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LINCOLN – Two Omaha women and their teenage sons filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Lancaster County on Monday, seeking to establish full parenting protections and ensure same-sex parents in similar situations no longer face discriminatory treatment under outdated state laws and regulations.

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced on Tuesday $2.21 billion in new funding under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program for cities, counties, states and local community-based organizations providing care for low-income people with HIV/AIDS.

FRESNO – At an elementary school in Fresno Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation uplifting dual language learners and improving access to child care. The Governor also highlighted the California Comeback Plan’s unprecedented investments to achieve universal transitional kindergarten by 2025 and create college savings accounts for 3.7 million kids. 

LOS ANGELES – From Washington D. C. to New York and then across the country to the City of Angels hundreds of thousands participated in more than 600 marches nationwide in the first Women’s March of Joe Biden’s presidency on Saturday, October 2.  

LOS ANGELES – The I Matter-Girls Empowerment Conference is Back in Person with Free Programming Featuring Speakers, Interactive Workshops and more. You’re invited to the 7th annual, I Matter-Girls Empowerment Conference on October 9, 2021!

LOS ANGELES – La Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Los Ángeles aprobó un presupuesto de $39.3 mil millones para el Año Fiscal 2021-22, que incluye inversiones récord de casi 500 millones de dólares para apoyar los programas transformadores Care First, Jails Last a medida que avanzamos a través de la pandemia y hacia una situación más justa y futuro más equitativo para todos nuestros residentes.

MENLO PARK, Ca. – A spokesperson for Facebook said that the company is bringing its services back online although there were still some issues with its WhatsApp messaging service. The spokesperson also acknowledged that there will be intermittent problems as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp & Facebook Messenger are coming back up.

CHARLOTTE – The Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners voted to advance an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance on Tuesday, after hearing public comment from residents about the impact of these critical protections.

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo.  – A fight between students that led to the suspension of a victim of anti-gay bullying and his friend who defended him, led to hundreds of students walking out of classes Monday in solidarity to protest the school administration punishing them and not addressing the behaviour of the bullies.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is leading a group of senators who are urging Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender person to win Senate confirmation as a presidential appointee, to issue new guidance on mental health care needs for Trans youth.

The State Department on Tuesday announced it will recognize the U.S. citizenship of a married couple’s child who is born outside the country if one of their parents is an American citizen.

WASHINGTON – The White House on Monday released a statement from President Joe Biden recognizing the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, which is observed on annually on May 17 to raise awareness of LGBT rights violations and stimulate interest in LGBTQ equality rights worldwide.

Tremenda Nota es el medio socio del Los Angeles Blade en Cuba. Esta nota salió en su sitio web el 17 de mayo.

Tremenda Nota is the Los Angeles Blade’s media partner in Cuba. A Spanish version of this article can be found here.

Reportar Sin Miedo es el medio socio del Los Angeles Blade en Honduras. Esta nota salió en su sitio web el 17 de mayo.

NASHVILLE, TN. – Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee last Friday quietly signed House Bill 1233, an anti-Trans bill that requires the state’s public schools to make “reasonable accommodation” for a person who cannot or will not use a restroom or changing facility designated for their sex in a public school building or at a school-sponsored activity.

By Olivia Little | TikTok’s recommendation algorithm appears to be circulating blatantly anti-LGBTQ videos, some of which encourage targeted violence. This isn’t the first time TikTok’s opaque algorithm has been caught recommending far-right content, including accounts promoting dangerous movements.

By Marielle Reataza, MD, MS | Like many, I’ve spent the majority of my time in my apartment for the better part of a year. This past March marked the anniversary of California’s Stay at Home order, one of the most restrictive in the nation.

SACRAMENTO – As legislatures and governors in dozens of states across the country advance a record number of bills targeting transgender children, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a budget proposal on Friday that includes $3 million for the California Department of Education to develop an LGBTQ+ cultural competency training curriculum for public school teachers and staff.

TORONTO – The bond between a father and his daughter through the eons of time oft times has lent itself to a simple phrase, ‘Daddy’s little girl.’ As a father celebrates every milestone, from scrapped knees and the childhood joys of discovery in the world around her to walking her down the aisle and watching her get married- to greeting his first grandchild, that bond is unshakeable.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House on Tuesday passed legislation addressing hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, (AAPI). Senate Bill 937 was passed by the Senate last month, and is in response to a massive uptick in attacks against AAPI Americans since the pandemic began.

The recent, tragic death of Chriton Atuhwera, a gay refugee who was the victim of an arson attack in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya, has caught international attention.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that five people were arrested Tuesday in the February shooting of  30-year-old Ryan Fischer, Lady Gaga’s dog walker and theft of two of her French bulldogs.

WASHINGTON – In oral arguments heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a Pennsylvania free speech case, The Justices in questioning attorneys seemed to hold a viewpoint expressing reluctance to give schools wide latitude to punish students for things they say or post on social media when they’re off campus.

AUSTIN, TX. – A bill which would redefine existing Texas statue Section 261.001, the Family Code on Child Abuse, to include criminalizing actions by physicians or healthcare professionals in assisting Trans youth to transition or arrest the development of puberty as child abuse has passed the state Senate.

WASHINGTON – In a historic first for an address to a joint session of the Congress by an American President, Joe Biden delivered his maiden State of the Union address with two powerful women politicos on the podium behind him.

CHARLESTON, WVA. – West Virginia’s Republican governor Jim Justice on Wednesday signed HB 3293, a bill that bans transgender youth athletes from competing in women sports in the state’s middle, high schools and colleges.

TALLAHASSE, FL. – Late Wednesday afternoon the Florida House Republican leadership brokered a deal and filed an amendment to an unrelated charter schools bill, Senate Bill 1028, that would effectively ban trans kids from playing sports with their peers.

MIAMI, FL. — Three transgender people allege they suffered abuse at a Miami jail last year after police arrested them during Black Lives Matter protests.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Samantha Power as the next U.S. Agency for International Development administrator.