Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
HHS expected to lift Medicaid's blanket ban on gender-affirming surgery - Feministing
Churches to unite with "one love" message against homophobia - PinkNews
New alliance to fight for marriage equality in Taiwan - Gay Star News
Transgender seatbelt safety campaign goes viral in India - Gay Star News
Two Ugandans are about to become the first people ever tried under the country's anti-LGBT laws - BuzzFeed
How a Los Angeles labor union sparked a boycott of the Sultan of Brunei's hotels - BuzzFeed
Cuban advocates not invited to international LGBT conference - Washington Blade
HRC study shows majority of LGBT workers closeted on the job - The Rainbow Times
Open trans military service "inevitable," advocates say - Washington Blade
USDA plans outreach campaign, rule change aimed at rural LGBT Americans - BuzzFeed
Wall Street's Pride Parade - OUT
Brunei's sharia law will be rewarded by Obama's fast-track trade deal - The Huffington Post
UK: Lesbian wins landmark baby battle with ex-partner - PinkNews
Meet the couple behind the military proposal that won the internet's heart - BuzzFeed
LOCAL/REGIONAL
Alabama Chief Justice says marriage equality is about destroying God's institutions - Gay Star News
Rep. Henry Waxman to receive Lambda Legal's highest honor - The Advocate
Iowa paper fires editor for blog post accusing "gaystapo" of "rewriting the Bible" - Towleroad
North Carolina candidate to sign gay couples' marriage licenses, despite law - The Huffington Post
Battery charges dropped against California trans student - The Advocate
Boston Pride announces multi-year partnership with TD bank - The Rainbow Times
Iowa HIV decriminalization bill passes - Washington Blade
Bailey House gets $1.4M federal grant for STARS - New York Nonprofit Press
COMMENTARY
The first steps to trans liberation are . . . - TransGriot
Matthew Vines, "God and the Gay Christian" author, on his decision to refrain from sex until marriage - The Huffington Post
VIDEO: A lesbian rapper's adorable tribute to her gay uncle - The Huffington Post
Five ways to be safer while hooking up online - Queerty
WATCH: Janet Mock joins bell hooks to talk "Are You Still A Slave?" - Elixher
ENTERTAINMENT
Nintendo attempts to explain why it will not allow gay characters - Gay Star News
BREAKING: Orange is the New Black's Lea DeLaria withdraws from MichFest - The Advocate
HGTV scraps plans for reality TV series starring anti-gay activist - The Advocate
WATCH: Lesbian character could be coming to Gotham - The Advocate
SPORTS
Michael Sam and draft day: what you should know - The Advocate
A sport still resilient in its homophobia - The Advocate
Interview: Jaiyah Saelua - the world's first professional transgender footballer - PinkNews
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