News + Politics
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Trump administration removes LGBTQ data from foster care and adoption reporting system
Advocates say lack of data will hamper efforts to find youth in foster care permanent placements
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Aimee Stephens, transgender woman at center of LGBTQ Supreme Court case, dies at age 59
Stephens' case could determine whether the Civil Rights Act protects against anti-trans discrimination
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Transgender woman identified as victim in San Antonio barbershop slaying
Helle Jae O'Regan is the eleventh transgender person killed in the United States this year
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Gay Council candidate earns one of three endorsements from Our Revolution DC
Anthony Lorenzo Green, Janeese Lewis George, and Jordan Grossman earn progressive group's backing
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One-third of trans Colombians have undergone conversion therapy, survey finds
Survey finds high levels of discrimination and violence against LGBTQ Colombians, despite social progress
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Trans youth claims he was raped, then stripped, beaten and tortured by gang in Ukraine
Victim says he was stripped naked, handcuffed and beaten by a group after being lured through a dating app
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Gay couple ‘humiliated’ after allegedly being told they couldn’t shop together
A Sainsbury's security guard ordered the men to separate, but ignored straight couples, they claim
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Turkish government frets that drawing rainbows will make children gay
Children were encouraged to draw rainbows to give hope to people sheltering at home amid COVID-19
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Former California police officer claims he was fired because he’s gay and has HIV
Former Gardena policeman says he was falsely accused of inappropriately touching his fellow officers
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Gay man asks Dallas court to recognize his common law marriage to ex-partner
Lawyers argue courts should grant divorce to gay couple of 15 years, despite Texas' same-sex marriage ban
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Extraordinary World: As Metro Weekly turns 26, we embrace a new digital frontier
As we start our 26th anniversary year, we thank you for your readership, and for your support
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Judge allows South Carolina lesbian couple’s foster care lawsuit against HHS to move forward
Government argued it isn't responsible for Miracle Hill's refusal to work with same-sex couples and others
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Germany bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth
The new law criminalizes conversion therapy and bans advertising for the practice
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Tulsa residents protest neighbor who posts anti-gay signs on his lawn
Jon Bailey insists he's within his right to post the signs, which reflect his religious beliefs, on his property
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Gay weatherman fired after calling out armed lockdown protesters in Minnesota
Kare 11 meteorologist Sven Sundgaard shared a post calling the protesters "white nationalist...gun fetishist miscreants"
