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Instagram blocked LGBTQ hashtags and treated them

Instagram blocked LGBTQ hashtags and treated them as ‘sexually suggestive content’

Meta’s Instagram has been blocking LGBTQ-related hashtags for months, according to reporting by User Mag. This was done under the company’s “sensitive content” policy as an attempt to restrict “sexually suggestive content.

Fast Company · 9h

Instagram is in hot water for blocking LGBTQ+ content

Journalist Taylor Lorenz reported that the platform had restricted LGBTQIA-related hashtags for months under its so-called “sensitive content policy.”

Mashable on MSN · 6h

Instagram blocked LGBTQ+ content by accident, Meta claims

Instagram recently blocked teen users from viewing the results for numerous LGBTQ+ terms by accident, according to a spokesperson for Meta, the platform's parent company. The restrictions were reported by User Mag,

Teen Vogue · 14h

Instagram Blocked Teens From Searching LGBTQ-Related Content for Months

Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content."

LGBT, Pentagon and honorable discharges

Yahoo · 4h

Pentagon reaches historic settlement with LGBTQ veterans over discharge status

The Defense Department agreed to a class-action settlement that may affect more than 35,000 LGBTQ veterans who were discharged because of their sexual orientation under “don’t ask, don’t tell” and similar earlier policies.

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Pentagon agrees to consider honorable discharges for LGBTQ veterans

The U.S. Department of Defense has agreed to overhaul its process for LGBTQ veterans to seek honorable discharges after they were barred from serving because of their sexual orientation, according to a filing in San Francisco federal court on Monday.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Pentagon to Consider Honorable Discharges for Gay Veterans Barred Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

The U.S. Department of Defense will consider granting honorable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual veterans who were barred from serving in the military because of their sexual orientation,

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GOP lawmakers look to ban transgender athletes from sports

House and Senate Republicans on Tuesday refiled legislation to bar transgender women and girls from competing on school ...

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LGBTQ liberals start arming themselves over baseless fear of being placed in ‘concentration camps:’ report

Gay and transgender liberals around the country are arming themselves over perceived concerns they’ll be rounded up and ...

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LGBTQ people relive old traumas as they age on their own

By 2030, the number of LGBTQ+ seniors is expected to double. Many won’t have partners and most won’t have children or ...

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What LGBTQ+ people should know about Meta’s new rules

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Gender-affirming care for teens is rare amid debate over access: Study

The use of gender-affirming medical care for trans teens was rare between 2018 to 2022, according to a new study published in ...

Trump’s return set to wipe government language of climate change, LGBTQ rights, immigration

Experts predict a significant shift in government language, with references to climate change, diversity, and LGBTQ rights ...

Melissa DuBose sworn in as first Black and first openly LGBTQ judge on US District Court in R.I.

The former Providence teacher was nominated by President Joe Biden two years ago and confirmed by the US Senate in March.

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Several new members of Congress will make LGBTQ history

Three history-making, newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will be sworn in to the 119th Congress Friday.

These three LGBTQ women just made congressional 'herstory'

Delaware’s Sarah McBride, Washington’s Emily Randall and Texas’ Julie Johnson made LGBTQ history when they were sworn in to ...

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