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Equality Virginia to hold annual Transgender Information and Empowerment Summit virtually this year
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Equality Virginia will host its seventh annual Transgender Information and Empowerment Summit virtually from Wednesday, Oct. 14 to Saturday Oct....
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Gay waiter says Trump supporters wrote ‘get out f*g’ on tip
Ashton Bindrup claims that the homophobic slur was written on the back of his $5 tip
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Father jailed for beating son after finding Grindr on his phone
Man struck his son more than 20 times and called him "gay" and "a woman" during the attack
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Judge allows Louisville photographer to refuse to shoot same-sex weddings
Chelsey Nelson has argued that Louisville's law prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination violates her First Amendment rights
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Transgender teens sue Arizona for denying Medicaid coverage for gender confirmation surgery
Teenagers claim they experience physical and psychological harm because of state's refusal to cover surgical expenses
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GOP Senate candidate slammed for ‘homophobic’ ad calling people ‘pansies’
The Human Rights Campaign called the use of the antigay slur "shameful and dangerous"
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Gay DC man accused of embezzling millions in COVID funds to buy house and yacht
Kenneth Gaughan is also accused of embezzling more than $400,000 from the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
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Railroad employee health care plans agree to drop exclusions on transgender surgery
Transgender employees and dependents will now be able to reduce the out-of-pocket costs associated with surgery
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State Department appeals decision recognizing gay couple’s daughter’s citizenship
State Department is categorically refusing to recognize same-sex couples' marriages as valid, thus denying their children citizenship
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Federal court blocks Idaho’s law banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports
Judge finds law specifically excludes trans athletes, and subjects female athletes to invasive genetic testing and possible bullying
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration rule removing transgender health care protections
Government had sought to repeal part of the Affordable Care Act defining gender identity discrimination as sex discrimination
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Advocates call for investigation of Newark transgender woman’s death, previously ruled a suicide
Advocates and relatives of 26-year-old Ashley Moore dispute coroner's findings, claiming she had strangle marks on her neck
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LGBTQ Democrats achieve historic ‘firsts’ at Democratic National Convention
Three LGBTQ officials to address Democratic delegates as part of a larger group of up-and-coming party leaders
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Trans women ‘dehumanized’ after Miami police mocked their genitals ‘throughout the night’
"My genitals were just a topic of conversation throughout most of the night," said one of the women
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Lesbian bakery makes cake for anti-gay Christian. He claims discrimination anyway.
Good Cakes and Bakes in Detroit was asked to write a homophobic message on a customer's order
