Wife of Orlando nightclub shooter arrested on federal charges

Noor Salman, the wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, has been arrested on federal charges, NPR reports. Salman is charged with “Aiding and Abetting by providing material support to a terrorist and Obstruction of Justice,” Orlando Police Chief John Mina said in a statement. In her final exit interview, Attorney General Loretta Lynch spoke…

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UK health care organizations unite against conversion therapy

Major U.K. organizations have been working against Conversion Therapy for a number of years, publishing a Memorandum of Understanding against the practice (2015) and updating the document to warn against conversion therapy in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation (including asexuality). Aware of concerns regarding the future of Conversion Therapy in the USA, and…

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Trans poet-activist-archivist Andrea Jenkins speaks in San Diego

Andrea Jenkins recently visited San Diego as a special guest of the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation. In addition to meeting with the local LGBT community, Andrea also conducted interviews in her current work as curator for the University of Minnesota’s Transgender Oral History Project. It’s a bit of a challenge to describe Andrea, because…

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