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LGBTQ groups ask HHS to prevent South Carolina foster care agencies discriminating against gay couples
Waiver would allow agencies to discriminate against prospective foster parents based on a number of characteristics
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Texas politician voted out of office after Grindr nudes leaked
Cross Coburn, 19, lost his seat in a recall election after public backlash to the leak.
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Less than a quarter of transgender teenagers feel safe expressing their gender identity
Gender-variant youth report higher levels of harassment or mistreatment at home and at school
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Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin to exit organization in 2019
Griffin will stay in place until HRC's Board of Directors names his replacement sometime next year
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Michigan Department of Corrections agrees to amend policies that dole out harsher punishments to HIV-positive prisoners
HIV-positive prisoner was placed in solitary confinement and lost privileges for having consensual sex with another prisoner
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Newly-elected Democratic Kansas governor seeks to block anti-gay adoption law
State's largest LGBTQ organization believes law is unconstitutional, and will be introducing a repeal bill in January
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California man pleads not guilty to murder of openly gay, Jewish former classmate
Prosecutors say they found evidence of anti-gay, anti-Semitic propaganda on Samuel Woodward's phone and computer
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Nearly 180 companies oppose efforts to erase transgender legal protections
Business allies denounce attempt to redefine gender as "fixed, immutable" condition based solely on a person's genitalia
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Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona Senate seat, will become first openly bisexual Senator
Sinema will also become Arizona's first-ever female Senator
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In firing Jeff Sessions for Matt Whitaker, Trump swapped one anti-LGBTQ zealot for another
The new acting Attorney General "poses a grave threat to the rule of law and civil rights for everyone"
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“Ex-gay” therapist allegedly found looking for sex on Manhunt and Gay Bear Nation
Psychologist who tries to 'cure' LGBTQ people reportedly used the screen name "hotnhairy72"
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Kansas Governor-Elect Laura Kelly will bring back protections for LGBTQ state employees
Kelly will reinstate an executive order that anti-LGBTQ former Gov. Sam Brownback revoked in 2015
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HRC: Midterm election was “clear rejection” of Trump’s “dangerous and divisive agenda”
Tuesday's midterm elections were largely positive for proponents of LGBTQ rights and supporters of the Equality Act
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2018 Elections: Jared Polis is America’s first gay governor
Tuesday’s governor’s races were a mixed bag for LGBTQ candidates. Voters in Colorado picked U.S. Rep. Jared Polis to become America’s first openly gay governor. One of...
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2018 Elections: Transgender rights prevail in Massachusetts
Amid attempts by Trump to crackdown on transgender rights, Massachusetts voters delivered an overwhelming rebuttal on Tuesday night. More than two-thirds of voters in the...
