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Richmond Abortion Rights Rally Highlights Intersections of SCOTUS Ruling
Richmond, VA – On July 8, hundreds gathered in Monroe Park of Richmond, Virginia for an abortion rights protest organized by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, ACLU Virginia, and Progress Virginia.
Lucy Hartman, organizing director for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, said that plans for…
Two Patriot Front Members Charged For Defacing Gay Pride Mural
Olympia, WA – Two members of the neo-nazi group Patriot Front face new misdemeanor charges stemming from the destruction of a gay pride mural last October.
Colton Michael Brown, 23, and Spencer Thomas Simpson, 20, both face charges of Aiding & Abetting or ‘Complicity With’…
The End of Federal Abortion Protections Isn’t the End of Abortion Access
Washington, D.C. – For the first time in United States history, the Supreme Court has revoked an individual constitutional right — repealing Roe v. Wade and cutting off federal abortion protections. As Kristin Hady with Abortion Access Front put it, Roe is “just the first…
Dozens in Boulder Protest Christian Nationalist Group and its Spreading of Extremism
Boulder, CO – On June 4, 2022, an evangelical event series called Let Us Worship kicked off their summer tour in the plains of Northern Colorado along the Rocky Mountains’ Front Range. As their worshiping began outside of Vinelife Church, dozens of protesters marched along…
Protesters in Colorado Counter Anti-Queer Evangelical ‘Let Us Worship’ Event
Boulder, CO – Only a few days into Pride month, an anti-queer, anti-abortion evangelical event series called Let Us Worship is having its summer tour kickoff outside the Vinelife Church. The right-wing Christian group was formed in 2020 by self-identified missionary Sean Feucht because he…
Athens Police Acquitted in Death of Queer Activist Zak Kostopoulos/Zackie Oh
Athens, Greece – After seven months and 18 hearings, the trial for the public murder of 33-year-old Zak (Zacharias) Kostopoulos in the center of Athens, was completed in early May 2022. On September 21, 2018, Kostopoulos was killed from an altercation with two shopkeepers, nine…
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Romania: Bucharest Pride Under Siege
Bucharest, Romania – For the first time in 15 years, the yearly pride march organized by the LBGTQI+ NGO Accept has faced cancellation. Romania, the former east bloc European country whose claim to fame is a highly restrictive communist dictatorship followed by a televised revolution…
The Invisible “THEY”
Brazil leads the world in the number of deaths of transgender people. This reality is reflected in the quality of life, lack of representation, and the unmasked transphobia present in the lives of the great majority of trans people in Brazil. The country has been…
The Art of Creating Community: Bedtime Goose and Uproar Performing Arts
Minneapolis, MN – Premiering in August 2017 in a cafe courtyard, Mother Goose’s Bedtime Stories is a celebration of “the black, brown, indigenous, LGBTQI+ folk and Womxn in the arts scene of Minneapolis.” Dozen of dancers, poets, comedians and musicians have performed at the cabaret…
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