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A 100-foot section of the Key West Sea to Sea Diversity flag is carried down Duval Street in Key West, Florida, on Sunday, June 5, 2022. The flag, which originally measured 1.25 miles, was created by activist Gilbert Baker and stretched the length of Duval Street from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico during Key West Pridefest in 2003. (Rob O'Neal/The Key West Citizen via AP)

LGBTQ advocates say small kids need Pride Month drag events, gender talks

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The State Farm corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois, is seen here on March 26, 2022. (Shutterstock) **FILE**

State Farm drops plan to donate LGBTQ books for kids to libraries, teachers after backlash

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Japan forward Kumi Yokoyama (20) passes the ball past Brazil defenders Tamires (6) Erika (4) during the first half of a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

‘It would be harder to live closeted’: Spirit’s Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender man

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Illustration on race-based education by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Parents must push back against progressives’ doublethink

By Robert Knight

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020 file photo, the sun rises behind the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Supreme Court rejects Texas suit over California travel ban

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FILE -- In this Feb. 2, 2021 file photo, Pope Francis celebrates a Mass with members of religious institutions on the occasion of the celebration of the World Day of Consecrated Life, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. The Vatican has decreed, Monday, March 15, 2021, that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless gay unions (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, pool)

LGBTQ Catholics stung by Vatican rebuff of same-sex unions

By DAVID CRARY and LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

LGBTQ rights bill ignites debate over religious liberty

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

In this Oct. 8, 2019, photo, protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington where the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the first case of LGBT rights since the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. As vice president in 2012, Joe Biden endeared himself to many LGBTQ Americans by endorsing same-sex marriage even before his boss, President Barack Obama. Now, as president-elect, Biden is making sweeping promises to LGBTQ activists, proposing to carry out virtually every major proposal on their wish lists. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights

By DAVID CRARY and ELANA SCHOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett listens during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of a private Christian school that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain openly gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

In this July 8, 2020, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a briefing at the Department of Education building in Washington. On Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Atheists bash DeVos’ campus free-speech rules

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Georgia church splits from Methodists over LGBT dispute

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Nevada begins tracking pandemic’s effect on LGBTQ community

By SAM METZ - Associated Press

In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, people gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court’s Monday ruling shielding LGBT people from employment discrimination dealt a blow to religious conservatives — and was penned by a justice they lauded after his nomination by President Donald Trump. Longtime evangelical conservative leader James Dobson said Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in a statement that what he considers an “abhorrent decision” suggests the nation “is in the midst of a spiritual war over its very heart and soul.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Supreme Court LGBT ruling threatens small business

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Alaska peninsula residents, official discuss LGBTQ safety

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City Council to consider LGBTQ advisory board in Wyoming

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2015 file photo, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar speaks in Clayton, Mo. St. Louis County leaders are working to address the culture of the police department following last month's jury verdict awarding $20 million to police Sgt. Keith Wildhaber, who alleged he was discriminated against because he is gay. Experts say many departments across the U.S. are working to be more inclusive and are increasingly reaching out to the LGBTQ community. Some, including departments in San Jose, California, and Memphis, Tennessee, are seeking to recruit gay and lesbian officers. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Experts: Leadership key to changing anti-gay police culture

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

Rock Throwing From the Left Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Chick-fil-A takes heat from bullies of the LGBTQ rage mob

By Robert Knight

In this Aug. 28, 2019 photo, trans rights activist Kenya Cuevas talks with Italia, a 24-year-old transgender sex worker from the state of Oaxaca, on a street corner in Mexico City. Cuevas' origin story as an activist who demands protections for trans women dates back to Sept. 29, 2016. That was the night her friend and fellow trans sex worker got into a client's Nissan compact car and was shot multiple times. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico trans women fight for justice as murders unpunished

By MICHAEL KRUMHOLTZ - Associated Press

In this April 19, 2019, file photo, a gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ** FILE **

Methodist Church closer to official split over LGBTQ issues

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times