News + Politics
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Illinois governor signs order ensuring schools have resources to help trans students
Order establishes a task force to develop recommendations for educators on dealing with trans students
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs bill banning gay and trans panic defenses
Tactic is used to justify a defendant's violent reaction to discovering a victim's LGBTQ identity
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Trans filmmakers attacked in Queens while making trans violence documentary
Norma Ureiro and Bianey Garcia said they were subjected to anti-transgender slurs and then pepper sprayed
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Trans United names Daroneshia Duncan-Boyd as its new executive director
Founder of TAKE, an Alabama-based trans service organization, will lead national trans advocacy group
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Congressional bill would ban conversion therapy by declaring it a form of fraud
Bill would allow the Federal Trade Commission to pursue complaints agains therapists who practice conversion therapy
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Tom Holland wants a gay Spider-Man and more diverse Marvel heroes because “the world isn’t as simple as a straight white guy”
The 'Far From Home' star said Marvel will be "representing lots of different people in the next few years"
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Joe Biden claimed homophobia was acceptable in Seattle five years ago. His audience disagreed.
Biden was arguing that public acceptance had advanced rapidly in recent years, but his "gay waiter" story was met with backlash
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More than 200 businesses file brief with Supreme Court in support of fired LGBTQ workers
Corporations argue that uniform laws prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination are beneficial to their success
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Supreme Court schedules oral arguments in workplace discrimination cases for Oct. 8
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a pair of cases involving LGBTQ workers who were allegedly fired after their employers discovered they were gay or...
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Tobacco giant Altria Group joins pro-LGBTQ “Virginia Competes” coalition
Richmond-based company becomes 16th to join coalition pledging to support LGBTQ workplace protections
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Minnesota evangelical pastor defrocked for welcoming LGBTQ people to his church
Rev. Dan Collison, along with his entire congregation, was expelled from the Evangelical Covenant Church
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‘Old Town Road’ rapper Lil Nas X comes out in series of tweets
Artist said he thought it was 'obvious' that he was part of the LGBTQ community
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Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign hauls in $24.8 million in second quarter fundraising
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg raised $24.8 million from 294,000 people during the second quarter of 2019, his campaign said in an email to supporters...
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Ad agency cuts ties with Nivea after executive allegedly says “we don’t do gay”
FCB reportedly cut ties with Nivea in April after the alleged homophobic incident and amid rising tensions between the companies
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Utah governor orders state licensing board to protect minors by regulating conversion therapy
In a move that could one day lead to a ban on conversion therapy, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) has directed the Beehive State’s Psychologist...
