News + Politics
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South Carolina Republican wants to ban transition-related care for transgender youth
Republican sponsor says bitter Texas custody case inspired bill to ban transgender minors from receiving surgery or hormones
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Transgender sex worker kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint in the Bronx
Suspects attempted to access text messages between the victim and one of the men's wives
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Zambia demands Trump reprimand ambassador who criticized jailing gay men
U.S. Ambassador received threats after saying he was "horrified" by 15-year sentence for two men convicted of gay sex
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Christian hate group calls Drag Queen Christmas show an ‘insult to Christ’
Anti-LGBTQ group says a holiday-themed drag show is "a direct and vulgar attack against the birth of Christ"
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Florida father abandoned son on highway because he might be gay
The boy was left without food or water after his father found him watching male adult videos on his phone
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New Jersey Assembly unanimously approves banning “gay panic” defense
If bill is approved by Senate and signed by governor, New Jersey would become 9th state to ban the defense strategy
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WATCH: Elizabeth Warren shares beautiful message of acceptance with LGBTQ teen
Warren told an emotional story about her first marriage, before asking the teen for a hug
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Hungary pulls out of Eurovision Song Contest for being too LGBTQ-friendly
While contest's embrace of LGBTQ visibility has been criticized, this is the first time a country has withdrawn over social issues
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Utah teacher fired after telling boy his gay dads are ‘living in sin’ and ‘homosexuality is wrong’
Teacher snapped after DWTS dancer Louis van Amstel's son said he was thankful for his gay fathers
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Trans youth suicides? “Cry me a river,” says Indiana school board member
Ann Ennis pretended to play a violin while offering the callous response to LGBTQ activists
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Michigan priest under fire after denying gay woman communion because of her marriage
Father Scott Nolan told Judge Sara Smolenski she couldn't receive communion, after years of attending the church
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HIV experts ‘optimistic’ about vaccine, potentially in next two years
Three ongoing HIV vaccine trials offer reason to be hopeful, researchers say
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Trans student Gavin Grimm’s discrimination lawsuit gains support of 23 attorneys general
AGs say barring transgender people from spaces matching their gender identity serves "no legitimate interests"
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Utah pushes rule banning conversion therapy, will go into effect Jan. 22
The state of Utah has proposed a final rule aimed at banning conversion therapy on minors following the addition of language meant to assuage concerns...
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Trump is undoing ‘decades of progress’ on LGBTQ rights, bipartisan civil rights agency says
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights calls findings "devastating," says Trump has "blatantly and deliberately" targeted LGBTQ people
