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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. LEGO releases first LGBTQ Pride set because “everyone is awesome” The set's designer made it for his desk at work a while back, but now LEGO is releasing the colorful collection for everyone. Pete Buttigieg brings back minority hiring program that Trump scrapped In a rebuke to the Trump administration, Pete Buttigieg is starting two programs "so that good jobs can become meaningful careers" for more disadvantaged people. State Department tosses Trump regulation that denied citizenship to gay couples’ kids Children born abroad to LGBT couples via surrogacy will be granted citizenship again instead of being declared "born out of wedlock." Lil Nas X releases video for “Sun Goes Down” addressing gay shame & suicide The video shows teen Lil Nas X going to prom and being comforted by his adult self. And he'll be performing at an online concert to benefit LGBTQ teens next month. Two gay penguin couples are preparing for eggs at an aquarium this mating season Two lesbian power couples – Marmalade and Chickpea, Marama and Rocky – have been preparing their nests, collecting pebbles, and waiting in anticipation of mating season. Alabama bill to force teachers to out trans youth & ban health care access fails Trans youth and their supporters protested in front of the state's capitol to stop the attack on their rights. And the bill failed. Iceland flew the pansexual pride flag at Eurovision & fans loved it The storied music competition has been called Europe's "gay Olympics" for years. Now it's pan, too. Demi Lovato comes out as non-binary & changes pronouns to “they/them” "I feel this best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression." World community recognizes the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia May 17, 1990 was when the World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder