News + Politics
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Virginia lawmakers advance three LGBTQ bills, strike one down
The General Laws subcommittee that the bills are assigned to will key in determining likelihood of success
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Arizona sued over health insurance exclusion that does not cover transgender surgery
University professor Russell Toomey says he shouldn't be forced to pay out-of-pocket expenses for a hysterectomy
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Brother, Help Thyself to hold annual grant awards ceremony on Feb. 2
$75,000 in grants to be awarded to 32 area organizations honoring their work in the LGBTQ and HIV communities
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Virginia House Committee to hear pro-LGBTQ housing and employment bills this afternoon
Bills head to a hostile Rules Committee, even as polls show widespread support for LGBTQ protections
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Transgender woman sues NYPD for charging her with “false personation”
A transgender woman is suing the New York Police Department for discrimination after officers mocked and humiliated her by slapping her with a “false personation”...
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Two percent of high school students identity as transgender, almost as many “not sure”
CDC's report, which also found that transgender students are more at risk than their peers, has been called "groundbreaking"
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D.C. mayor signs first law prohibiting conversion therapy on adults
Bill seeks to protect LGBTQ adults who are unable to make their own health care decisions
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Bohemian Rhapsody removed from GLAAD Awards after Bryan Singer accused of sex with underage boys
GLAAD said it was sending a "clear and unequivocal" message to LGBTQ youth and sexual assault survivors
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Polls show even Virginia Republicans support nondiscrimination bills
Poll results underscore that anti-LGBTQ Virginia House Republicans are out of step with their own constituents
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MSNBC commentator Hugh Hewitt calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a “transgendered” Joe Biden
Hewitt later apologized, calling it a "bad word choice"
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Utah Republican wants to block transgender people from changing their birth certificates
Rep. Merrill Nelson's legislation, if passed, would effectively erase a transgender person's identity in official records
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Trump administration allows foster care agency to discriminate against gay couples
Miracle Hill Ministries' argues their religious beliefs should permit them to discriminate against prospective parents
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Bryan Singer denies multiple accusations of sexual misconduct with underage boys
The gay director is accused of having sex with or groping at least three underage boys in the late '90s
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Retired Navy SEAL calls Trump’s transgender military ban “bullshit”
Kristin Beck says arguments being used to justify a ban on transgender troops are flawed
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Openly gay South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg forms presidential exploratory committee
Buttigieg's message focuses on generational change as he takes steps towards a 2020 run for the White House
