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Dr. Rachel Levine, the nation's most senior transgender official, made history again Tuesday by becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer across any of the country's eight uniformed services.
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Puberty blockers linked to lower suicide risk for transgender people.
The queen of rap is throwing her weight behind the first openly gay Black man elected to office in the state of Texas.
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., the first Black person and first out lesbian to serve as a vice presidential chief of staff, said in August the Biden-Harris administration would “continue the work that Joe Biden and Obama did” by supporting LGBTQ rights.
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The the nation's oldest African-American civil rights group, endorsed the Equality Act, which would modify the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect LGBTQ people.
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In a historic first, Danica Roem unseats incumbent Republican Bob Marshall in Virginia to become the first openly transgender state legislator elected in the United States.
Bolsonaro Backlash: Several companies are facing backlash over an event honoring Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, who has a history of homophobic comments. nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou via
L., a mom who lives in Austin, was recently notified by an agent at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services that there had been “multiple reports of abuse” filed against her.
Her transgender son turned 18 last month. nbcnews.to/3J1JjyG #NBCNewsThreads
BREAKING: Florida House passes controversial "Don’t Say Gay" bill that would prohibit "classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity" in primary schools.
The legislation will now head to the state Senate.
A gay student who was barred by the Covington diocese from speaking at his 2018 graduation, is "not surprised" by the viral video of Covington Catholic High School students allegedly taunting a Native American elder. nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou via
WATCH: Lady Gaga performs the national anthem at the #inauguration
Today is #TransDayofRemembrance. Of the 22 transgender lives lost since the beginning of 2018, the victims are mostly young, mostly female and mostly black. via nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou #transgenderdayofremembrance #TDOR2018 #TDOR
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Individuals in white wearing signs with information about each of the 49 lives lost at Pulse last year at the #NYCPride2017 Parade.
Russian President Vladimir Putin mocked the U.S. embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate #LGBTQ rights, suggesting it reflected the sexual orientation of its staff.
JUST IN: 17 corrections officers to be charged in trans woman's death at Rikers Island jail.
A state park in Brooklyn will be renamed after trans rights icon Marsha P. Johnson, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday.
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"I told them, 'I’m not going to sleep next to my wife with another man’s liver,'" Vicente Fernández said in a TV interview.
A majority of Americans who don’t identify as LGBTQ believe companies should publicly support the community, according to a new survey from gay rights organization GLAAD.
The queen of rap is throwing her weight behind the first openly gay Black man elected to office in the state of Texas.
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NEW: Adoption agency should be able to reject gay couples, Trump administration argues
Trans advocate Sarah McBride won a Democratic state Senate primary in Delaware on Tuesday and is poised to make history as the first transgender state senator in the United States.
Nevada voters overturned an 18-year-old ban on same-sex marriage, making the state the first to enshrine gay couples’ right to marry in its constitution.
2016 has been a rough year for lesbian and bisexual women on television.
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BREAKING: President Biden signed an executive order aimed at combating anti-LGBTQ bills introduced nationwide.
“My message to all the young people: Just be you. You are loved. You are understood. You do belong,” Biden said at a signing ceremony. nbcnews.to/3mT1FIu
NEW: Nonbinary pronoun 'they' is Merriam Webster's Word of the Year
As the hearse carrying John Lewis' body drove through Atlanta, it made a lengthy and symbolic stop at a rainbow crosswalk as dozens of people gathered to watch.
Gender-affirming hormone therapy is strongly linked to a lower risk of suicide and depression for transgender youths, according to the first large-scale study to examine the issue.
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BREAKING NEWS: After 50 years, the #NYPD has apologized for the raid on #Stonewall for the first time.
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton will wear a rainbow-adorned helmet this weekend in support of Florida's LGBTQ community.
It's shoulder to shoulder at the #womensmarch in DC, with official early estimate at over half a million people
Watch latest episode in #chosenfamily series, where he spotlights LGBTQ+ refugees nbcnews.to/2tp4BzB #pridemonth
Accusing Trump of trying to roll back protections for the LGBTQ community, president-elect Joe Biden promised to be a staunch ally earlier this year.
NEW: Gay and bisexual men comprise 98% of new monkeypox cases globally, according to a major new study.
The American Academy of Pediatrics unanimously voted to reaffirm its position on gender-affirming medical care for transgender children on Thursday.
A recent study found gay men outperform their straight male peers in an array of academic measures, from high school GPAs to college graduation rates.
NEW: Hillary Clinton puts lesbian rumors to bed: ‘Never even been tempted’
NEW: National LGBT Chamber of Commerce endorses Biden
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NBC News spoke to nearly a dozen parents of trans kids about the impact of Abbott’s directive.
Most of them have hired lawyers in case they are reported, while others are considering leaving the state entirely or are already in the process of doing so.
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Last week, while she was driving her daughter home, she told her about Abbott’s directive and that some people were protesting at the Capitol.
She said her daughter had tears running down her cheeks, and she asked, “Am I going to die?” nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou via
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Another Austin mom, K., wanted to stay and fight, and even testified at the state Capitol last year when the Legislature considered more than 50 anti-trans bills.
