LGBTQIA US News Roundup

By Thomas Maxheimer

One Year After Pulse Shooting, Orlando Honors Those Who Died

Victims friends, family members, medical professionals who treated victims, and the larger Orlando community reflect on their loss, and struggles to come to terms what has happened in the year since the attack.

Illinois tells foster parents that they must be ‘LGBTQ-affirming’ toward at-risk youth

The Illinois Department of Child and Family Services implemented new mandates that affirm the organization “will not tolerate exposing LGBTQ children and youth to staff/providers who are not supportive of children and youths’ right to self-determination of sexual/gender identity.”

Michigan Apple Grower Banned From Farmer’s Market For Homophobic Facebook Post

While East Lansing, MI says the farmer violates civil rights ordinances banning discrimination, the farmer insists his religion allows him to refuse to serve LGBT+ people.

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