News + Politics
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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
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Civil rights groups rally after Trump’s judicial nominees won’t say whether segregation is unlawful
Civil rights groups rally in protest of Wendy Vitter and other Trump nominees who are silent about landmark desegregation case
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Social conservatives proposing “compromise” to weaken Equality Act’s protections
Civil rights groups are worried that any compromises would weaken protections for LGBTQ people
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Gay teen couple says they were kicked out of Chicago restaurant for hugging
Boys were allegedly told "your kind are not welcome here" before being told to leave
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Chick-fil-A won’t stop donating to anti-LGBTQ groups, says it’s part of a “higher calling”
The fast food chain couldn't care less than organizations it donates to actively discriminate against LGBTQ people
