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How Historic Athlete Maybelle Blair Came Out at Age 95
Former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Maybelle Blair reflects on coming out and promoting women’s baseball ahead of the “A League of Their Own” release.
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Maybelle Blair Reveals Her Authentic Self at Age 95
Maybelle Blair, one of the athletes who inspired the film ‘A League of Their Own,’ reflects on coming out at age 95. And she shares more about her dedication to helping women and girls get more opportunities in baseball.
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Church Sends Message After LGBTQ Sign Vandalized
Thousand Oaks police are looking into it, after an LGBTQ sign at a church was likely vandalized over the weekend. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC 4 News at 5
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Gossip Grill in Hillcrest is 1 of Only 21 Women-Focused Bars Left in the US
Gossip Grill is only one of two women’s bars in the golden state and the only one in Southern California.
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US Agencies Temporarily Barred From Enforcing LGBTQ Guidance
A federal judge in Tennessee has issued an order barring two U.S. agencies from enforcing new federal guidance extending enforcement of discrimination in schools and workplaces based on gender identity.
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Beyoncé Celebrates Her Fans In Her First Ever TikTok
Beyoncé has finally joined TikTok and her first post is a video compilation celebrating her fans.
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Why This Professor Said ‘People With a Capacity for Pregnancy'
Professor Khiara Bridges went viral this week after her exchange with Sen. Josh Hawley during a hearing on abortion rights. She called out the Missouri senator for transphobia after he questioned Bridges’ use of the term “people with a capacity for pregnancy.” That term is more inclusive of trans and nonbinary people who are capable of getting pregnant, explains Leslie...
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San Diego PRIDE 2022 Takes on New Meaning in Light of Roe V. Wade Ruling
Back in full force for the first time since the pandemic, this year, San Diego PRIDE is expected to be even more extra.
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Macy Gray Addresses Controversial Comments About Gender Identity: ‘This Was a Huge Learning Experience'
During an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday night, Gray, 54, stated her belief that gender-affirming surgery does not automatically make an individual a woman.
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‘Sister Wives' Star Leon Brown Comes Out as Transgender in Emotional Post
“I’m finally ready to share my favorite self with the world,” Brown wrote in an emotional Instagram post.
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LGBTQ Students Would Get New Protections Under Biden Plan
The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would gain new protections under new rules proposed by the Biden administration.
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Introducing the June Mazer Lesbian Archives
It may be the “museum you’ve never heard of”, but it’s impressive if you’re a student of LGBTQ history. Gordon Tokumatsu visits a collection of lesbian memorabilia that’s almost unmatched in the United States for the NBC 4 News at 4
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Disney's ‘Lightyear' Banned in Muslim World for Lesbian Kiss
Authorities across much of the Muslim world have barred Disney’s latest animated film “Lightyear” from being played at cinemas after the inclusion of a brief kiss between a lesbian couple. That’s according to The Walt Disney Co., which is premiering the film on Thursday and Friday across the world. Thirteen nations and the Palestinian territory barred the Pixar film that...
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Jill Biden Calls for Renewed Support of LGBTQ Community: ‘We Will Not Go Back'
During a Pride event at the White House Wednesday, first lady Dr. Jill Biden celebrated social progress while calling for renewed protections as states around the country pass anti-LGBTQ laws. “Your president and I are proud to stand with you and fight beside you, but we know this progress hasn’t reached everyone in the same way.”
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Right-Wing Extremists Amp Up Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric Online
Weeks before 31 members of a white supremacist group were arrested for allegedly planning to riot at a northern Idaho LGBTQ pride event, an Idaho pastor told his Boise congregation that gay, lesbian and transgender people should be executed by the government.
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How a Black, Trans-Led LGBTQ Center in Chicago Heals Its Community & Its Founder
Pride month shines a spotlight on the people and organizations working to serve the LGBTQ+ community. But those groups are doing this important work every day of the year. We’re talking about places like Brave Space Alliance. It’s the first LGBTQ resource center on Chicago’s Southside that’s both Black and transgender-led. BSA is open every weekday and provides services like...
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Pulse Survivor Hasn't Felt So Unsafe Since the Aftermath of the Shooting
“I haven’t been this vigilant to my surroundings since the days following the shooting at Pulse nightclub,” says Brandon Wolf, a survivor of that shooting on June 12, 2016. Wolf joined LX News to discuss gun violence and a surge in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that is making many fear an escalation to violence.
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Rebel Wilson Announces Relationship With Woman
“I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess,” Wilson wrote on Thursday, June 9.
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Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Push for Post-Roe Protections
As the nation awaits a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a Mississippi law that calls for banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, LGBTQ advocates are pushing to codify protections for same-sex marriage in states throughout the country.
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Pulse Survivor: Florida Wants to Deny ‘Life-Saving Care' For Trans People
Dozens of civil rights groups and medical institutions say gender-affirming care for trans people can save lives. Contrary to those groups, the state of Florida could move to restrict Medicaid dollars from being used toward gender-affirming care, with health officials and Gov. Ron DeSantis claiming the scientific evidence supporting trans health practices is “weak.” The move could bring the influence...