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How safe is Orlando for LGBTQ people in ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Florida?

From Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies to legal wranglings over the planned Pulse nightclub memorial, is Orlando the welcoming queer paradise it once was?

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Texas Attorney General says he would defend a ban on sodomy

16 states have sodomy bans that would immediately go into effect if the Supreme Court overturned Lawrence vs Texas.

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President Biden warns the US Supreme Court could go after gay marriage if it overturns abortion rights

"Mark my words: They are going to go after the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage," the President told reporters on Wednesday 11 May.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns of danger to gay marriage in light of Roe vs Wade leak

The leaked documents from the Supreme Court present a threat that gay marriage rights could be next.

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Republican state senator says homophobia a ‘consequence’ of LGBTQ people’s ‘choices’

Theresa Manzella also told a meeting: "My right to live a righteous lifestyle based on my sincerely held beliefs does not end where their choice to live a perverse lifestyle begins."

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Kid Rock repeats homophobic slur after criticism for branding fans ‘f**king f*ggots’

"If Kid Rock using the word f*ggot offends you, good chance you are one."

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Florida bans trans girls from participating in girls’ school sports

Republican governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law on the first day of US Pride month

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Anti-trans bathroom bill signed into law in Tennessee

Campaigners have vowed to fight the "discriminatory" legislation.

Culture Film & TV

The Eurovision Song Contest is officially heading to America in 2021

The first ever American Song Contest will take place next winter.

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Covid-19: Global list of over 100 Pride cancellations and postponements

Find out the current status of Pride events across the globe as the world continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic

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Man accused of mutilating a Grindr hook-up has been deemed incompetent for trial

The body of Kevin Bacon was found in Mark Latunski's home in Michigan

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Virginia has become the first US state in the south to ban conversion therapy for minors

The bill will take effect on July 1

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Man who allegedly stabbed a gay man to death released after claiming self-defence

Kenneth Paterimos, 23, was stabbed eight times and sadly died in hospital

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Trans, Latina writer Camila Concepción has died by suicide at the age of 28

Concepción was the writers' assistant for Netflix's 'Gentefied' series

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The Mayor of Wilton Manors Justin Flippen has died at the age of 41

Justin was elected Mayor in 2018 when all the elected city officials were LGBTQ

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Homophobic group One Million Moms start petition to ban Super Bowl ad featuring drag queens

'RuPaul's Drag Race' stars Kim Chi and Mix Cracker star in the 15-second advert

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Tennessee state lawyers pass bill allowing adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ parents

The bill was put forward by Republican Tim Rudd

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Christian school expels student for wearing a rainbow shirt and eating a rainbow cake

Kayla Kenny was celebrating her 15th birthday when she was expelled by her school

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‘Gay panic’ defence could soon be scrapped in New Jersey

The bill allows murder charges to be downgraded to manslaughter if the killing was in responses to an unwanted sexual advance

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Police reveal horrifying details of man’s alleged killing by Grindr hook-up over Christmas

Kevin Bacon, 25, was found murdered and mutilated at the home of Mark Latunski