LGBTQ+

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several bills aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ+ people.

Xinyu Wen traveled to Thailand in June, planning a two-week vacation around Bangkok’s Pride parade.

Hundreds of Pride activists have gathered in the Serbian capital amid heavy police presence and anti-gay messages sent by the country’s conservative leadership and threats by far-right groups.

Ugandan authorities have charged a man with aggravated homosexuality, which carries a possible death sentence.

Transgender youth in North Carolina have lost access to gender-affirming treatments after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of that legislation and others involving gender in sports and LGBTQ classroom instruction.

Children are heading back to classes and fall sports practices, and four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls sports teams.

Members of Ethiopia’s LGBTQ+ community say they face a wave of online harassment and physical attacks and blame much of it on the social media platform TikTok.

Officials in Kuwait and Lebanon have moved to ban “Barbie” as the film is set to open across the Middle East.

The website Outsports, which covers the gay sports community, says there's at least 95 out LGBTQ+ athletes competing in the Women's World Cup.

New laws targeting LGBTQ+ people are proliferating in GOP-led states, but the conversations often lack a clear understanding of how many people will be directly affected.

U_K_ Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by saying that a previous ban on LGBTQ+ people serving in the U_K_ military was “an appalling failure of the British state.”.

Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that restrictions imposed by a government ministry on a transgender female employee’s use of restrooms at her workplace are illegal, in a landmark decision that could promote LGBTQ+ rights in a country without legal protections for them.

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would restrict gender-affirming health care and sports participation for transgender minors and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality.

From a block party in New York City to a movie screening outside of Denver, groups across the U.S. have found ways to merge Pride month and Juneteenth celebrations.

Vice President Kamala Harris has visited the Stonewall Inn national monument to pay tribute to activists at the site of a watershed moment in the gay rights movement.

LGBTQ+ revelers and allies are partying coast to coast for the grand crescendo of Pride Month.

The Texas Rangers are the only one of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball that aren't hosting Pride Night during a game in June as part of Pride Month.

The “Stay Woke Florida” will roll through the River City on Monday at the IBEW Union Hall.

The United States ambassador in Poland has joined the yearly Pride parade in Warsaw.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, over the decades, have endured fans' diatribes along with their cheers.

All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said on Thursday.

Russian lawmakers have given initial approval to a bill that would severely restrict gender-affirming medical care and prevent making any changes in reference to gender on official documents.

The powerful lower house of Japan’s parliament has passed a bill to promote awareness of LGBTQ+ issues amid protests by activists that last-minute revisions by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s conservative party favored opponents of sexual equality instead of guaranteeing equal rights.

Transgender and nonbinary people are front and center this year at Pride festivals where they've often been sidelined.

Two events were held Sunday to honor the LGBTQ+ community and protest recent legislation, which eventgoers say is anti-trans.

President Joe Biden has welcomed hundreds to the White House for a delayed Pride Month celebration.

President Joe Biden has invited thousands of LGBTQ+ individuals to the White House to celebrate Pride Month.

As politicians and activists push for limits on discussions of race, gender and sexuality, some students say the measures targeting aspects of their identity have made them less welcome in American schools — the one place all kids are supposed to feel safe.

Dozens of big companies from Delta and Coca-Cola to Walmart are sponsoring LGBTQ+ Pride events and displaying racks of Pride-themed merchandise.

Frightened LGBTQ+ Ugandans are searching for a way to escape a new law prescribing the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality.

Dozens of transgender people in Florida who can't afford to move are turning to crowdfunding to help them leave after the passage of new legislation that targets the LGBTQ community.

The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the United States and some parts of the world, a season to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people and to protest against the recent rollback of hard-won civil rights gains.

Activists in the LGBTQ+ community are calling for new ways to mobilize against threats to their long fight for equality.

Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community.

Target is removing some items and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide after intense backlash from some shoppers ahead of Pride month.

The largest LGBTQ+ rights organization in the U.S. has joined other civil rights organizations in issuing a travel advisory for Florida.

