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The Human Rights Commission announced awards to various organizations but rescinded them after a coalition raised concerns about potential bias in the grant process.

New York Life has received perfect scores of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Equality Index, evidencing this life insurance company's strong policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

Hunter emphasizes the importance of a Deaf-led organization in presenting the work of Deaf artists. Without proper access, many Deaf artists struggle to communicate their vision effectively.

The club's management stated it had to file for insolvency, not because we're already unable to pay, but because we soon would be.

"I think it's nice that you can be a role model. But at the same time I hope in the long run that it doesn't have to be necessary."

"Music is messaging, and music is what feeds the soul. And I'm definitely using my platform to be able to speak on trans rights, and just all of the rights of people in the LGBTQ+ community."

"I want to do an immediate withdrawal, I just don't have the conviction, and I feel as though I'm not dedicated enough," Louie Spence said during his quit announcement.

"Every single bed, every braided rug, every deck chair, every blow-up floaty has got somebody sleeping on it during Pines Party Week," said Smith, known as "Disco Daddy" to those reaching him on a walkie talkie this weekend during the party.

Every summer, the neighborhood throws its own smaller-scale LGBTQ+ Pride event separate from the city's main annual parade taking place this weekend. It's just one of more than 200 Pride events taking place in Germany this year.

George Santos, the gay expelled Republican lawmaker and convicted felon, whose brief congressional career became a spectacle of deception and fraud, surrendered to federal authorities Friday to begin serving a more than 7-year prison sentence.

Michael William Howard, 41, was charged in San Diego for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a member of the LGBTQ+ community, specifically a man on or around July 13.

"We didn't hit a home run, but we're OK. We'll be around to fight another day," said SF Pride Executive Director Suzanne Ford, indicating optimism despite challenges.

Big Freedia commands the stage at Nashville Pride, engaging the audience with her vibrant bounce music while emphasizing her forthcoming gospel album aimed at the LGBTQ community.

"We need a Heklina Criterion 4K Blu-Ray edition," my friend quipped.

"Sean was like 'before we come back, we've got to learn a few dances,' Reske tells 48 Hills. So we decided we'd teach ourselves a couple in our garage."

In 2025, while 120 anti-trans bills have passed concerning gender-affirming care, education, legal recognition, and public existence, 647 bills targeting the trans community have failed.

"I didn't even recognise myself at that time. Sometimes, in the midst of one of the psychotic episodes, where I'd be smashing my flat up with a hammer, I'd catch sight of myself in the mirror and say: 'What the f**k?'"

Four men have been charged for a series of burglaries where victims were allegedly targeted on LGBT dating app Grindr.

Activists in San Francisco are fighting to remove the Geo Group from a historic site in the Tenderloin, advocating for a community resource center instead.

"While we don't have a formal therapy outlet, let us use our art as our way of speaking or processing this," Fez recalls saying at the time.

Pride Week for the San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® began on June 22 with the People's March, emphasizing protest and activism in supporting the LGBTQ+ community.

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States, winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.

"Children are being singled out for being trans on the nightly news, and it's really, really scary."

"Roads are for safety, not political messages or artwork," Duffy wrote in a letter to governors this month.

"Innumerable themes may be 'contrary to the religious principles' that parents 'wish to instill in their children,'" wrote Justice Sotomayor in dissent.

"This is not just about code enforcement; it's about transparency, due process, and moral integrity."

The first television documentary about homosexuality broadcast in the U.S. was The Rejected, which initially aired on KQED TV in San Francisco on September 11, 1961.

Xunami Muse has officially moved out of the United States, repatriating to her home country of Panama. Known for discussing her DACA experience, she placed ninth on season 16.