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Tuesday, May 12 - “A Russian court has sentenced photographer Alexandra Kuzyk to 18 months in a labor camp after being convicted of producing ‘illegal pornography,’ according to the state-affiliated tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda-Yekaterinburg.”

Wednesday, May 13 - “Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, the NBA announced. He was 47.”

Wednesday, May 13 - “The European Commission said Wednesday it will ask all European Union nations to outlaw gay ‘conversion therapy’ following a public campaign to ban the practice and just days before the annual Brussels Pride festival celebrating the LGTBQ+ community.”

Wednesday, May 13 - “NYU Langone is warning patients and faculty of a federal subpoena seeking details about the hospital's gender-affirming care.”

Thursday, May 14 - “Poland's capital, Warsaw, registered its first same-sex marriage on Thursday, implementing court rulings that require the country to recognize same-sex marriages registered abroad.”

Thursday, May 14 - “The 19-year-old transgender student who was fatally stabbed in the laundry room of an off-campus housing complex near the University of Washington on Sunday night has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as Juniper Blessing.”

Thursday, May 14 - “State legislation intended to shield transgender patients and their healthcare providers from prosecution is moving forward in Trenton, but the two-year old bill was amended in recent days to delete all references to the phrase “gender-affirming” care.”

Thursday, May 14 -  “Two years after anti-transgender attacks flooded the airwaves, the country’s leading LGBTQ+ rights group is gearing up for a major response this November.”

Friday, May 15 - “A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app.”

Friday, May 15 - “Patrick Annez de Taboada, Project Officer for Safety of Journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa at Free Press Unlimited, describes the situation for LGBTQI+ journalists in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in one word: ‘Terrible.’ Queer journalists are being targeted both for who they are and for the work they do. Free Press Unlimited managed to evacuate three trans journalists in the last six months.” 

Friday, May 15 - “To help you differentiate one House Bill (HB) and Senate Bill (SB) from another, we have put together this easy-to-use reference guide to the most prominent LGBTQ+ bills. We will continue to update this guide as the bills move forward.”

Friday, May 15 - “Seattle may be facing what advocates describe as a refugee crisis, not from foreign migrants but from transgender Americans fleeing red states. The city and its residents are welcoming to the trans community.”

Saturday, May 16 - “Last week, Texas' LGBTQ+ community got more bad news: Robert's Lafitte in Galveston, one of the state's oldest continuously operating gay bars and a lifeline for the island's queer community, was teetering on disaster. A "laundry list" of costly issues, such as plumbing problems and city code violations, threatened to sink the bar.”