But she said she’s moving her family out of Texas to Oregon in order to keep her 10-year-old trans daughter safe.
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The New York legislature voted to ban so-called conversion therapy. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign the legislation this week.
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GOP congressman who voted against a House bill that would codify same-sex marriage protections attended his gay son’s wedding over the weekend.
MSNBC's Rachel : "What you need to know is that whoever is the most important person in your life... that’s the person who you may lose."
A majority of Americans who don’t identify as LGBTQ believe companies should publicly support the community, according to a new survey from gay rights organization GLAAD.
BREAKING: According to the NBC News Exit Poll, Bernie Sanders was the pick of over 40 percent of LGBT #SuperTuesday voters, with Elizabeth Warren a distant second at 22 percent.
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"Who they love and who makes them happy is all that matters." - on her #gay brothers #demsinphilly #lgbt #lgbtcaucus
JoJo Siwa, the 17-year-old singer, dancer, actor and YouTube personality, comes out as gay, after alluding to it on social media in recent days.
Today's #Pride30 honoree is student activist @Emma4Change nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou #PrideMonth #Pride
Grindr users will now be able to order free at-home HIV testing kits directly through the app.
U.S. Muslims more accepting of homosexuality than white evangelicals, survey finds
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Lupe Valdez, an #LGBTQ Latina candidate for Texas governor, talks about her platform and historic candidacy on msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/l
"When you're sitting at a table, and everyone looks like you, you're in trouble," Kevin Feige said. "You're not going to get the best story out of it."
The featherweight is the first woman to medal in boxing for the Philippines, and she is already looking forward to the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
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In his first 100 days in office as president, says he will "end the war on trans Americans," sign the Equality Act and end gay conversion therapy #LGBTQforum
In Whitefield Academy’s student handbook, which can be found on its website, the school says a “homosexual orientation” household wouldn’t be considered “in harmony” with the school’s beliefs.
Tokyo will open Pride House, Japan's first permanent such center, next month to raise awareness of LGBTQ rights before and during the rearranged Olympic Games in 2021.
NEW: A public school may not “harm transgender students by establishing arbitrary, separate rules for their restroom use,” a federal judge ruled.
Joe Biden called the violence against transgender people an “epidemic that needs national leadership” and accused the Trump administration of fueling “the flames of transphobia.”
RuPaul's Drag Race just snatched eight Emmy nominations, including for Best Reality Program
Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh has spent three weeks filibustering a bill that would ban gender-affirming therapies for those 18 and younger.
“This is a bill that attacks trans children,” Cavanaugh said. “It is legislating hate.”
Adrian Tam, a 28-year-old gay Asian American son of immigrants, defeated a leader of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys to become the only LGBTQ person in Hawaii’s state legislature.
"Look what’s happened every time you’ve tried to oppress a community in America," Jinkx Monsoon from "RuPaul's Drag Race" says.
"We’re not accepting that some citizens just have to sit on the outside and be the outliers of our society."
The Buttigiegs will receive the Equality Trailblazer Award. The Netflix documentary “Disclosure” will also be feted and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will pay tribute to the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis for his longtime support of the LGBTQ community.
Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag.
“9-1-1: Lone Star” returns to Fox on Monday for its third season, bringing three queer characters — and actors — back to the forefront of network TV.
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NEW: LGBTQ video creators sue YouTube over alleged discrimination. They allege that YouTube regularly labels their videos as offensive or sexually explicit simply because of their sexual orientation.
After the historic House wins by New Yorkers Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres, there will be a record number LGBTQ members of Congress in 2021.
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It's never too late to live your truth 🌈
Meet Helen Grace James, a 90-year-old lesbian who was kicked out of the Air Force in 1955 and fought to have her discharge status upgraded to "honorable." She received the good news yesterday.
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"A gay couple can be married on Saturday, post their wedding photos to Instagram on Sunday, and lose their jobs or get kicked out of their apartments on Monday," said "We are reintroducing the Equality Act in order to fix this."
BREAKING: Maura Healey of Massachusetts makes history as the first out lesbian ever elected governor of a state, NBC News projects.
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Federal appeals court upholds Washington state’s ban on conversion therapy for children, rejecting a therapist’s claim that it undermined his free speech and targeted him because he is Christian.
After Gov. DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law, a Florida teenager took it upon himself to teach his peers about LGBTQ history.
California's Robert Garcia, who is gay and immigrated to the U.S. from Peru at age 5, is the first LGBTQ immigrant elected to Congress. nbcnews.to/3fS3Goy
Kornbread Jeté, Kerri Colby and Willow Pill are early fan favorites on the new season of "RuPaul's Drag Race," reports of
A Democrat has jumped in the race to challenge a Maine Republican who called Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez a “skinhead lesbian" nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou via
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The agent’s visit followed a directive by Gov. Abbott last month calling on the department to “conduct a prompt and thorough investigation” of any reported instances of minors undergoing “elective procedures for gender transitioning.”
