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** The Week in Good News
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Good things are happening to LGBTQ people. It’s easy to overlook the positive stories in the daily mix of news, so every other week we highlight moments you may have missed.

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“You’re out!”: Giants baseball player Solomon Bates comes out as gay ([link removed]) [link removed]
The 25 year-old relief pitcher, who's been out to fellow players since 2019, took advantage of his unexpected release from the organization to get personal. ([link removed])
This straight southern Army veteran has a message for the LGBTQ community ([link removed]) [link removed]
A gay son. A queer daughter married to a transgender partner. And the father who loves them all? He's a 63-year-old white man from a small town in Georgia. ([link removed])
Montreal Pride parade was suddenly canceled. That didn’t stop hundreds from marching in the streets ([link removed]) [link removed]
Everyone from the mayor on down was angry that it was canceled hours before it was supposed to start. That's when it turned into a protest march. ([link removed])
A Texas town is protesting against one of the most anti-LGBTQ hate churches in the nation ([link removed]) [link removed]
"They're so close to our home. There's no way that we can't be afraid of that," one lesbian protestor said. ([link removed])
Trans candidate Leigh Finke wins Minnesota state House primary setting up historic candidacy ([link removed]) [link removed]
If elected in November, she would be the first trans person ever elected to the state’s legislature. ([link removed])
Becca Balint likely to become first LGBTQ person & first woman to represent Vermont in Congress ([link removed]) [link removed]
The out lawmaker told LGBTQ Nation that she intends to fight authoritarianism and rising Republican extremism in Congress. ([link removed])
Trans equality wins in federal court as state Medicaid ordered to pay for gender affirming care ([link removed]) [link removed]
West Virginia's Medicaid program has denied gender-affirming care for trans people since 2013. On Tuesday, a judge put an end to the discriminatory policy. ([link removed])
Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine may allow civil partnerships ([link removed]) [link removed]
"Tens of thousands of queer Ukrainians defending our country during this genocide made this possible. Centuries of our anti-colonial struggle against Russian patriarchal and homophobic tyranny made this possible.” ([link removed])
“Heartstopper” star Yasmin Finney aims to be the first trans Bond girl ([link removed]) [link removed]
The actress also shouted out trans model Caroline Cossey as her inspiration. ([link removed])
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