News + Politics
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LGBTQ Groups Hail Senate Passage of Respect for Marriage Act
LGBTQ groups were ecstatic and effusive in their praise for lawmakers after the U.S. Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act by a 61-36 vote...
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U.S. Senate Passes Respect for Marriage Act
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill requiring the federal government and states to recognize as valid same-sex marriages legally performed in states without...
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HRC Awards $10,000 Grant to As You Are Bar
As You Are is one of 25 LGBTQ businesses being honored with a grant, courtesy of HRC and Showtime's "Queer to Stay" initiative.
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Nonbinary Biden Admin Official Charged with Felony Theft
Sam Brinton, who is nonbinary, faces up to 5 years in prison for allegedly stealing an expensive suitcase from an airport.
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Senate Takes Step Closer to Passing Respect for Marriage Act
The U.S. Senate took a step closer to passing a bill to grant federal recognition to same-sex marriages on Monday, voting to end debate on...
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Russian Duma Approves Expanded Anti-“Gay Propaganda” Law
The Russian State Duma, or lower house of parliament, has approved and advanced a bill to expand Russia’s existing “gay propaganda” law to apply to...
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Ex-Trump Advisor Says Club Q Shooting Victims Will Suffer “Eternal Damnation”
A former legal advisor to Donald Trump sparked outrage on social media after she mused during a recent episode of her podcast that the victims...
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Chasten Buttigieg Responds to Claims Pete Buttigieg “Lied” About Being Gay
Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, hit back against a remark made by Fox News host Tucker Carlson about his husband’s delay...
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German World Cup Team Protests Sanctions for Pro-LGBTQ Armbands
Players from Germany’s World Cup national soccer team protested a ruling by FIFA, the governing body in the sport, prohibiting them from wearing armbands to...
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Chicago Leather Bar Criticized for Racist Puppet Performance
A Chicago gay bar is being taken to task for hosting a puppeteer who put on a show trafficking in racist stereotypes about Black people...
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Actor Kevin Spacey Faces Additional Charges of Sexual Assault
Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey will face seven additional charges related to an alleged sexual assault of another man, the United Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Service...
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Grindr Stock Surges 400% in Public Debut
Shares of Grindr, the LGBTQ-focused dating and hookup app, skyrocketed more than 400% during its first day of public trading on Friday. The company first...
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5 Things We Know About the Suspect in the Club Q Shooting
On Sunday morning, Americans woke up to news reports of yet another mass shooting, this time inside a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, called...
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LGBTQ Groups React to Club Q Shooting
A variety of LGBTQ groups and organizations issued statements mourning the loss of life following a mass shooting at Club Q, a gay bar in...
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Shooting at Gay Club in Colorado Leaves 5 Dead, 18 Injured
Club Q, a popular LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, thanked "the quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman."
