#WORLDWIDE #USA #News #Journal - Special Edition: The Week in Good News - October 24, 2020

 

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The Week in Good News Good things are happening to LGBTQ people. It’s easy to overlook the positive stories in the daily mix of news, so every other week we highlight moments you may have missed. Like it? Share it with a friend. Everyone could use a little good news. Pope Francis endorses civil unions because same-sex couples “have a right to a family” Gay people are "children of God," he said. "Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it." Troublemaking pair of gay penguins won’t stop stealing eggs. This time they took the whole nest. The pint-sized duo's plan to become parents was foiled when they stole from a pair of female penguins. Barack Obama used a gay lawmaker’s “sharp” haircut to make a heartwarming point Obama said state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta's haircut was a reason to believe in hope and change: "You didn’t see that 20 years ago!" Meet Jessica & Kayla Weissbuch: The wives who made LGBTQ youth summer camp work in a pandemic They had mere weeks to organize a virtual summer camp in the middle of a global pandemic. They pulled through because they know LGBTQ youth are worth it. 100 teen boys shocked administrators when they all wore skirts to school "We’re in 2020, we should be open-minded and fight to end discrimination, homophobia, and sexism. That’s what our skirts represent." Japan opens Olympic Pride House in Tokyo ahead of summer games Japan's first permanent LGBTQ center is opening up ahead of next summer's Olympics. Even the woman that found Donald Trump “so handsome” is voting for Joe Biden "I wish he would smile more and talk less," Paulette Dale revealed in an interview following her bashful exchange with the President. The first Rainbow OREO cookies are here. There’s only one way to get them. The cookie brand is working to determine what proud allyship looks like - and they're starting with themselves. Carole Baskin of “Tiger King” comes out as bisexual "I could just as easily have a wife as a husband."