News + Politics
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Team DC’s annual LGBTQ+ student-athlete scholarship program is open for applications
The scholarships help support athletes in their post-secondary endeavors
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French city cuts ties with Polish “sister city” over anti-LGBTQ policy
Mayor of Tuchow, Poland, implies that the decision to sever ties was politically motivated
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Arizona House committee approves bill barring transgender females from women’s sports
Bill would allow cisgender female athletes to sue if they lost competitions or opportunities because of transgender inclusion
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Ohio Republicans introduce bill to deny gender-affirming health care to trans youth
More than 1,800 parents of transgender children condemn "mean-spirited" bills as politically-motivated attack
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Mike Bloomberg referred to transgender people as ‘it’ and ‘some guy in a dress’
The comments echo similar ones from 2016 where Bloomberg referred to trans women as "some man wearing a dress"
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Alaska state employee heads to court to challenge trans surgery exclusion in health care plan
Lawyers for an Alaska transgender state employee will appear in court on Wednesday to argue that a provision in the state’s employee health insurance plan...
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Pennsylvania Democrats endorse Trump-supporting transphobe, reject bisexual progressive
The decision has been branded "appalling," with one Democrat saying those who supported the endorsement should be "ashamed"
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Former gay surgical resident claims he was harassed by supervisors at Brooklyn Hospital Center
Chad Jensen claims superiors made vulgar jokes about him and spread false rumors alleging he was promiscuous
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Iowa man convicted of stealing and burning Pride flag charged with indecent exposure in jail
Adolfo Martinez previously cited Biblical opposition to homosexuality as justification for his earlier crime
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Virginia Senate passes House’s version of bill banning conversion therapy
Measure billed as protecting LGBTQ minors moves one step closer to being signed into law
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Christian author says “abominable” Pete Buttigieg is “deserving of death”
Bert Farias said Buttigieg being gay, married, and a candidate for president was the "death rattle of a nation"
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Florida gay couple shot and chased in drive-by shooting after being seen kissing
One of the men is in critical condition, while a lesbian bystander was grazed by two of the bullets
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Putin says same-sex marriage “will not happen” in Russia while he’s president
Putin signaled his support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage
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Buttigieg say’s he’s not going to “take lectures on family values” from Rush Limbaugh
Limbaugh's remarks underscore polling showing that a number of Americans won't vote for a gay or lesbian person
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Trump says he’d vote for a gay presidential candidate
The president's rhetoric doesn't align with what he's done in office
