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  Maine community gathers to remember gay man killed 40 years ago

  NBC News - By Isabel Yip

  Charlie Howard was just 23 when three teens threw him off a bridge in Bangor after yelling homophobic slurs. Four decades after Maine resident Charlie Howard was killed, the Bangor community gathered to honor his life and legacy. In the summer of 1984, Howard and his boyfriend were walking down a …

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  Gina Gershon says agents told her playing a lesbian in 'Bound' would ruin her career

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  Gershon said "small-minded" agents said she'd "never work again" if she starred in the Wachowski sisters' 1996 cult classic. Gina Gershon recently said on the “It Happened in Hollywood” podcast (via People) that she was warned against starring in 1996’s “Bound” by her agents because the role was a …

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  Judge blocks Biden administration rule against gender identity discrimination in health care

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  The rule, which was set to take effect Friday, would have extended a federal prohibition on sex discrimination in the Affordable Care Act to transgender people. A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule against discrimination on the basis of gender identity …

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  Judge’s order greatly expands where Biden can’t enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ students

  NBC News - By The Associated Press

  Republicans have argued that the rule is a ruse by the Biden administration to allow transgender females to play on girls’ and women’s sports teams. TOPEKA, Kan. — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ students has been blocked in four states and a …

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  Transgender runner Nikki Hiltz is headed to the Paris Olympics

  NBC News - By Jo Yurcaba

  The nonbinary athlete punched their ticket to Paris after winning the 1500-meter race at Sunday's U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials. Transgender and nonbinary middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz ran the second fastest time ever of any American in the women’s 1500-meter race at the U.S. Olympic …

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  After 32 years as a progressive voice for LGBTQ Jews, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum heads into retirement

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  The New York City synagogue that Kleinbaum led will have to redefine itself, during a challenging time for the LGBTQ movement, after being defined by its celebrity rabbi. For more than three decades, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has led the nation’s largest LGBTQ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs …