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TRUMP has raged against the Supreme Court’s ruling on DACA, the program protecting young Dreamer immigrants from deportation, for the second day running, comparing it to a football game. On Friday, the president confirmed his administration would submitting “enhanced papers” to challenge the court’s decision. In a surprise move, considering the court’s conservative majority, justices […]… Continue reading Trump is fighting AGAIN to end DACA as he says Supreme Court ‘punted’ ruling ‘like in a football game’ — The US Sun

“There are no little minds troubling themselves with consistency in politics today,” writes Michael Cianchette. via Consistency isn’t foolish, it’s necessary in our political discourse — Bangor Daily News

A call to white readers to expand our horizons To use Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s words, there is ‘the danger of a single story’ because it limits our imagination. This is one of the ways privilege is created by presenting one story – a white story – as universal. Look at Hollywood or the TV. But […]… Continue reading Decolonising Our Bookshelves — Dr Caroline Walters

2005: I was a sophomore in college when I met a girl that changed my entire perspective on everything. I was from a city in the middle of Wisconsin where anything LGBT was barely a whisper, and to be honest it was more LGB. Long before going to college, I knew that I wasn’t like […]… Continue reading Sure, Let’s Come Out Twice — Only Human

Today’s Top Headlines Four In Five LGBT+ People Admit Their Mental Health Has Been Worse During Lockdown Twin Cities Pride Cancels Virtual LGBTQ+ Parade, Vows To Fight Systemic Racial Inequality Openly Gay Black Bishop Ordained By Missouri Episcopalians via BigGayNews for Thursday, June 18, 2020 — Lavender Magazine

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch was President Trump’s first choice for the Supreme Court and a conservative’s dream — until he wrote this week’s landmark opinion extending civil rights protections to LGBTQ employees nationwide. The ruling sent a shudder through the ranks of conservative activists and columnists, some of whom saw signs of another betrayal by […]… Continue reading Gorsuch opinion for homosexual rights sends shock through conservative ranks — BCNN1 WP

WASHINGTON — Congress should make permanent some of the changes in telehealth policy that were enacted to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, said Wednesday. Of the 31 temporary changes in federal telehealth policy made due to the pandemic, three are particularly… via… Continue reading COVID-19 Changes to Telehealth Rules Should Stick, Senator Says — News

Washington Democrats flooded Twitter and email inboxes this week with praise for the watershed Supreme Court decision shielding gay, lesbian, and transgender people from job discrimination. Republicans – not so much.The court’s 6-3 ruling came just two days after an event that played out in the opposite direction. Freshman GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman, who’d officiated… Continue reading Evangelicals or moderates? LGBTQ ruling may force GOP to choose. — News

Thousands join Hollywood-WeHo march to create change via Pride becomes celebration of Black LGBTQ lives in LA — Los Angeles Blade: LGBT News, Rights, Politics, Entertainment

Hi Readers! As you know, it’s pride month! I think it is important to take this opportunity to look back at just a handful of the individuals who have spoken up in defense of or who were activists for the LGBTQ+ community. Each person on this list played an important role in the progression of […]… Continue reading Influential LGBTQ+ individuals throughout history — Julia, Sexologist