Hungarian lawmakers voted 139-51 on Tuesday to remove anti-LGBTQ+ provisions from a 2021 "child protection" law passed by the country's former far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, which banned the "portrayal" or "promotion" of sexual and gender diversity in schools and child-accessible TV content.
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Uncloseted Media published this article on Oct. 14. This story was reported in partnership with The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics, and policy. By HOPE PISONI | On Sept. 14, far-right influencer Chaya Raichik, known online as Libs of TikTok, attacked a W...
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Last year, my mail carrier noticed the giant Pride flag hanging in my living room window. My heart skipped a beat, and I braced for a fight. Instead, he smiled and wished me a happy belated Pride Month. It still took several minutes for my body to feel safe again. When I wrote ab...
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Despite conservative pundits framing transgender inclusion in the WNBA as the latest flashpoint in a growing “culture war,” a new data analysis found that the actual opposition to trans athletes in the league has been largely exaggerated.A new analysis by data analytics firm GUDE...
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Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday by a 139-51 vote margin approved a bill that would remove anti-LGBTQ provisions from a 2021 "child protection" law the country’s former prime minister championed. “It shall be forbidden to make accessible to persons who have not attained the age of ...
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Senate candidate James Talarico (D) recently took some time off from campaigning to recover from the flu, which his team said hit him especially hard because he has Type 1 diabetes. But somehow, the innocuous nine days he went without making a public appearance sent the MAGA-sphe...
