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A federal appellate-court panel heard arguments Tuesday in a challenge to a Florida law requiring educators to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth, in a case that has drawn national attention from the Biden administration, teachers unions and LGBTQ advocates.

The non-profit group Queer Keys is gearing up to open the island chain’s only LGBTQ+ support community center. The Key West city commission helped clear the way for the organization to reach its goal by voting to waive over $3,000 in fees for the group to receive a permit to operate.

Gay and trans migrants often faced violence in their home countries. Many face similar persecution from their countrymen in the U.S.

For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau has collected national data on sexual orientation and gender identity related to disaster displacement.

COMMENTARY Pope Francis has suggested the church can bless same-sex unions — a reconsideration of Catholic teaching that reflects gay marriage's rise in Latin America.