According to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention in the LGBTQ community, more than half of LGBTQ youth told the organization that brands who support the community positively impact how they feel about being LGBTQ.

Source: https://wwd.com/business-news/business-features/pride-lgbtq-fashion-backlash-support-allyship-1235682896/

And a Black man understanding LGBTQ community and specifically the trans community I am not surprised at all,” Williams said.

Source: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/09/23/a-civil-rights-story-a-fight-for-transgender-bathroom-access-and-a-clash-in-broward-that-doesnt-follow-neat-political-lines/

A Republican candidate for Congress found himself being confronted over a more than decade-old Facebook post in which he compared members of the LGBTQ community to people who are "sick, disease," suffer from bipolar disorder, or are addicted to drugs.

Source: https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/01/minnesota-democrats-pushing-for-ban-on-conversion-therapy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minnesota-democrats-pushing-for-ban-on-conversion-therapy

A Trinidad-born, Far Rockaway-raised Master Barber, Kutzwell started her business to offer the LGBTQ community a safe place where they could get the haircut they want.

Source: https://www.brooklynpaper.com/guide-brooklyn-black-owned-businesses-2023/

A Wisconsin school district hung numerous transgender, sexual orientation and gender identity flags to support students and faculty in the LGBTQ community, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/03/14/wisconsin-school-district-pride-trans-blm-flag/

Below are our picks for some of the most fun and creative things to do this week in the DMV that are of special interest to the LGBTQ community.

Source: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/01/07/d-c-arts-club-to-start-the-year-with-poetry-residencies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=d-c-arts-club-to-start-the-year-with-poetry-residencies

But despite the relative tolerance in Iowa City, the LGBTQ community was constantly fighting to secure their rights and spaces.

Source: https://littlevillagemag.com/hiv-aids-history-iowa-city-part-one/

Cobain was liberal, a staunch feminist and a supporter of the LGBTQ community.

Source: https://ksenam.com/ixp/295/p/rock-stars-fans-altercations/

Diplomats from more than a dozen embassies in Japan are standing in solidarity with the LGBTQ community ahead of next week's G7 summit.

Source: https://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/137381.php

For Donna Fischer, Pope Francis’ statement permitting priests to bless same-sex couples is a step in the right direction for the LGBTQ community.

Source: https://triblive.com/local/regional/popes-statement-on-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-could-bring-new-era-of-openness/

Greene broadly called the Democratic Party the party of “pedophiles” for its (honestly tepid) support for the LGBTQ community.

Source: https://jezebel.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-s-60-minutes-interview-is-a-grea-1850293516

He acknowledged Catholic bishops in some parts of the world support laws criminalising homosexuality or discriminate against the LGBTQ community – and referred to the issue in terms of “sin”.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23274208.pope-francis-homosexuality-sin-not-crime/?ref=rss

He is not only offensive towards the LGBTQ community but he is also offensive towards women and our people of color community members as well.

Source: https://thegabber.com/voices-letters-to-the-editor-jan-10/

However, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to combat legislation he considers harmful to the LGBTQ community.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/record-number-anti-lgbtq-legislation-filed-2023/story?id=105556010

I have nothing against the LGBTQ community because my generation is different and I have some close friends who are gay, although I don’t tell my father because he says he thinks it’s “disgusting.”

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/5/23820928/dear-abby-we-just-learned-our-homophobic-father-is-having-secret-gay-sex

In 1997, the Knesset extended to the LGBTQ community protections from defamatory language that are available to other communities.

Source: https://forward.com/news/532263/israel-has-been-an-lgbtq-haven-in-the-middle-east-its-new-government-could-change-that/

In the US, many have embraced Galentine's Day as a way to better include the LGBTQ community and non-binary people in the more traditional Valentine's Day celebrations.

Source: https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8067544/what-is-galentines-day-and-how-do-you-celebrate-it/?src=rss

It is held in partnership with Burning Sissy Valley, which works to create safe spaces for Black, Indigenous and people of color who are members of the LGBTQ community.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/7/30/23760126/poetry-on-main-salt-lake-city-community-for-artists-of-color

It stands as one of the worst acts of violence against the LGBTQ community in U.S. history.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/florida-desantis-critics-supporters-1.6854959?cmp=rss

“I walked in front of the parade because this year they really wanted to emphasize two-spirit people amongst the LGBTQ community.”

Source: https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/kuujjuaq-activist-takes-lead-at-montreal-pride-parade/