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Celebrating more inclusion on ‘The Sims,’ anti-trans bills killed in Virginia and Finland’s gender update—just a few of the stories we’re tracking this week
6 news stories impacting LGBTQ2S+ folk today
The passing of transphobic laws increased internet searches for ‘suicide’ and ‘depression,’ study finds
The study also found that when a transphobic bill was defeated, the number of searches on those topics decreased
Gay man sues Health Canada over discriminatory sperm-donation policies
The court case comes amidst a nationwide sperm-donor shortage, which has left many Canadian queer families, single women and people experiencing infertility in the lurch
Brazil recorded 242 violent LGBTQ+ deaths in 2022
During Bolsonaro’s final year as president of Brazil, researchers say a queer person was killed every 34 hours in the South American country
Mpox is no longer a public health emergency in the U.S.
Daily cases have fallen from 450 in August to single-digit diagnoses now
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Fat activism, trans literature and Sam Smith
Plus more queer culture curations to get you through chilly times
Why the world’s only Vagina Museum deserves a permanent home
OPINION: On Wednesday, when the Vagina Museum in Bethnal Green, U.K., was forced to shutter for the second time in less than two years, the community lost a vital sexual health resource
No, Conservatives, you aren’t being discriminated against
OPINION: Conservatives are trying to protect political belief on human-rights grounds, betraying the whole reason human rights protections exist
‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ is as complex as its subject
REVIEW: The standout Sundance doc pays tribute to a musical icon who didn’t get his flowers
I’m obsessed with whatever Drew Barrymore is doing on her talk show
OPINION: Noted bisexual Drew Barrymore’s daytime talk show has become an unlikely space for delightfully naughty queerness
The ‘Utah-style compromise’ is dead
OPINION: In recent years, legislators in the state have occasionally shown compassion on LGBTQ2S+ issues. Utah’s recent anti-trans bill shows that empathy has run out
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Jamie Diaz, in prison for almost 30 years and an artist almost 50, at last publishes her first comic book
Jamie Diaz discovered her queerness and artistry at the same time—probably not a coincidence
Solve to your heart’s content: the new Xword is ‘Love and Longing’ (themeless)
German parliament centres LGBTQ+ experiences on Holocaust Memorial Day for the first time
The remembrance comes after years of campaigning from activists
Everyone chill. ‘The Last of Us’ is not the best gay thing ever—or the worst
OPINION: Reaction to the “The Last of Us” episode about Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett’s couple shows we still haven’t figured out how to talk about queer storytelling
Tennessee rejects HIV funding over inclusion of trans rights, abortion groups
Experts say the state could experience a major outbreak as a result of the funding loss
Tracks from boygenius, Miss Grit, PVRIS and more to kick off your new year
Based on the new queer music of January, 2023 is off to a good start
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