News + Politics
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Ryan Murphy’s parents tried to “cure” his sexuality
While discussing new film "The Prom," the gay producer revealed his parents took him to a psychiatrist in high school
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LGBTQ Victory Institute calls on President-elect Biden to name LGBTQ cabinet appointee
LGBTQ organization also wants to see an openly LGBTQ Supreme Court nominee and a more diverse set of appointees
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Rainbow Railroad launches #60in60 campaign to help save at-risk LGBTQ people
Campaign aims to help relocate 60 LGBTQI people facing persecution abroad and provide them with support services
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Italian lawmakers approve bill making anti-LGBTQ violence a hate crime
Measure heads to Senate, where it is expected to pass despite opposition from social conservatives
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Four out LGBTQ candidates win elections in Puerto Rico
Victories come amid unrest over the killings of six transgender individuals and anti-LGBTQ violence on the island
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Study finds children of same-sex parents perform better in school
Children of same-sex parents in the Netherlands are more likely to graduate high school
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Gay mayor reelected despite Trump supporters calling him ‘f****t’ and ‘pedophile’
Trump supporters allegedly yelled slurs at Mayor Dean Trantalis and harassed LGBTQ people in Fort Lauderdale
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Anti-gay pastor who claimed COVID-19 was judgment on gays dies from virus
Irvin Baxter Jr. complained about premarital sex and cited an anti-gay Bible verse as reasons for the pandemic
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Joe Biden is the next President of the United States!
Biden's victory ends four years of Donald Trump's assault on LGBTQ equality
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Nevada becomes first state to recognize gay marriage in state constitution
Voters chose to define marriage as a union "between couples regardless of gender"
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Mary Trump, Donald Trump’s lesbian niece, says he’s ‘desperate and flailing’
"Donald has never been in this place before where there’s nobody to bail him out," Trump said of her uncle
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Metro Weekly Magazine: 2020, November 11 — We Voted! The Election’s Historic LGBTQ Wins
In this week's issue, we talk to Sarah McBride and Brian Sims about the 2020 election and its historic wins.
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Fox News tells staff not to call Biden “President-elect” if he wins
The news organization reportedly won't use the traditionally accepted term until Trump's legal challenges are decided.
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Durham university Zoom call hijacked in anti-LGBTQ attack
LGBTQ students at Durham University in England were victims of a hijacked Zoom call in which 15 people shouted homophobic slurs and played “sexually explicit...
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Brian Sims on Joe Biden, LGBTQ victories, and what happens next
As the nation awaits the results of its election, Pennsylvania Representative Brian Sims reflects on Trump's presidency and Sarah McBride's historic win
