New York City is to allow residents to use the alternative “X” option when indicating their gender on public-assistance documents. NYC already permits people who do not identify as male or female to choose the “X” option on driver’s licences and birth certificates. The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) has […]

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The Alabama Department of Education has ripped up more than $16,000 (£13,000) worth of teacher-training books because they covered LGBTQ+ and racial topics. A huge collection of the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) developmentally appropriate practice books, containing a section on LGBTQ+ inclusion and equality, were destroyed. An offending excerpt from […]

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All Of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh has explained why it was so “important” to cast Andrew Scott in the lead role. The highly anticipated queer romantic fantasy tells the story of Adam, played by Scott, a quiet gay screenwriter who develops a relationship with his neighbour, played by Paul Mescal. At the same time, […]

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Students in schools that support LGBTQ+ youth are more likely to achieve academic success and graduate career-ready, experts have confirmed. It might not come as a surprise that schools offering care, safety, and encouragement to LGBTQ+ youths will have a more positive impact on their students, but there’s no harm in having that backed up […]

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The NSW (New South Wales) government in Australia has pledged to push forward plans to introduce a conversion therapy ban. LGBTQ+ advocate groups had feared that plans to introduce legislation on the traumatic practice, promised by the NSW government earlier this year, would be delayed or put on ice. Those fears were reinforced by the […]

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