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August 11, 2020

Sun Post: Robbinsdale church site of protest during anti-LGBTQ seminar

Activists and supporters of LGBTQ rights met the morning of Aug. 8 outside of Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church to protest an all-day seminar they believed was a form of gay conversion therapy. The seminar, titled “Distinctions: Discovering Biblical clarity in a sexually-confused world,” was delivered by Outpost Ministries, a faith-based public speaking organization.

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Protestors against conversion therapy
June 18, 2020

Advocate: Is Being Religious and LGBTQ+ Mutually Exclusive?

Activist Scott Keoni Shigeoka, who identifies as queer and spiritual, went on a yearlong (pre-pandemic) road trip across the United States to understand how we could bridge social and political divides.

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June 17, 2020

Fox 9 KMSP: St. Paul votes to ban conversion therapy practice labeled as torture by the United Nations

The St. Paul City Council voted to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth Wednesday.

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June 17, 2020

Star Tribune: St. Paul joins other cities banning conversion therapy for minors

A united St. Paul City Council approved a ban Wednesday on conversion therapy for minors, a widely discredited practice that seeks to change a person’s sexual identity or gender expression.

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Conversion therapy ban supporters at the MN Capitol
June 16, 2020

KTOE: OutFront MN praises Supreme Court decision, says much work remains to be done

While many are praising the Supreme Court’s ruling this week that people can’t be fired over sexual orientation and gender identity, Jacob Thomas with OutFront Minnesota says there is still plenty of work to be done.

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June 15, 2020

KTSP: Minnesotans react to Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBT people from job discrimination

A landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court Monday will provide protections to an estimated eight million workers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.

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June 15, 2020

Star Tribune: High court ruling bolsters Minnesota's LGBT protections

Advocates for gay and transgender workers in Minnesota say that Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling extending legal protections to LGBT people is a boost even though the state already protects employees from being fired over sexual orientation.

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In this Oct. 8, 2019 photo, supporters of LGBT rights stage a protest on the street in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington
June 15, 2020

Grand Forks Herald: Minnesota Department of Human Rights, advocates applaud SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ+ workplace protections

Advocates and LGBTQ+ Minnesotans welcomed the United States Supreme Court's latest decision on Monday, June 15, which ruled that discrimination against workers based on sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal.

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Participants in the the 2009 Duluth-Superior Pride parade in Superior display a 37-foot by 74-foot rainbow flag
June 15, 2020

WCCO: ‘Monumental’: Minnesota Leaders Applaud SCOTUS Ruling On LGBTQ Worker Protections

In a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday morning that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to discriminations against LGBTQ employees, with Justices Roberts and Gorsuch siding with the majority opinion.

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