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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." Gay boy sends neighbor heartbreaking letter begging them to save him from abusive homophobic dad When the concerned neighbor investigated, he heard the man screaming at the boy and threatening to kill him. Businesses will now be forced to post signs announcing they serve transgender customers in Tennessee The Tennessee governor has signed the cruelest anti-trans law in the nation. Billy Porter breaks 14 years of silence on HIV status & he’s the healthiest he’s ever been "I was embarrassed," Billy Porter said about why he didn't tell his mother for 14 years. "I was ashamed. I was the statistic that everybody said I would be." Iranians are wearing Pride flags in public to protest the brutal beheading of a gay man "We know that we could be arrested, killed, executed for doing this.” Nordstrom will fund hormone therapy for trans people as part of Pride month initiative The company will donate a total of $350,000 to support transgender people. Pride in Pictures 1980s: How the AIDS epidemic changed everything 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." Teens laugh as they beat up a gay boy & vandalize rainbow flag in violent “Gay Day” rampage The teens laughed as they beat up their victim. "Gay Day, what do you guys think about it?" they asked, referring to the IDAHOTB. 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. Two men arrested for allegedly painting slurs on school’s rainbow crosswalk “Heartbroken. Obviously, there’s no other feeling I can express right now other than heartbreak.” LISTEN: Climate Change is an LGBTQ Issue, and Here's Why On this week's episode host, Alex Berg, leads a discussion about why climate change is inherently an LGBTQ issue and how queer and trans folks are disproportionately affected. Alex is... Listen at: Apple Podcasts · Google Podcasts · Spotify · Stitcher