News + Politics
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LGBTQ groups praise Supreme Court’s decision preserving DACA program for “Dreamers”
Several pro-equality groups praised the Supreme Court's decision preserving the DACA program for young immigrants, including LGBTQ youth.
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United Nations report calls for an end to “cruel, inhuman, or degrading” conversion therapy
U.N. report says that conversion therapy practices around the world "may amount to torture"
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Federal court orders State Department to recognize citizenship of gay couple’s daughter
Court finds that the children of married same-sex couples, at least one of whom is a U.S. citizen, are entitled to U.S. citizenship
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Wyoming Supreme Court clears path for transgender woman to change the gender marker on her birth certificate
Lower court had refused to issue a court order to allow a trans woman to amend her birth certificate
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Gay Trump supporter removed from plane for refusing to wear mask
"Former liberal" Brandon Straka took to social media to complain about American Airlines removing him from a plane
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350+ LGBTQ organizations call for transformational change in policing
"Black people are dying at the hands of police, our country is in crisis, and we all need to take action"
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Chicago high school student charged with fatally shooting transgender woman
Orlando Perez told police that he returned to Selena Reyes-Hernandez's apartment a second time to shoot her lifeless body
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No charges will be filed against Colorado State Patrol trooper who shot transgender woman in May
HRC says Thompson's behavior prior to shooting demonstrates she was "in crisis" and should have received help
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HRC: Economic fallout from COVID-19 has ‘hit trans community especially hard’
Trans people, particularly trans people of color, have had hours cut, wages reduced, and lost jobs at disproportionate rates
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Supreme Court LGBTQ Ruling: 5 Bizarre Excerpts From Conservative Dissents
Five arguments the high court's dissenting conservatives made that may have gone unnoticed
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Virginia Congressman Denver Riggleman defeated in GOP convention after officiating gay wedding
Freshman congressman loses in a landslide to a self-described "biblical conservative" and immigration hard-liner
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HUD crafting rule to allow single-sex homeless shelters to turn away transgender people
Rule says individual shelters may set their own criteria for determining a person's sex, but standards must be applied equally
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US embassy removes Pride flag, Black Lives Matter banner after complaint from State Department
The Pride flag was removed hours before a landmark LGBTQ rights victory in the U.S.
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Joe Biden, Ariana Grande, Anne Hathaway and other celebrities condemn Trump’s rollback of LGBTQ health care protections
HHS's revised rule on sex-based discrimination also flies in the face of the Supreme Court's views on sex discrimination
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BHT Foundation awards emergency grants to racial justice and civil rights organizations
LGBTQ nonprofit vows to center social justice organizations or those working with marginalized populations in its grant process
