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US officials urged to throw out discriminatory queer blood ban amid ‘national crisis’
US lawmakers and LGBT+ advocates have called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to throw out its “discriminatory” queer blood ban. The American Red Cross declared a “national blood crisis” as the country faces its “worst blood shortage in over a de
By LGBT
Jan 16, 2022
Religions around the world are contributing to transphobic violence, activists warn
A group of activists invite social media to join their campaign to ‘disrupt the religious violence trans people experience every day’. Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and J Mase III edited the Black Trans Prayer Book to dismantle toxic religious prac
By LGBT
Jan 16, 2022
Cardi B breaks down telling court she felt ‘suicidal’ over YouTuber’s ‘constant harassment’
Cardi B said she felt “extremely suicidal” and like a ‘burden to her family’ after a YouTuber pushed allegedly false claims about her. The “WAP” artist took to the witness stand on Thursday (13 January) amid her ongoing defamation trial agains
By LGBT
Jan 16, 2022
Police open homicide investigation after LGBT+ rights hero found dead in landfill
Police in Florida have opened a homicide investigation, after LGBT+ rights hero Jorge Diaz-Johnston was found dead in a landfill. Diaz-Johnston, 54, was one of those who fought for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Florida. In 2014, he and his husb
By LGBT
Jan 16, 2022