News + Politics
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Police release photos and video of four teens suspected in attack on D.C. transgender woman
Crime Solvers will offer up to $1,000 for anyone who provides information leading to arrest and indictment of suspects
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Virginia restaurant ordered to pay gay employee $20,000 after homophobic discrimination
El Tio Tex-Mex Grill settled a lawsuit alleging that employees subjected a gay server to homophobic harassment
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Modesto denies permit for anti-LGBTQ ‘Straight Pride’ event
Gay son of one of the organizers called it "white supremacy masquerading as straight pride"
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Federal judge rules Gloucester County’s restroom policy violated Gavin Grimm’s civil rights
Judge rules the Fourteenth Amendment and Title IX both protect transgender students from discrimination
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New Jersey mayor calls teaching LGBTQ history in schools “absurdity”
A New Jersey township mayor has launched a campaign to repeal a law requiring schools to teach the contributions of LGBTQ people as part of...
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Magnum compared gay people being jailed to eating ice cream. It didn’t go well.
The advert equated the "guilty pleasure" of ice cream with being jailed for hugging another man
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Second transgender woman killed in South Carolina in past 15 days
A second transgender woman has been killed in South Carolina in just over two weeks, becoming the 14th transgender person killed in the United States...
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Education Department launches investigation into Connecticut’s transgender athlete policy
Student-athletes' complaint argues allowing trans women to compete in women's sports violates their civil rights
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Grindr and other gay dating apps are exposing users’ exact location
Researches say Grindr has known about the security flaw for years, but still hasn't fixed it
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Doctors call for ban on conversion therapy, citing harmful mental health effects
Article in New England Journal of Medicine highlights therapy's potential negative effects
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Israel’s far-right party will be allowed to run homophobic election ads linking gay people to child trafficking
Judge rules that advertising companies must offer ad space to all political parties, or none at all
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Slain sibling of Dayton shooter was a transgender man, friends say
According to reports, Jordan Cofer was not out publicly, and his brother, Connor Betts, did not know his gender identity
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Religious activist who burned Iowa library’s LGBTQ books gets fined $148
Paul Dorr claims he burned the books to protect children from "being seduced into a life of sin and misery"
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Gay Republican who ran for Oklahoma governor jailed after shooting a process server
Christopher Barnett also faces charges for a "hypothetical" blog post explaining how he'd carry out a mass shooting
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“Sexual Freedom Summit” teaches attendees how to fight for LGBTQ sexual freedom
Woodhull Freedom Foundation provides a forum to discuss reproductive freedom, LGBTQ equality, and sex worker advocacy
