News + Politics
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Senate confirms LGBTQ opponent Howard Nielson to lifetime federal judgeship
Nielson once argued that a gay judge weighing in on the Proposition 8 case could not be impartial
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Women in the Life celebrates its dance parties, magazine, and place in the history of D.C.’s black lesbian community
Women in the Life’s 25th Anniversary Resilience Reunion kicks off Friday, May 24
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Jerry Houston is bringing “GAYme Show Night” to Red Bear Brewing
The Hot 99.5 DJ is launching a new game show night on Wednesday, May 29
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Trump administration wants to allow shelters to discriminate against transgender people
Shelters would be allowed to skirt Equal Access Rule by housing people based on their biological sex at birth
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Trump administration sued for refusing to answer freedom of information requests about HHS’s LGBTQ nondiscrimination rules
Lambda Legal believes outside groups may have influenced HHS officials to adopt anti-LGBTQ policies
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Poland’s Law and Justice Party uses LGBTQ people as bogeyman ahead of 2019 elections
Ruling party casts LGBTQ rights as foreign "threat" in attempt to activate socially conservative voters
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Republican claims Pete Buttigieg would die in office because of HIV and homosexual “perversion”
Former lawmaker Don Boys also wants to know where Buttigieg stands on various sexual acts
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Alabama banned Arthur’s gay wedding episode because it would be “a violation of trust” to broadcast it
Alabama Public Television didn't want to show children gay people without parental consent
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Westboro Baptist Church protests Morehouse and Spelman Colleges over their transgender admission policies
Fundamentalist church also pickets Clark Atlanta University commencement ceremonies
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Muhlaysia Booker, the trans woman attacked by a mob in Dallas, found shot to death
The 27-year-old becomes fourth transgender person to be violently killed this year
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Pete Buttigieg dragged Fox News’ hosts while appearing on Fox News
And received a standing ovation for his efforts.
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State laws effectively banning abortion significantly harm LGBTQ people
Recent laws in Alabama, Georgia, and other states may carry significant consequences, particularly for transgender individuals
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Taiwan becomes first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage
Taiwan's president said the island nation had taken a "big step towards true equality"
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U.S. House passes the Equality Act, a landmark LGBTQ rights bill
Bill prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination passes over Republican objections, and is now headed to the U.S. Senate.
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Nyle DiMarco: We need the Equality Act, because LGBTQ people have “no absolute protection from the government”
As a deaf LGBTQ person, DiMarco is highlighting the importance of the Act as a member of two marginalized communities
