Nation
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High school football coach told players to mock lesbian parents
Allegedly told players to taunt a student with two mothers by shouting "Who's your daddy?"
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Kerry Washington: Trump’s White House preaches “division and discrimination”
Scandal star said LGBTQ people are "living through a horrific dream" under Trump
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9th Circuit hears challenge to California laws criminalizing sex work
On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case challenging California laws that criminalize sex work, which, if overturned,...
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North Carolina governor issues order extending limited LGBTQ protections
North Carolina LGBTQ residents may get some relief from both an executive order issued by Gov. Roy Cooper and a proposed settlement to lawsuit over...
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Morgantown City Council approves pro-LGBTQ ordinance
The Morgantown, W.V., City Council has unanimously adopted an ordinance amending the Human Rights Commission to include language protecting various characteristics including sexual orientation and...
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White House refutes story alleging Trump joked about Pence wanting to hang gays
White House Press Secretary: New Yorker story "relied on fiction rather than facts"
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ACLU sues to block Montana’s anti-transgender ballot initiative
The ACLU of Montana is suing the state over a proposed 2018 ballot initiative that would force transgender people to use only those restrooms or...
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Trump to meet with anti-gay Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore
GOP circling the wagons around Moore, who polls show is underperforming relative to other Republican candidates
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15 attorneys general file brief opposing transgender service ban
Brief argues that opening up military service to transgender individuals has not adversely affected Armed Forces
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Trans military ban challengers’ brief slaps down Trump administration’s claims
Lawyers from the National Center for Lesbian Rights and GLTBQ Legal Advocate & Defenders have filed a brief in Doe v. Trump, one of two cases...
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California governor signs non-binary ID and other pro-LGBTQ bills into law
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has signed a measure that allows people to obtain a non-binary gender marker on state IDs and driver’s licenses, making it...
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Justice Department assigns federal prosecutor to assist in Iowa hate crimes case
In an unusual move, the U.S. Department of Justice has assigned a federal prosecutor with experience in prosecuting hate crimes to help with a case...
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Trump joked that Pence wants to “hang” every gay person
President apparently teases Pence for his harsh conservative views on abortion and LGBTQ rights
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17 states and D.C. support Georgia lesbian’s discrimination lawsuit
The attorneys general of 17 states and the District of Columbia have filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear and rule...
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Federal court finds sex discrimination laws protect transgender people
Two pro-LGBTQ legal organizations have filed an amended complaint on behalf of a mother suing a San Diego children’s hospital for discriminating against her transgender...
