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Polish president says he will not sign proposed education bill

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday he would for a second time refuse to sign into law proposed reforms to education which critics say would limit students' access to lessons on issues such as LGBT rights.

Reuters · Dec 15, 2022

Club Q shooting survivors tell Congress that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric encourages violence

James Slaugh barely lifted his right arm when he swore to tell the truth Wednesday morning. He’d been shot in the Club Q attack in Colorado, and his left hand helped prop up his right as he prepared to testify about the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that had proliferated before the shooting.

The Denver Post · Dec 14, 2022

Club Q mass shooting survivors testify to Congress against anti-LGBT+ violence: ‘We are being slaughtered’

Survivors of the Colorado Springs massacre urge lawmakers to condemn anti-LGBT+ rhetoric that advocates argue has fuelled the attack and a wave of harassment

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Russia Bans All Public Pro-LGBT Speech

Taking “Don’t Say Gay” to the next level.

Reason · Dec 7, 2022

Restaurant cancels reservation of anti-LGBT group after staff refuse to serve them

A group from The Family Foundation who campaigned against LGBT rights and for gay-conversion therapy were refused service by staff many of who are LGBTQ+

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Across the Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized

Many Muslim nations criminalize gay sex — including World Cup host Qatar. Appeals for change from LGBTQ-friendly nations are routinely dismissed as unwarranted interference.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 7, 2022

Friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in global Anglican church

Friction has been simmering within the global Anglican Communion for many years over its 42 provinces’ sharp differences on whether to recognize same-sex marriage and ordain LGBTQ clergy

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Editorial: Another bite at the rotten apple: SCOTUS should reject anti-gay designer’s arguments

The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments over whether business owners can refuse service to LGBT couples based on their religious objections to the would-be customers’ marriage. If you’re getting déjà vu, it might be because that circumstance played already, exactly five years before to the day, when the court heard…

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

Homicide unit sidelined in gay-hate review

A high-ranking police officer who led a review into dozens of unsolved gay-hate deaths says it was outside of his scope to involve the homicide unit.

AAP · Dec 7, 2022

Prof. Michael McConnell (Stanford) on 303 Creative (the Web Site Designer / Same-Sex Wedding Case)

Prof. McConnell is one of the top First Amendment law scholars in the country, and I was delighted that he passed along this item: Much of the commentary on today's argument in 303 Creative starts from the premise that the case pits free speech (or maybe religious freedom) against LGBTQ…

Reason · Dec 6, 2022