Nation
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Pentagon lifts ban on transgender military service
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has announced that the Department of Defense, and all branches of the military, will repeal the current policy banning transgender...
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Congress considering “religious freedom” bill to discriminate against LGBT people
The First Amendment Defense Act would prevent the government from protecting LGBT people from discrimination
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Democrats make history with first transgender nominees for Congress
Senate candidate Misty Snow and House candidate Misty Plowright are running as progressives in conservative territory
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Gay YouTuber apparently faked hate crime after being arrested
Calum McSwiggan claimed assault outside a gay bar, but police tell a very different version of events
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Members of Congress call on FDA to change gay blood donation policy
A coalition of liberal interest groups and 130 members of Congress are calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change its current policy...
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Federal judge blocks part of Mississippi’s “religious freedom” law
Injunction blocks part of HB 1523 that would allow clerks to refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses
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Military to lift ban on transgender service on July 1
Details of and timeline for implementation yet to be finalized, but will be decided in the coming days
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Obama designates Stonewall Inn as a national monument
Just in time for New York’s Pride weekend, and the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots that are credited with giving visibility to the nation’s...
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Orlando: Much has happened in the two weeks since the shootings
Two weeks after Orlando, the LGBT community is finding its focus, politicians are returning to normal, and the investigation into Omar Mateen deepens
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Gun Controlled: The LGBT community focuses on firearms
Should the LGBT community arm its members, or ally itself with organizations pushing for greater gun restrictions?
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Anti-gay pastor will have to relocate his church after praising murder of Orlando victims
Decision comes after Pastor Roger Jimenez preached he was upset the Orlando shooter "didn't finish the job"
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Kim Davis drops appeal over marriage licenses, retreats back into obscurity
Appeal made unnecessary by passage of new law removing all clerks' names from marriage licenses
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Guests at Walt Disney World hold vigil for Pulse Nightclub victims
Guests at Disney's Magic Kingdom held a vigil on Saturday for victims of the Orlando shooting
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GOP congressman defends reading Bible verse about putting gays to death
U.S. Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.) is standing by his decision to read an anti-gay Bible verse during a closed meeting of the House Republican caucus...
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President Obama: Orlando was terrorism, but also “an attack on the LGBT community”
"We can't wipe away hatred and evil from every heart in the world," Obama said. "But we can stop some tragedies."
