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N.Y. governor’s executive order will expand transgender protections
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) plans to issue an executive order that will protect transgender individuals from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education and public accommodations....
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Two men in Philadelphia gay bashing will not serve jail time
Two men charged in the beating of a gay couple in Philadelphia last year have accepted a plea deal that requires them to stay away...
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Florida lawmaker drafts law to legalize refusing service to gay people
Bill would allow Florida adoption services and other businesses to deny service due to religious objections
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In Search of a Speaker
"Palace intrigue" during leadership vacuum in wake of John Boehner's retirement exposes rifts among GOP caucus
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Westboro Baptist Church pickets Kim Davis
For the LGBT community, it was likely the battle of the most reviled. On Monday, the Westboro Baptist Church arrived in Rowan County, Kentucky, to...
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Model legislation introduced for banning conversion therapy
Whether you call it cookie-cutter politics or a paint-by-numbers approach to legislating, proponents of ending sexual orientation change efforts are offering up model legislation aimed...
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Hillary Clinton: Most people my age had to evolve on marriage equality
Hillary Clinton thanks "personal relationships" for helping her evolve on the issue
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Houston Texans owner drops $10K to defeat HERO ordinance
Opponents of LGBT rights are having everything seemingly go their way in the closing weeks of their campaign to repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance...
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Obama administration report calls for end to conversion therapy
Conversion therapy — also known as “ex-gay” therapy — is not an appropriate therapeutic approach to treating youth who experience feelings of same-sex attraction or...
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Rand Paul advises LGBT people to stay in the closet
Rand Paul argues no employment protections needed because "plenty of places" will hire gay people
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Debatable Success: Clinton versus Sanders at the first debate
CNN’s Democratic debate was the perfect antithesis to the circus antics of the prior two GOP affairs
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Jack Black on brother’s death from AIDS: “It was devastating”
"We all saw the deterioration. He was only 31."
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Chelsea Clinton pushed Hillary to support same-sex marriage
Chelsea told Ellen DeGeneres that her own marriage cemented her support for marriage equality
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Hillary Clinton: Jail is exactly what Kim Davis deserved
"She violated the law, and therefore she was arrested," Clinton said
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Joe Biden keynotes at the HRC Dinner
As he strode onstage to swelling music, thunderous applause and cheers and whoops from the audience, Vice President Joe Biden was a rockstar — at...
