News + Politics
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Vote for Joe! – Metro Weekly Endorses Joe Biden for President
The former Vice President's calm demeanor, LGBTQ support, and ability to empathize make him our choice to lead the nation out of the pandemic
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Gay Republicans really do hate themselves, study finds
LGB Republicans are more than twice as likely to wish that they were straight and believe that their sexuality is a “personal shortcoming."
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Salt Lake City man charged with raping lesbian has been released without bail
Victim claims her assailant told her he would "fix the gay" after she resisted his advances
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Charlotte Clymer: The GOP’s SCOTUS grab should make you angry, and make you vote
To Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Amy Coney Barrett, democracy is only valuable when it's made in their own image.
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BBC threatens to punish staff who attend LGBTQ Pride events
New impartiality guidelines at the BBC prevent staff from attending "political protests" including LGBTQ Pride.
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Gay New Mexico lawmaker flees home after receiving death threats
Democrat Jacob Candelaria was targeted after criticizing people who protested state COVID-19 restrictions
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Opinion: Gen Z can’t afford to sit this election out. And neither can anyone else
Now is the time to vote for the change we so desperately want to see within this flawed democracy
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Ricky Martin: It’s “super sad” to see Latinx people supporting Trump
The singer said it was "scary" to think that Latino voters are supporting the president
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Texas social workers will no longer be allowed to turn away LGBTQ clients
Gov. Greg Abbott had requested religious exemptions for social workers with beliefs opposing homosexuality
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Anti-gay evangelical pastor fumes about the Pope’s support for same-sex civil unions
Franklin Graham called support for same-sex unions "unthinkable in light of the Word of God"
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WATCH: RuPaul and Cory Booker react to learning they’re related
RuPaul and Booker were happy to learn that they share similar DNA in common, and that they are distant cousins.
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Metro Weekly Magazine: 2020, October 29 — We Endorse Joe Biden for President
In a special issue, we fully back Joe Biden for President, and ask the community how they're feeling about the upcoming election.
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State Department drops opposition to recognizing gay couples’ children as U.S. citizens
Government had refused to automatically recognize the citizenship of children of married gay couples born abroad via surrogacy
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Homophobic and transphobic attacks increase as election nears
LGBTQ candidates from across the nation say they're being increasingly subjected to homophobic and transphobic attack ads.
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Susan Collins accepts endorsement of anti-LGBTQ group
Sen. Susan Collins is being slammed by LGBTQ groups for accepting an endorsement from a Maine group behind several anti-LGBTQ initatives.
