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Many shows come to Broadway, having originated in London. One show taking London by storm is the critically acclaimed, Off West End sensation, RIOT ACT. Written and performed by Alexis Gregory, RIOT ACT is formed word-for-word from interviews with three key players in the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement: Michael-Anthony Nozzi, a survivor of the Stonewall riots; Lavinia Co-op, an alternative ’70s drag artist; and Paul Burston, a ’90s Aids Activist. Gregory’s verbatim solo powerhouse is a breath-taking, hard-hitting, yet hilarious wild white-knuckle ride through six decades of queer history.

[Cartoon] We've come to ask: what keeps Republican voters awake at night? Climate calamity? North Korea's nukes? Russian Aggression? Economic disparity? Artificial intelligence running amok? ....[go see]

Survey shows few societies are pulling out of affected U.S. states, but many are implementing safety measures

One of the more dangerous features of student monitoring tools like GoGuardian, Gaggle, and Bark is their “flagging” functionality. The tools can scan web pages, documents in students’ cloud drives, emails, video content, and more for keywords about topics like sex, drugs, and violence. They then...

...A spokesperson for Reuters wrote, “The editorial meaning of Reuters content cannot be altered or distorted by our clients....

Not a feel good story, so beware. But I think there's a glimmer of hope here in contextualizing despair into survival, as upsetting as that may be.

Yitzhak Pindrus of the United Torah Judaism party says that it's his duty to 'not only prevent the Pride parade, but in general to prevent this movement'

Estonia’s parliament passed on Tuesday a law legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the first ex-Soviet country to do so.

A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody ruled Tuesday that the nation’s first ban on such care for children violates the U.S. Constitution. Moody in 2021 had temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban while he considered the challenge to the measure. The law prohibited doctors from providing gender-affirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to anyone under 18. It also prohibited doctors from referring patients elsewhere from such care. The ban had been widely criticized by medical groups.

The case had been closely watched as an important test of whether bans on transition care for minors, enacted by more than a dozen states, could withstand challenges.

'I call the UK my home.'

Which one do you prefer, LGBTQIA+ or GSRM?

LGBTQIA+
+Recognisable
+???
-Cumbersome
-Some groups are relegated to the "+"

GSRM
+Includes everyone
+Not cumbersome
-New
-Not familiar

OK I am biased but I do want to know why people still use the long one when we could be using the short one?

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My daughter's America has become apocalyptic — safe states scattered, broken up by vast stretches of hostility

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dozens-pride-flags-vandalized-stonewall-monument-nyc-3rd/story?id=100206490

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Police said they were called to the Concord cafe Teatotaller Sunday morning, after members of NSC-131, a white supremacist group, gathered outside. At the time, the cafe was hosting a drag story hour.

A federal judge ruled that St. George, Utah, violated the U.S. constitution when it denied a permit to a drag show, and must allow the all-ages event to go ahead in a public park. "Public spaces are public spaces. Public spaces are not private spaces. Public spaces are not majority spaces,"...

Advocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’

Republican support for same-sex relations dropped 15% in the last year, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Great interview today of two queer pioneers on PBS!

https://lauraflanders.org/2023/06/kinship-ties-holly-hughes-esther-newton/?mode=1

The Laura Flanders show is generally a good place for progressive stories, but this one in particular was about a lesbian couple, one of whom was a pioneering performer, and the other an anthropologist who studied the queer community as an anthropologist would-- which was revolutionary for the time, as queer people weren't even considered a culture then. A good episode!

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Putin instructed the Russian health ministry to create a separate psychiatric institute for the study of LGBT people, as well as a number of other "behavioral areas, including social behavior."

This was stated by the Russian health minister Mikhail Murashko in response to the question of the Russian MP, journalist/freak Anatoly Wasserman during the first reading in the State Duma of the draft law on prohibiting transgender transition. Such an institute will be created on the basis of Serbsky State Research Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry.

Wasserman asked if the Ministry of Health is working on research on "psychological and, if necessary, psychiatric methods” of bringing gender roles of LGBT people "in line with reality."

This may mean that research work is underway in Russia to introduce conversion therapy – a set of psychological and physical practices that are aimed at "correcting" a person's sexual orientation and gender identity.

Critics of legislation say 'peace of mind' clause prioritizes rights of majority

A Detroit-area community has banned LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned flagpoles. The unanimous vote by the Hamtramck City Council came during a tense meeting that raised questions about discrimination, religion and the city’s reputation for welcoming newcomers. The council voted to display only certain flags, including the American flag and one that represents the native countries of immigrant residents. More than 40% of Hamtramck's residents were born in other countries, especially Yemen and Bangladesh. Some members of the all-Muslim council said the pride flag clashes with the beliefs of some members of their faith. Residents and businesses are free to fly pride flags.

Among 24 countries, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.