An advocacy group that served as a safe space for the LGBTQ community in Beijing has been shut down as part of a government pressure campaign against gay rights groups.

Indiana’s governor has signed a bill that would require schools to notify a parent if a student requests a name or pronoun change at school.

A group in Nassau County is asking Fernandina Beach commissioners to move Fernandina Beach Pride, an LGBTQ+ event scheduled for next month, to another location.

There are more than 200 LGBTQ+ lawmakers across the country, and they're increasingly finding themselves fighting against bills that target their communities.

Transgender youth in Tennessee would be banned from receiving gender-affirming care under legislation currently headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk.

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov cited his Russian Orthodox religion as the reason he did not participate in pregame warmups when the team wore Pride-themed jerseys and used sticks wrapped in rainbow Pride tape.

Authorities in Colorado Springs have charged the 22-year-old man accused of opening fire Saturday night at a gay nightclub with five counts of murder and five counts of a bias-motivated crime.

The River City Pride Board reassessed the security measures ahead of its parade on Sunday following the attack on an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs.

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The 2022 Jax River City Pride Parade and Festival is this weekend! River City Pride is aiming to make strides towards a building a bigger, more inclusive pride organization. As a result, they have rebranded and are working on expanding their board to ensure that they include representation from all groups within the LGBTQ+ community.

While cases of the virus are dropping in the U.S., health officials say communities should stay on the offensive.

JAX River City Pride invites everyone to come out to Be Loud, Be Proud this October for PRIDE!

Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley protested intolerance toward the LGBTQ+ community at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.

Scammers may pressure you to pay up or be outed, claiming they’ll “ruin your life” by exposing explicit photos or conversations.

Supporters at the Proud to Say Gay Rally covered the Duval County Courthouse’s lawn Saturday afternoon to speak up for equal rights.

As we all know, June is Pride Month, and it’s a time for the LGBTQ+ community to come together and celebrate being out and proud.

How Duval County Public Schools is utilizing the Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by its critics, is causing a stir.

Equality Florida said they want to ensure Duval County provides a safe and inclusive environment for all LGBTQ students.

There is an estimated 886,000 Floridians who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+).

The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday released guidance regarding the treatment of gender dysphoria for children and adolescents.

A new policy in St. Johns County Schools requires employees to notify a student’s parents if that student wants to change their pronouns.

Jacksonville’s history involving LGBTQ Plus issues has not been stellar. In fact, a decade ago the city received some of the lowest rankings in the country involving issues with the community.

Transgender activists are also fighting against a bill they describe as the most radical yet. It would prohibit children from recovering gender-affirming medical care.

The CW-17 (WCWJ) is the Media Sponsor for the 2021 River City Pride Parade.

The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront with an in-person audience and will be streamed live for virtual ticket holders.

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The Jacksonville Chapter of PFLAG received a $1,000 donation.

This Saturday will mark five years since a gunman murdered 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Florida.

Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day, and for many LGBTQ+ Americans, there are many reasons to celebrate their Pride. National Coming Out Day has been celebrated for 32 years now, and it’s an important reminder on just how far the queer community has come since earlier times. There was an entire generation of LGBTQ Americans who had live inside the closet because of laws and discrimination. So if you’re proud to be out and want it to shout it from the rooftops, tell us about it below! If you have advice for people still in the closet struggling with their identity, maybe offer some advice, and tell us how your life has improved since coming out.

Alex Joseph, a spokesperson for YouTube, told CNN Business in a statement that all content on its site is subject to the same policies. The lawsuit also claims YouTube denied an LGBTQ news show the right to advertise and thereby increase its viewership on the platform. According to the lawsuit, YouTube apologized to Divino for what they said was a "misunderstanding" and eventually agreed to run the ad. Tensions between YouTube and some members of the LGBTQ community have repeatedly surfaced in recent years. At the time, YouTube told CNN Business: "We're proud of the incredible LGBTQ+ voices on our platform and take concerns like these very seriously."