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LGBTQ community works to bring acceptance amid threats

LGBTQ community works to bring acceptance and joy amid increasing threats

12/20/2022

PBS News Hour

LGBTQ community works to bring acceptance amid threats

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LGBTQ community works to bring acceptance and joy amid increasing threats

It’s been a year of increasing anti-LGBTQ sentiment, threats and attacks on drag events and queer spaces. All of this while new data from the Trevor Project found more than 50% of transgender and non-binary youth in the U.S. seriously considered suicide this year. Eureka O’Hara joined Amna Nawaz to discuss how many in the queer community are working to bring acceptance and joy, despite the pain.

12/20/2022

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