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Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot decries anti-gay flyers handed out near churches
Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot condemned misleading flyers that have been distributed to parishioners at majority-black churches on the South Side that highlight her sexual...
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal from Hawaii B&B owner who turned away lesbian couple
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the owner of a Hawaii bed and breakfast who refused to rent a room a lesbian...
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Pete Buttigieg says he has amassed enough donors to qualify for Democratic presidential debates
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Peter Buttigieg has announced he’s raised enough from individual donors to guarantee him a spot at the first Democratic presidential debate...
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Syracuse man on trial for murder of transgender woman serves as his own lawyer
A Syracuse man who is being retried for the 2008 shooting of a transgender woman and is serving as his own lawyer made a potentially...
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Detroit man sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder and burning of gay man
Last week, a man could serve up to 20 years in prison for the murder and burning of a gay man in southwest Detroit in...
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Democrats shoot down anti-transgender amendments to Violence Against Women Act
On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee approved a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act that contained protections for transgender victims of intimate...
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Utah’s hate crimes bill adds “political expression” to list of protected characteristics
After years of blocking a bill to add hate crime protections for LGBTQ people, Utah’s Republican-run Senate overwhelmingly approved a comprehensive “victim targeting” law that...
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Lawmakers introduce Equality Act in Congress
On Wednesday, congressional lawmakers introduced the Equality Act, a sweeping piece of legislation that would update the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include federal...
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Trump administration to begin enforcing transgender military ban on April 12
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced its intention to begin moving forward with implementing the Trump administration’s plan to bar most transgender individuals from...
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Former campaign staffer for Nebraska governor under fire for racist, anti-gay posts
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is distancing himself from a former campaign staffer who was discovered to have penned several racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-gay posts online....
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Equality Utah head blasts Gov. Gary Herbert for support of “hostile takeover” of conversion therapy bill
The head of the LGBTQ group Equality Utah is blasting Utah Gov. Gary Herbert for supporting amendments that radically altered the content of a bill...
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North Carolina state employees sue state over health insurance exclusion on transgender care
Several North Carolina state employees are suing the state over an exclusion in their employer-provided health insurance plan that does not cover any form transition-related...
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Tulsi Gabbard says her time in the military led her to change her views on LGBTQ rights
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard sought to clarify her record on, and explain how she evolved to become a supporter of marriage equality, nondiscrimination...
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Iowa Supreme Court rules Medicaid can cover gender confirmation surgery
On Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a historic ruling finding that Iowa’s Medicaid program may not discriminate against transgender people by refusing to cover...
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Pete Buttigieg calls Mike Pence a “cheerleader for the porn star presidency”
Openly gay Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg took a swipe at Vice President Mike Pence’s purported religious beliefs and moral values, wondering aloud how he...
