LGBT

Alabama

Transgender People in Rural America Struggle to Find Doctors Willing or Able to Provide Care | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

(KHN) – For Tammy Rainey, finding a health care provider who knows about gender-affirming care has been a challenge in the rural northern Mississippi town where she lives. As a transgender woman, Rainey needs the hormone estrogen, which allows her to physically transition by developing more feminine features. But when she asked her doctor for […]

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Alabama

Progressive or regressive: Was 2022 a good year for the LGBTQIA+ community? Here’s the year in review | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The year 2022 has been a mixed one for the LGBTIA+ community, with many highs and lows. Even as the world moves towards a more progressive and inclusive road, this year saw some major setbacks. Here’s a month-wise summary of how the year fared for the community: January | 2022 begins The year started on […]

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Arkansas

UMC rejects 3 Arkansas churches’ requests to leave denomination

Attendees participate in a worship service at First United Methodist Church of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on July 3, 2022. | YouTube/ First United Methodist Church Jonesboro Arkansas A regional body of The United Methodist Church has voted down the disaffiliation requests of three congregations in Arkansas that want to leave the mainline Protestant denomination amid a […]

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Mayor

Ann Arbor City Council elects first openly gay mayor pro tempore since 2000

ANN ARBOR – Tree Town’s newly formed city council has elected Ward 3 representative Travis Radina to serve as Ann Arbor’s new mayor pro tempore. Radina, who was elected to the city council in 2020, will be the first openly gay council member in the pas 20 years to serve in the position. “I am […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Court Case Will Decide Future of Trans Youth Health Care

The fate of necessary health care for transgender teenagers in Arkansas is being decided in a court case starting next week. On Monday, District Court judge James Moody in the Eastern District of Arkansas will begin hearing arguments for the case Brandt et. al. v. Rutledge. The case was filed by the American Civil Liberties […]

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Alabama

FACTBOX-U.S. Supreme Court to tackle a raft of new cases | #elections | #alabama

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opens a new nine-month term loaded with important cases on issues including race, voting rights, religious liberty, environmental regulation, the power of federal agencies and even Andy Warhol paintings. Here is a look at some of the cases that the justices are due to hear during the term. […]

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Alabama

Factbox: U.S. Supreme Court to tackle a raft of new cases | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sept 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opens a new nine-month term loaded with important cases on issues including race, voting rights, religious liberty, environmental regulation, the power of federal agencies and even Andy Warhol paintings. Here is a look at some of the cases that the justices are due to hear […]

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Alaska

Some Republicans see good politics in same-sex marriage bill | Local Government | #alaska | #politics

U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin may see eye-to-eye on the issue of same-sex marriage. HARRY HAMBURG, ASSOCIATED PRESS When asked if he would support legislation to protect same-sex marriage, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson was almost nonchalant. “I see no reason to oppose it,” Johnson, R-Oshkosh, told reporters, bringing Democrats one vote closer to […]

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Alabama

Alabama cites Supreme Court abortion decision in transgender youth case | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register June 30 (Reuters) – Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court abolished women’s constitutional right to abortion, Alabama has cited that ruling in a bid to outlaw parents from […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas asks appeals court to revive gender transition ban for minors

LGBTQ activists and supporters block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in a major LGBT rights case on whether a federal anti-discrimination law that prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sex covers gay and transgender employees in Washington, U.S. October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Register now for FREE […]

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