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Colorado Springs: Club Q shooting suspect formally charged with 305 counts

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The suspect accused of killing five people in a mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs has been formally charged with 305 counts, including murder, attempted murder, assault and bias-motivated crimes. Anderson Lee Aldrich, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, was present when the charges were announced by Colorado’s Fourth Judicial District Attorney, Michael Allen, in court on 6 December. They allegedly entered the LGBTQ+ venue late 19 November with an AR-style weapon and a handgun before opening fire, ultimately killing Daniel Aston, Raymond Green Vance, Kelly…

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America Articles Chase Oliver Georgia LGBTQ+ News Life News Openly United States USA

Georgia runoff: The ‘armed and gay’ Libertarian behind the rematch

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If there is one person responsible for Tuesday’s midterms election runoff in the U.S. state of Georgia that will decide the final Senate seat it is Chase Oliver. The gay Libertarian Party candidate’s 2.1% vote in last month’s midterms race stopped his Republican and Democrat rivals from reaching the 50% threshold they needed to win the seat, but he told Openly he had no wish to play kingmaker in the runoff. Oliver, 37, has refused to advise his 80,000 voters on who to support when they return to the polls…

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America Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles Drag GLAAD LGBTQ+ News Life News Report United States US USA

There have been at least 124 attacks on drag events in the US this year, report finds

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Drag events in the US have been subjected to at least 124 incidents of anti-LGBTQ+ protests and threats in 2022, according to a new report from GLAAD. There were reports of said attacks in 47 states, with Texas and North Carolina having the highest number at 10 each, followed by eight in Illinois and six in both Tennessee and California. The majority took place during Pride celebrations in June, with the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs not recorded in the data due to the motive not…

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America Articles Ban Conversion Therapy Conversion Therapy Court LGBTQ+ News Life News US Washington

Federal appeals court upholds Washington state’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban

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Washington state’s ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for children has been unanimously upheld by a federal appeals court. The ruling, which was given on 6 September, rejected a Christian therapist’s claim that the ban undermined his free speech and unfairly targeted him because of his religion. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said the legislation protects the “physical and psychological well-being” of minors and does not violate the First Amendment. Writing on behalf of a three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Ronald Gould added: “Washington, like other states, has concluded that health…

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America Articles Biden Administration health LGBTQ+ News Life Monkeypox News Pride

Monkeypox: US sets aside 50,000 vaccine doses for Pride events

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The US will provide 50,000 monkeypox vaccine doses to be administered at Pride and other events with high attendance by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. How many are sent to each event will be determined by a number of factors, including the size of it, availability of health workers to give the injections and how many people there are considered to be at high risk of catching monkeypox. “More shots in arms is how we get the outbreak under control,” Bob Fenton, the White House…

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America Articles gender LGBTQ+ News Life News Trans Trans Rights

US court rules gender dysphoria is a protected disability

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has become the country’s first appellate court to rule that gender dysphoria is a protected disability. In an opinion issued on 16 August, the court wrote: “Being transgender is not a disability and affirms that a transgender’s person medical needs are just as deserving of treatment and protection as anyone else’s.” The three-judge panel determined that there was “no legitimate reason why Congress would intend to exclude” those experiencing gender dysphoria from the protections offered by the Americans with Disabilities Act…

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America Articles hate crime Homophobic attack LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ hate crime LGBTQ+ News Life Monkeypox News United States

Gay couple called “monkeypox f****ts” during homophobic attack

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A gay couple were reportedly verbally and physically assaulted by a group of teenagers in the Shaw area of Washington D.C. on 7 August. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers uncomfortable. They are referred to in the police report as just Robert, 25 and Antonio, 23. The couple were on their way to Banneker pool and Kiki, a local gay bar. Antonio and Robert were said to have been walking to a bus stop on Sunday evening when the attack took place. There were around…

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San Francisco displays AIDS Memorial Quilt to honour 35th anniversary

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San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was home to a huge display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt this weekend in honour of its 35th anniversary. It marked the largest exhibit of the quilt in roughly a decade and is the biggest display to ever take place in the city. There were 3,000 panels of the quilt on show for the public in the Robin Williams Meadow, with one block of the quilt each being made up of eight panels. The full quilt weighs a total of 54 tonnes and 110,000 names…

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