News + Politics
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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
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Ohio Republican who blamed gays and drag queens for mass shootings refuses to resign
The Ohio Republican Party called her comments "utterly unjustifiable"
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Transgender woman beaten by seven men outside Northeast D.C. gas station
Local bartender says employee at the gas station refused to call police or help her as she was being beaten
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“We’re not going to skimp on anything”: Town’s owners may have found their dream LGBTQ dance club — a former Baptist church
The men behind Town 2.0 LLC hope their next nightlife offering will serve as a “crowning achievement”
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Nevada father accused of killing his gay son released on bail and placed under house arrest
Giovanni Melton's mother questions why her ex-husband was released and why he isn't facing hate crime charges
