transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Rhode Island have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people. Rhode Island established two types...
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The state of Rhode Island, in the Northeast United States, has recorded LGBT history and individuals reaching back to the early 20th century. Prior to...
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from Rhode Island, a seat he was first elected to in 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional...
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Rhode Island Pride is an LGBT organization that serves the Rhode Island LGBTQ community, most notably holding its annual PrideFest in June. The organization...
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media related to LGBT history in 2001. This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBTQ rights that took place in the year 2001. The U.S. state...
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A list of notable LGBTQ rights activists who have worked to advance LGBTQ rights by political change, legal action or publication. Ordered by country,...
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Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Rhode Island since August 1, 2013. The state had authorized a limited form of domestic partnerships from...
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list of notable events in LGBTQ rights that took place in the 2010s. During the 2010s, acceptance of LGBTQ people slowly increased in many parts of the world...
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been seen as socially liberal in regard to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) rights. LGBT travel guide Queer in the World states, "The fabulosity...
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The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, with public...
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one of the most liberal states in the U.S. in regard to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights, which have received nationwide...
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accuse LGBTQ people, as well as their allies and progressives in general, of systematically using LGBTQ sex education and campaigns for LGBTQ rights as a...
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Fricke v. Lynch (category LGBTQ rights in Rhode Island)
Supp. 381 (D.R.I. 1980), was a decision in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island that upheld the right of Aaron Fricke to...
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bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Minnesota have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people. Minnesota became the first...
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states in the U.S. in regard to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights and often viewed as one of the most liberal states in the Midwestern...
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(2011–2015) and candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in 2014 Nick Autiello (withdrawn) Organizations LGBTQ Victory Fund (co-endorsement with Carlson)...
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queer (LGBTQ) rights are complex and diverse in the Americas, and acceptance of LGBTQ persons varies widely. Same-sex marriages are currently legal in Argentina...
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list of notable events in the history of LGBTQ rights that took place in the year 2013. 1 - Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the U.S. state of Maryland...
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Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the...
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related to LGBT history in 2011. This is a list of events in 2011 that affected LGBTQ rights. 1 — The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of...
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LGBTQ history in the United States consists of the contributions and struggles of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people, as well...
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This is a list of the first openly LGBTQ people to have held political office in the United States. No openly LGBT person has served as president or vice...
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Aaron Fricke (category LGBTQ people from Rhode Island)
American gay rights activist and author. He was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He is best known for Fricke v. Lynch, a legal case in which he won his...
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Tiara Mack (category LGBTQ state legislators in Rhode Island)
the Rhode Island Senate, representing District 6. Mack assumed office on January 5, 2021, having defeated the incumbent senator Harold Metts in the Democratic...
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Chrysanthemum Tran (category LGBTQ people from Rhode Island)
and develop a poetry symposium in Wakefield, Rhode Island. In 2022, she was featured in the PBS project, True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Music, Our Stories. According...
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Delia M. Sosa (category Activists from Rhode Island)
Delia M. Sosa (born 1997) is a public speaker, LGBTQ+ healthcare advocate focused on improving healthcare access and equity for transgender, nonbinary...
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Louis Edward Gelineau (category 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States)
supporting the homosexual lifestyle." In 1995, when the Rhode Island Senate passed an LGBTQ+ rights bill, Gélineau stated, "If [proposed legislation] seeks...
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David Cicilline (category LGBTQ state legislators in Rhode Island)
chief executive officer of the Rhode Island Foundation. Cicilline was born July 15, 1961, in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother, Sabra (née Peskin)...
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LGBTQ history dates back to the first recorded instances of same-sex love, diverse gender identities, and sexualities in ancient civilizations, involving...
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Daryl Justin Finizio (category LGBTQ people from Rhode Island)
a licensed attorney in both the State and Federal courts in Rhode Island and Connecticut, as well as being licensed to practice in front of the United...
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