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21 February 2026

Here are this week's most popular positive stories. Like this newsletter? Share it with a friend. Everyone could use a little good news.

There was so much good news this week that it was hard to fit it into just one weekly roundup — like when Rep. Maxine Waters introduced a resolution to recognize National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the adorable proposal video of two out competitors at the Winter Games, and Team LGBTQ winning 6th place in the Olympics medal count! Now grab yourself a coffee and enjoy the rest of these good news tidbits from this week's coverage.

The bill has strict provisions about who is allowed in to visit shared dorm and nursing home rooms, she said in vetoing the measure.

The policy puts the EU on a "collision course" with the US, one trans observer noted.

Social media fans have been comparing Lemon and his husband to the iconic couple in the 1992 romantic action film The Bodyguard.

"The future looks bright as far as a cure," one top HIV cure researcher told LGBTQ Nation.

She previously came out as sexually fluid, but has generally resisted labelling her own orientations.

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"Attempts to hurt New York and the LGBTQ community simply won’t fly, but the Stonewall Pride flag always will."

It was also established to shed light on the lack of LGBTQ+ rights in Italy.

It just installed rainbow sidewalks, but those are just the beginning.

Younger generations are more likely to identify as LGBTQ+.

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