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Biden's new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but transgender sports rule still on hold
The Title IX provisions promise to dismantle rules created by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who added new safeguards for students accused of sexual misconduct. Biden’s policy does not have any mention of transgender athletes.
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Lawmakers in Thailand approve bill to legalize same-sex marriage
Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill hat would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender.
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Support for same-sex marriage and LGBTQ protections dipped in 2023, survey shows
The share of U.S. adults who support same-sex marriage and laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination has dipped in the last year, a survey has found, according to NBC News.
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Kansas' AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law
Kansas’ attorney general is telling public schools that they’re required to tell parents their children are transgender or non-binary even if they’re not out at home.
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Nearly 30% of Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ, national survey finds
More than 1 in 4 Gen Z adults in the U.S. identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, dwarfing the percentages of LGBTQ Americans in older age groups, a new survey has found.
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Transgender people can be baptized Catholic and serve as godparents, Vatican says
The document was signed Oct. 21 by Pope Francis and Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, who heads the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
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Fire damages Hillcrest LGBTQ+ bar, San Diego police investigating as arson
Flames damaged Gossip Grill in Hillcrest, San Diego’s only LGBTQ+ women’s bar, early Friday morning, according to San Diego police.
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Inside the anti-LGBTQ effort to put Christian prayer and the Bible back in schools
Some Christian pastors and politicians argue that school prayer would prevent children from identifying as transgender. LGBTQ rights advocates are fighting back.
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Jury awards $100,000 to Kentucky couple denied marriage license
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Tempers flare after Grossmont Union High School District votes for new mental health service provider
Frustration and disappointment were unleashed on the Grossmont Union High School Board after district leaders voted against continued collaboration with a mental health service provider over gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ students.
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California business owner, mother of 9 killed after confrontation over Pride flag in front of her shop
Authorities say a California store owner has been fatally shot after a dispute over a LGBTQ Pride flag outside her business.
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Georgia panel rejects recommendation to fire teacher for reading book on gender fluidity to 5th graders
The panel reached a decision after a two-day hearing last week about whether Rinderle should be fired for reading the picture book “My Shadow is Purple” by Scott Stuart.
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Wendy Guevara becomes the first trans woman to win a Mexican reality TV series
Guevara won “La casa de los famosos México” with more than 18 million fan votes, marking a historic moment in Mexican reality TV.
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Red Cross now allowing more gay and bisexual men to donate blood following FDA guidelines
The updated guidelines do away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood.
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3 people say they were tricked into appearing in anti-trans film ‘What Is a Woman?'
Three people who appeared in the viral documentary “What Is a Woman?” told NBC News that the producers misrepresented how it would portray transgender topics.
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The history behind the San Diego Pride Parade
The annual San Diego Pride Parade is nearly 50 years old. NBC7’s Shandel Menezes explains how the celebration came to be.
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Heat wave hits San Diego Pride Parade
Despite the heat, thousands of people came to San Diego to celebrate Pride this weekend. Dana Williams reports July 15, 2023.
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San Diego Pride gets ready for festivities in Hillcrest this weekend
NBC7’s Dana Williams speaks with the executive director of San Diego Pride about preparing for this weekend’s biggest events.
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Join NBC 7 & Telemundo 20 at San Diego Pride Parade and Pride Festival
Hillcrest is going all out for San Diego Pride festivities, which include the parade, festival and many celebrations of the LGBTQ+ community. As cheerful as the festivities are, they serve as a reminder of tireless fights for LGBTQ+ rights in the city and beyond – simultaneously celebrating victories made while paying homage to those who lost their lives to prejudice….
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She Fest kicks off San Diego's Pride Month festivities
Dana Williams speaks with attendees at this year’s She Fest on July 8, 2023.