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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. Rainn Wilson apologizes for “mean crack” about trans people TV's Dwight Schrute bought into anti-trans misinformation. Then he learned better. Joe Biden issues executive order to fight conversion therapy & LGBTQ fostering discrimination Joe Biden promised to work to get a law passed banning conversion therapy on the campaign trail. Now he's doing what he can on his own. This bank has supported Pride for three decades. Here’s how it happened The multinational banking giant has been supporting LGBTQ rights since before some of us were born. Democrats want to apologize to the 5,000 gay employees fired during the “Lavender Scare”  “The so-called ‘Lavender Scare’ handed power to blackmailers and homophobes, stripped thousands of hard-working Americans of their jobs, and weakened our national security," the bill's lead sponsor said. North Carolina baker claps back at Don’t Say Gay bill with sweet treat "I'm really in disbelief and I really wanted to do something that spoke back to them." Students hand university president rainbow flags to protest ban on gay employees Students have been holding a sit-in at the school for weeks, taking shifts. Court rules that charter school can’t make girls wear skirts because they’re “fragile” "Women are regarded as a fragile vessel that men are supposed to take care of and honor," the school's founder said to justify the gendered uniform policy. LGBTQ-affirming high school in Alabama has its first graduating class Students comes to the Magic City Acceptance Academy often after traumatic bullying in other schools. Queen Latifah took Tupac to a gay bar “I was like, ‘They’re gonna tear you out your clothes!’”