Nation
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Whole Foods says “Fag” cake decoration is a fraud
Pastor Jordan Brown claims that a cake he ordered from Whole Foods Market had the words "Love Wins Fag" on it. Whole Foods rejects the...
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Sponsor of Tennessee “bathroom bill” pulls legislation — for this year
It was the legislation that seemed to keep coming back from the political graveyard like a zombie, despite the best efforts of LGBT advocates. But...
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CDC reports first Zika virus transmission from gay sex
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported what appears to be the first known case of Zika virus, a blood-borne pathogen primarily...
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Ted Cruz: North Carolina’s anti-LGBT bill is “perfectly reasonable”
Ted Cruz told NBC "men should not be going to the bathroom with little girls"
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Cosponsor of Tennessee’s “bathroom bill” accused of sexual harassment
One of the cosponsors of a Tennessee anti-transgender “bathroom bill” poses a risk to “unsuspecting women.” That’s according to the state’s attorney general, CBS News reports....
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Business Backlash
Corporate America is leading the fight against anti-LGBT state laws
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Louisiana governor signs LGBT nondiscrimination order
Gov. John Bel Edwards says order balances religious freedom and LGBT rights
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Half of population carries “gay gene,” study finds
"Gay gene" carried by straight men and women, ensuring gay people will continue to be born
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Musicians and writers stand with LGBT community amid wave of anti-gay bills
With the passage of anti-LGBT laws, North Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee have come under fire from the business community, who is trying to use its...
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N.C. Gov. McCrory signs nondiscrimination order — with exceptions
After weeks of bearing the brunt of criticism over his signing of North Carolina’s HB 2 law into place repealing local LGBT ordinances, Gov. Pat...
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Deutsche Bank halts plans for expansion in North Carolina
Deutsche Bank has frozen plans to expand in North Carolina following the passage of an anti-LGBT law last month, becoming the latest business to express...
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing exemptions for therapists
Therapists could cite not only religious beliefs, but moral principles, in refusing to treat clients
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Tennessee AG expresses concern over resurrected bathroom bill
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery (R) has expressed concern over the impact of a resurrected “bathroom bill” that would require transgender students in educational institutions...
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Pennsylvania governor signs two nondiscrimination orders
As the adage goes: “If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain.” In the case of Pennsylvania, since the...
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University of North Carolina will abide by anti-gay law’s provisions
The University of North Carolina (UNC) has announced that it will follow North Carolina’s anti-gay law HB 2, also known as the “Public Facilities Privacy...
