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Maryland lawmakers passed a number of LGBTQ rights bills during this year’s legislative session that ended on April 8.
Maryland lawmakers passed a number of LGBTQ rights bills during this year’s legislative session that ended on April 8.
A Drag Story Hour event hosted by the Arlington, Va. gay bar and restaurant Freddie’s Beach Bar was interrupted by a bomb threat sent by email on April 6 requiring parents and their children attending the event to exit the bar into its rear outdoor seating area and parking lot until police and a bomb sniffing dog searched the premises and found no trace of a bomb.
The annual Walt Disney Company shareholders meeting took on a contentious environment April 3 as far right anti-trans activists attempted to push through a measure that would force Disney to pay for services for transgender people who choose to detransition.
During a briefing on April 3, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre condemned the ruling issued hours earlier by a court in Uganda that upheld the East African country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, a law that contains a death penalty provision for “aggravated homosexuality.”
The Indian government on March 11 implemented a law that allows undocumented people who entered the country from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other neighboring countries before Dec. 31, 2014, to receive fast-track citizenship.
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