Equality Texas releases 2017 Legislative Report Card

TEXAS – Equality Texas today released its 2017 Legislative Scorecard. The scorecard is a snapshot of the bills, both good and bad, that were filed this session and their status when session was concluded. During the 85th legislative session, over two dozen bills targeting LGBTQ people were filed. Many of these bills targeted the most vulnerable…

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Pentagon delays new transgender recruitment policy by six months

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Defense (DoD) is delaying the implementation of a new policy that will eventually allow transgender people to enlist and commission into the military. The delay will not prevent the thousands of currently serving transgender troops from continuing to serve. According to a report last week, the service chiefs recommended the six…

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FDA application accepted for HIV drug with new mechanism of action

MONTREAL, Canada – Theratechnologies Inc. (Theratechnologies) (TSX: TH) announced Friday that it has been notified by its partner, TaiMed Biologics, Inc., that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the Biologics License Application (BLA) for ibalizumab as a treatment for multidrug resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (MDR HIV-1). If approved, ibalizumab will…

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Grab a weiner in the ‘Steam Room’ this Fourth of July (VIDEO)

Fourth of July is right around the corner and the Steam Room Stories guys are getting into the spirit early. After revealing a surprise from underneath his towel, Evan Bonifant and Ray Tezanos discuss the true meaning on the annual Independence Day festivities. As they look forward to ‘brews, bros and BBQs’ the homoerotic undertones…

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President Trump adds anti-transgender activist Bethany Kozma to Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump has appointed anti-transgender activist Bethany Kozma to serve as senior advisor to the Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment at the US Agency for International Development.  Kozma’s title is senior adviser for women’s empowerment and through this appointment, the Trump administration has added yet another anti-LGBTQ activist to what…

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Gender Recognition Act and eight other Atkins’ bills advance in the Assembly

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nine bills authored by Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) have moved forward in the state Assembly: SB 179, the Gender Recognition Act, has cleared the Assembly Judiciary Committee and has been sent to the Assembly Transportation Committee. The bill creates a third gender marker on state-issued identification documents for people who identify…

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Chuck Renslow, founder of International Mr. Leather, dies

CHICAGO — Chuck Renslow, 87, a longtime pillar of the LGBTQ community in Chicago and around the world, has died after multiple long-term health issues, Windy City Times reports. Renslow reigned over a seven-decade empire, starting more than two dozen businesses—bars, discos, photo studios, health clubs, bathhouses, gay magazines and newspapers, hotels, restaurants and bookstores. He fostered organizations and dealt with Mafia…

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Pride Month celebrated by veterans who fight for equality

NEW YORK. N.Y. — Thursday, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the leading post-9/11 veterans empowerment organization, issued the following statement in recognition of national LGBT Pride Month, celebrating and supporting LGBT Americans: “Diversity is a force multiplier for our armed forces as well as for our nation. Equality and inclusion are good for…

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