coming out will no longer be news


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