News + Politics
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Etsy releases uplifting holiday ad featuring Black gay couple
The sweet commercial features a gay couple meeting family members for the first time
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Vatican claims Pope Francis’ comments on civil unions were taken out of context
Footage spliced together two separate parts of a 2019 interview that "led to confusion" about the Pope's stance
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Gay Democrat Jon Hoadley is running for Congress to protect his partner’s health care
Gay "prairie progressive" says Republican attacks on him are an attempt to distract voters from more pressing issues
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Arkansas gay couple verbally attacked while applying for marriage license
County clerk has apologized, saying employee in question has since been disciplined
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Biden or Bust: A Metro Weekly Forum
We asked the LGBTQ community (and its allies) about the election, Biden and Trump, and why everyone should vote.
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Georgia transgender sheriff’s deputy can sue for health care denial, court says
Court becomes the second in the South to refuse to dismiss a trans employee's health care discrimination lawsuit
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CNN’s Don Lemon cut off pro-Trump friends because ‘they’re too far gone’
Lemon said he would only reconnect with Trump-supporting friends if they want to "live in reality"
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Michigan Army National Guard specialist sues state in challenge to transgender military ban
Lawsuit contends that the ban is unconstitutional and that Obama-era policy allowing trans people to serve openly was sufficient
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LULAC Lambda to offer $1,000 scholarships to LGBTQ Latinx students
Local LGBTQ Latinx organization will accept applications for its fourth annual scholarship through Jan. 10, 2021
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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
