Pride Month in U S Muted by Setbacks and Debate
The AP report outlines a subdued Pride Month with Congress failing to extend federal LGBTQ civil rights, ongoing pandemic disruptions to festivals, and a wave of anti trans legislation in Republican states. It notes violence against trans people, calls for the Equality Act, mixed political support, and varied Pride events from small in person gatherings to virtual NYC events.
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Congress
M. Dru Levasseur
National
Lgbt Bar Association
Florida
Ron DeSantis
Arkansas
Kevin Jennings
Lambda Legal
Jennings
U.S
U.S. House
Joe Biden
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Gay Officers Action League
Pete Buttigieg
Rachel Levine
Gallup
Amy Allen
Nashville
Tennessee
Allen
Adam
Northeast
NCCA
Der
NCAA
North Carolina
Alphonso David
Human Rights Campaign
Randi Robertson
Air Force
Biden
LBGT
Imani Rupert-Gordon
National Center For Lesbian Rights
State Capitol
Texas Senate
Texas House
Austin
Texas
Trial Opens In Norfolk For Marine In Soldier's Death
Marine prosecutors described U S Marine Mario Madera Rodriguez and three others as planning a brutal hazing that culminated in the strangulation death of Staff Sgt Logan Melgar a Green Beret from Texas in Mali The trial at a Norfolk Virginia Navy base features the Raiders unit and marks a rare court martial of elite servicemembers The defense filed sealed opening statements as the case unfolds with witness testimony expected to run for days
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Norfolk, Va
U.S
Mario Madera-Rodriguez
Jason Samuel
Madera- Rodriguez
U.S. Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
Green Beret
Logan Melgar
Lubbock
Texas
Melgar
Africa
Madera-Rodriguez
America
Capt
Samuel
Mali
Bamako
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Ridgeline High School
Millville
Utah
U.S. Marine
Madero-Rodriguez
Colby Vokey