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Sunday, May 3 - “The LGBTQ-friendly church said the vandalism defaced a Pride mural that had been created in response to a previous act of vandalism last year. The vandalism included hateful rhetoric targeting the LGBTQ community and the church itself, LITC said.”

Sunday, May 3 - “Public records and private papers reveal compassion and tacit acceptance before ‘moral panic’ took hold in the 1950s and 1960s” 

Tuesday, May 5 - “ The Vatican released a report on Tuesday (May 5) that included the testimony of two married gay Catholics and acknowledged the church’s role in ‘the solitude, anguish, and stigma that accompany persons with same-sex attractions and their families.’ The report also reflects on the negative impacts of conversion therapy, or ‘the devastating effects of reparative therapies aimed at recovering heterosexuality.’”

Tuesday, May 5 - “A Florida man faces child abuse charges after allegedly beating a 5-year-old boy ‘for being gay.’”

Tuesday, May 5 - “The Education Department has opened a civil rights investigation into whether Smith College, the women’s school in Northampton, Mass., violated anti-discrimination laws by allowing transgender students to enroll.”

Tuesday, May 5 - “At least one candidate has admitted his statewide referendum targeting trans kids is intended to drive GOP voter turnout.”

Wednesday, May 6 - “Mohammed's life as a gay man in conservative south Lebanon was already rife with challenges. But Israeli strikes on his hometown in ​March were the final straw, pushing him to flee to a rare shelter in Beirut hosting LGBT people.”

Wednesday, May 6 - “LGBTQ+ young people who reported living in very accepting communities attempted suicide at less than a third of the rate of those who did not.” 

Thursday, May 7 - “Allan Michael Marrero has been reunited with his husband Matthew after spending 150 days in ICE detention following a routine green card appointment in New York City.”

Thursday, May 7 - “The Kansas Attorney General’s office so far hasn’t prosecuted anyone for violating a new law that polices transgender identity and public restroom usage in government buildings.”

Friday, May 8 - “German politician Dominik Krause made history when he was elected mayor of Munich and celebrated by publicly kissing fiancé Sebastian Müller.”

Friday, May 8 - “New Jersey lawmakers will consider legislation to protect healthcare for transgender people and those who provide it, a measure first proposed nearly two years ago that supporters rallied to support earlier this year in Trenton.”