Nation
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Kentucky prisons no longer permitted to ban “gay mail”
Inmates in Kentucky scored a victory after the state’s Commissioner of Corrections declared that the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex may not enforce a mail policy keeping...
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Task Force and OHR release guidance on transgender employees
The National LGBTQ Task Force and the District of Columbia’s Office of Human Rights (OHR) have partnered together to release guidance for employers and workplaces...
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Dead & Company will donate $100,000 to LGBT organizations to repeal HB 2
Dead & Company are making a $100K donation to LGBT groups, and pushing their fans to learn about HB 2 and register to vote in...
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Vermont transgender man dies after brutal attack
Amos Beede becomes the 13th transgender person killed by an act of violence this year
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Massachusetts governor says he’d sign transgender rights bill
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) has finally stepped off the fence on a transgender nondiscrimination bill working its way through the Massachusetts General Assembly, saying...
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Fourth Circuit rejects motion to reconsider ruling in favor of Gavin Grimm
Chalk up another loss for the Gloucester County School Board. A Tuesday decision by a federal appeals court should have board members squirming as they...
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Walmart won’t discuss its transgender bathroom policy
Walmart remains silent after backlash over Target's trans-affirming policy
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State resolutions seek to condemn Obama administration’s transgender guidance
A pair of resolutions working their way through two red-state legislatures this week seek to condemn the Obama administration’s guidance on how schools should treat...
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Oklahoma anti-transgender “bathroom bill” blocked in committee
Given that anti-LGBT bills in Republican legislatures seem to come back from the grave more than zombies in a horror film, it’s hard to say...
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Republicans nuke spending bill because they can’t discriminate against gays
Rep. Maloney's pro-LGBT amendment passed, but the bill was scuttled by Democrats and Republicans
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KKK in Alabama: Trans “freaks” should pee outside
KKK flier asks for new members and donations to fight transgender people
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Vermont governor signs conversion therapy ban into law
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) signed a bill banning conversion therapy on minors into law, making the Green Mountain State the sixth state and the...
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11 states sue the Obama administration over transgender guidance to schools
Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin and others aren't happy about trans student restroom guidance
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Trump’s Supreme Court list is pandering to conservative Republicans
Trump's "wish list" of SCOTUS nominees would be bad news for LGBT Americans (and everyone else)
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Texas school board candidate who called Obama a gay prostitute loses election
Mary Lou Bruner loses in an upset after her inflammatory Facebook posts come to light
