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Democratic candidate Maura Healey has been elected the first out lesbian governor in the U.S. as well as the first woman to lead Massachusetts.In 2014, Healey previously made history when she became the first LGBTQ+ elected to be a state’s attorney general.The Associated Press called the race shortly after polls closed in Massachusetts.LGBTQ+ rights groups celebrated the historic moment, saying that Healey had shattered the lavender ceiling in Massachusetts.“In the face of so much hate and intolerance sweeping our nation, her win is a sign – especially to LGBTQ kids in desperate need of hope — that LGBTQ people have a place in American society and can become respected public leaders,” said LGBTQ Victory Fund President and CEO Mayor Annise Parker.

(CNN) — National Coming Out Day is October 11, established to honor LGBTQ people stepping fully into their true selves to others — also known as coming out of the closet. It's a day for honoring the act, and all the related hopes, fears, dreams, and expectations for the future.The designation started in 1988 on the first anniversary of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in October 1987.

The Human Rights Campaign has named Kelley Robinson its new president, the organization announced Tuesday.Robinson comes to HRC from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, where she has been executive director since 2019. She is HRC’s ninth president and the first Black queer woman to lead the group — the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ rights organization, with 3 million members and supporters.“I am just honored, humbled, and feel I’m so ready,” Robinson, 36, tells The Advocate.

With the proposed Respect for Marriage Act awaiting debate in the U.S. Senate, new polling data from the Human Rights Campaign indicates that over two-thirds of registered voters in swing states support marriage equality. The data collected by the HRC, the largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization in the country, shows that 64 percent of prospective voters in the November midterm election would support a law “protecting the national right to same-sex marriage.” The voters polled all reside in “battleground” states — Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — defined as states where the Republican and Democratic parties have near-equal levels of support. Thousands or even hundreds of votes could affect the outcome of an election in swing states, yet support for marriage equality surpasses party lines with endorsement from two-thirds of voters.

Roughly two-thirds of likely voters in US battleground states support legislation which protects marriage equality at a national level, according to a new study from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).

The lead plaintiff in the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended marriage rights to same-sex couples across the country has won his Democratic primary for the Ohio House of Representatives.

Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley slammed FINA and their recent ban on transgender athletes. 

Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and revoking the constitutional right to abortion.

Fina, swimming’s international governing body, has announced a controversial new policy that will ban transgender swimmers from competing under the gender that they identify with.

know what it means to be transgender now…People know that gender affirming care saves lives,” Maines said. “We know that transgender kids are not being groomed by their parents.

The Advocate he could have moved on after his firing, but “I could not look the other way when injustice, unfairness, and hypocrisy showed up at my doorstep.”“The work of equality and justice is too important to back away or be underserved by an organization that can’t or won't live up to its own lofty goal of fighting for equality for all,” he adds. “It’s been said that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and I think it’s time to let some sunlight in.”HRC filed a legal response to David's suit early in March, saying he was fired after an internal investigation concluded that his work for Cuomo constituted a “conflict of interest between his personal interest and the interests of HRC and [was] inconsistent with the mission of the Organization.” It “damaged his reputation significantly enough to impair his ability to effectively serve as the public face and voice of HRC” and the HRC Foundation, its educational arm, the legal filing states.Also, in a statement issued when the lawsuit was filed, HRC’s interim president, Joni Madison, said the suit was “riddled with untruths” and that “some of the individuals he accuses of discriminatory behavior are people of color and champions of racial equity and inclusion.”“We are confident through the legal process that it will be apparent that Mr.

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer civil rights organization, said today it will not accept any funding from the Walt Disney Co. without a greater commitment to the LGBTQ+ agenda.

More and more Americans consider themselves part of the LGBTQ community, so much so that the number has doubled in the last decade, according to a new poll.A poll released Thursday by Gallup found that the percentage of U.S. adults identifying as other than heterosexual has risen to a new high of 7.1 percent—double the percentage the polling company recorded when it first asked the question in 2012.

LGBTQ organizations praised the Senate's confirmation of Chantale Wong as the first openly lesbian of color appointed to an ambassador-level position for the U.S. as director of the Asian Development Bank February 8.

Chantale Wong has made history by being confirmed as the United States Director of the Asian Development Bank.

In the wake of the NCAA changing its policies regarding transgender athletes and state legislatures advancing new legislation against trans inclusion in school sports, LGBTQ advocates continue the fight to ensure athletes can compete consistent with their gender identity, although they may be losing the battle.

new constitution, approved at the organization’s convention in Indianapolis, is a much shorter version than the previous one — 18 and a half pages, down from 43 — and represents the first major revision since 1997.The constitution makes general statements about diversity, equity, and inclusion. One section reads, “The Association is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

backing a bill that would write the language of the executive orders into law. The South Dakota Senate’s State Affairs Committee approved the bill Friday, advancing it to the full Senate.The ad, which debuted Thursday during prime-time news programs around the nation, doesn’t use the words “transgender” or “trans,” instead saying Noem wants to protect girls’ and women’s sports. It begins, “In South Dakota, only girls play girls’ sports.

The American Red Cross said the U.S. is in the middle of its greatest blood shortage in more than a decade. On some days, there is less than a one-day supply of blood.