Sharon Benson is named in a lawsuit for allegedly defaming a teacher she is set to have power over.
A last-minute appearance by Dr. Jill Biden at this year’s Flagstaff Pride left community members to lash out against their local Pride organization.
The considerable shift to the right locally showed many that the work to attain civil rights is far from over.
Data from 2022 shows that lesbians and bisexuals are more likely to experience an unwanted pregnancy.
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LGBTQ+ ABORTIONS: If you think that abortion law only affects cisgender straight women, you'd be very wrong.
Data released by the Human Rights Campaign in 2022 shows that LGBTQ+ communities, specifically bisexuals and lesbians, are more likely to need abortion care than their straight counterparts—and not by a small amount.
Citing statistics from the federal 2017-2019 National Survey for Family Growth, the report said 22.8% of lesbian women and 27.2% of bisexual women reported needing an abortion. That is in comparison to 15.4% of exclusively heterosexual women who needed to terminate a pregnancy. Read our full story here.
WHAT WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON: The study cites that abusive relationships and forced sexual encounters are often to blame for unwanted pregnancies among lesbians and bisexual cisgender women.
But there's also access to contraception, and sex education. For those who have been keeping up with our reporting, we've been deeply looking into how the state's poor sex education has an effect on the queer community. Increased HIV and syphilis diagnoses have been two issues we highlighted earlier this year. And last month, we reported on how outdated regulations could push youth into more risky behavior.
We want to know about your experiences in this realm, and our reporter Shelby Rae Wills is ready to take your call and hear your story. You can reach them at rae@lookoutphx.org.
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Without the LGBTQ+ community, there’s less meaning. Guess the word below with only the support of the letters L, G, B, T, Q, I, A and submit your answer to be entered into our monthly drawing for exclusive LOOKOUT swag. The more times you play, the more chances you get to win! The next drawing will be April 30.
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Hint: The German acronym for marginalized genders. (Another hint: scroll up.)
Last Week's Answer: October
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Interviews with 24 people show consistent concerns about Phoenix Pride.
If a small rural city can find common ground, maybe we all can.
A private web meeting last week showed how a far-right religious organization is trying to teach families to challenge schools, causing a chilling a chilling effect.
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