News + Politics
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Texas Republicans want to allow anyone with a license to deny sevice to LGBTQ people
People in hundreds of professions across the state would be protected from legal action if they discriminate
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New HIV therapy ‘kicks’ virus out of hiding and ‘kills’ it
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are calling it the "Swiss Army knife" of immunotherapies
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Montana Human Rights Bureau finds Yellowstone County discriminated against trans employee
Complaint alleges county's insurance exclusion on transition-related care constitutes a form of sex discrimination
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A Wyoming teacher complained about anti-gay flyers appearing in school. The principal fired her.
Kaycee Cook was told she was "no longer welcome" in school after reporting the flyers to Wyoming Equality
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Mormon Church will no longer refuse to baptize children of same-sex Mormon couples
Under old policy, same-sex couples were considered "apostates" and could be threatened with excommunication
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Congressman’s bill would prohibit taxpayer dollars paying for conversion therapy
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney's measure would crack down on fraudulent Medicaid billing practices
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Team DC’s “Night of Champions” honors student-athletes and leaders in DC’s LGBTQ sports community
The annual awards present $2,000 scholarships to six LGBTQ high school athletes
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Ellen DeGeneres supports hotel boycott protesting Brunei’s anti-gay law
Human rights observer says rightward shift in global politics made Brunei believe it could avoid public scrutiny and criticism
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Human Rights Watch urges Lebanon to ditch its law criminalizing gay sex
Calls come after military tribunal refuses to prosecute 4 service members charged with sodomy
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Lori Lightfoot wins Chicago mayoral election, becoming highest-ranking LGBTQ mayor in history
Former federal prosecutor defeats Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle by 48-point margin
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Trump supporter allegedly utters homophobic slur and attacks man with sword in San Francisco
Police are searching for the attacker, who allegedly left his victim bleeding profusely on the sidewalk
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Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg met his husband Chasten on a dating app
Buttigieg spoke to CNN's Van Jones about how he met his husband and why Chasten is "one of the best things" he has going for...
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Poll: Majority of Americans would be comfortable with a gay president
Acceptance of an "out" candidate has increased significantly among older and younger voters since 2006
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Transgender woman shot to death in D.C. suburb of Fairmount Heights
Vigil for 27-year-old Ashanti Carmon to be held at 6:30 p.m. on April 2 near Aspen and Jost streets
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Arizona Republican resigns after reports he was arrested for soliciting sex from underage boys
David Stringer was confronted with a 1983 Baltimore police report by his Republican colleagues
