News + Politics
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Transgender student allegedly told he must run for prom queen by school
Dex Frier was ultimately crowned "Royal Knight" under a gender-neutral compromise
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HRC launches “Americans for the Equality Act” campaign featuring series of celebrity endorsements
Actress Sally Field and her son appear in inaugural video urging support for federal LGBTQ rights legislation
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Alabama Senators vote to abolish marriage licenses to avoid endorsing same-sex marriages
Measure seeks to protect conscience rights of probate judges who don't wish to "endorse" same-sex marriages
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Illinois Republican wants to make it illegal for doctors to help transgender youth transition
Doctors could be disciplined for prescribing puberty blockers, hormones, or gender confirmation surgery
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Former Log Cabin Republicans president comes out against Equality Act in op-ed
Gregory Angelo says the Equality Act doesn't provide enough religious exemptions, but legal organizations disagree
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NAACP endorses Equality Act
The Equality Act got a big boost on Friday night after the NAACP, the nation’s oldest African-American civil rights organization, publicly endorsed the LGBTQ rights...
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California transgender man sues Catholic hospital over denial of surgery
Oliver Knight argues that the hospital is still bound by state's civil rights law prohibiting anti-trans discrimination
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Chick-fil-A is still giving millions of dollars to anti-LGBTQ groups
Chick Fil-A donated $1.6 million to an organization with a "sexual purity" policy that bans "homosexual acts"
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar calls conversion therapy “torture” at Minnesota rally
Minnesota one of 21 states attempting to restrict therapists from changing youths' sexual orientation
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West Virginia assistant principal accused of harassing transgender student will lose job at end of school year
15-year-old student says assistant principal demanded he use the urinal to "prove" he was a boy
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Federal judge slaps down Trump administration’s efforts to jump-start trans service member ban
Administration cannot begin barring transgender troops until all appeals have been exhausted
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Us Helping Us celebrates three decades of growth with an anniversary gala on April 2
Additionally, organization plans to expand its services in the coming months
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DC Eagle to temporarily close while license is suspended for 7 days
Eagle license suspended for one week and fined due to an altercation between D.C. Councilmember Vince Gray and a bouncer
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HRC launches video of civil rights leaders calling on Congress to pass the Equality Act
On Wednesday evening, the Human Rights Campaign released a video on its social media channels featuring more than a dozen of the nation’s civil rights...
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NYC Pride announces route for WorldPride NYC 2019/Stonewall 50 Pride March
NYC Pride, the official host of WorldPride NYC 2019 and Stonewall 50, announced the official route for the march, which will kick off on Sunday,...
