Nation
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6th Circuit: Ohio school must allow transgender student to use girls’ restroom
In a first-of-its-kind move, a federal appeals court has slapped down an Ohio school district that wants to force an 11-year-old transgender female student to use the...
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Anti-gay Louisiana Attorney General’s brother speaks out
This week, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) successfully argued to a judge that LGBT state workers are not entitled to the same workplace protections their heterosexual...
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Trans 9-year-old makes history on National Geographic’s January cover
"The best thing about being a girl is, now I don’t have to pretend to be a boy"
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Mississippi’s “religious freedom” law now before 5th Circuit
A Mississippi law that purports to protect people’s exercise of religion by allowing them to refuse goods or services to LGBT people or others who...
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LGBT groups praise Obama’s picks for U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
LGBT advocates are praising President Barack Obama’s selection of two appointees to six-year terms on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. On Thursday, Obama appointed...
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Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore appeals his suspension from the bench
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is down, but not out. Now, the controversial justice is appealing his suspension from office to a special...
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Louisiana governor’s pro-LGBT executive order overturned
A Baton Rouge judge has thrown out Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ executive order protecting LGBT state employees, claiming that the governor was attempting to...
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Anti-gay N.C. GOP legislature makes last-minute power grab
If North Carolina Republicans had a motto, it’d be: “If you can’t beat them, change the rules until you win.” Following the defeat of incumbent...
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Trump to tap Montana congressman as Secretary of Interior
Trump Cabinet, Cabinet-Level Nominee and Adviser Threat Gauge Name: Ryan Zinke Position: Secretary of the Interior LGBT record: When he ran against out lesbian Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau in 2016,...
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Former Gov. Rick Perry tapped as Trump’s Secretary of Energy
Trump Cabinet, Cabinet-Level Nominee and Adviser Threat Gauge Name: Rick Perry Position: Secretary of Energy LGBT record: Opposed same-sex marriage, same-sex adoption, and even refused processing benefits for same-sex military couples...
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Tony Perkins slams pick of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State
Tony Perkins is hopping mad about President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Rex Tilleron, the CEO of ExxonMobil, as Secretary of State. The evangelical leader...
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Churches drop lawsuit against Massachusetts transgender law
Four Massachusetts churches that were suing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts over what they felt was a lack of religious protections in the state’s new transgender...
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Trump nominates ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson as Secretary of State
Trump Cabinet, Cabinet-Level Nominee and Adviser Threat Gauge Name: Rex Tillerson Position: Secretary of State LGBT record: Oversaw ExxonMobil when the company was dragging its feet on adopting protections for LGBT workers. He...
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Arkansas Supreme Court won’t allow lesbian moms to be listed on birth certificate
The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling and found that parents in same-sex relationships do not have the same right to be listed...
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Survey shows significant disparities exist between transgender people and overall population
The results of a recently released national survey of transgender people show that transgender individuals lag behind their American counterparts for nearly every economic, health...
