News + Politics
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Second LGBTQ widower sues Social Security Administration over denial of survivor benefits
Michael Ely missed the 9-month eligibility requirement because of Arizona's ban same-sex marriage
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Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons sued over rollback of protections for transgender inmates
Policy change was prompted by a lawsuit claiming female inmates are "threatened" by the mere presence of transgender women
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Justin Trudeau rejects Republican attempts to strip LGBTQ rights from trade deal
40 Republicans demanded Trump strip protections for LGBTQ workers from a North American trade deal
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Anti-LGBTQ legal group demands Supreme Court hear lawsuit against school district’s pro-transgender policy
Lawsuit argues cisgender students are threatened and harmed by having to share facilities with transgender students
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LGBTQ groups ask HHS to prevent South Carolina foster care agencies discriminating against gay couples
Waiver would allow agencies to discriminate against prospective foster parents based on a number of characteristics
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Chinese author jailed for 10 years after writing novel featuring gay sex
Officials objected to a book that contained "male homosexual behaviour"
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Texas politician voted out of office after Grindr nudes leaked
Cross Coburn, 19, lost his seat in a recall election after public backlash to the leak.
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Less than a quarter of transgender teenagers feel safe expressing their gender identity
Gender-variant youth report higher levels of harassment or mistreatment at home and at school
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Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin to exit organization in 2019
Griffin will stay in place until HRC's Board of Directors names his replacement sometime next year
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Helping Hands: Wealth of options for LGBTQ volunteering in DC
There's no shortage of opportunities for D.C. area residents to lend their time and assistance
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Michigan Department of Corrections agrees to amend policies that dole out harsher punishments to HIV-positive prisoners
HIV-positive prisoner was placed in solitary confinement and lost privileges for having consensual sex with another prisoner
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Newly-elected Democratic Kansas governor seeks to block anti-gay adoption law
State's largest LGBTQ organization believes law is unconstitutional, and will be introducing a repeal bill in January
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California man pleads not guilty to murder of openly gay, Jewish former classmate
Prosecutors say they found evidence of anti-gay, anti-Semitic propaganda on Samuel Woodward's phone and computer
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Nearly 180 companies oppose efforts to erase transgender legal protections
Business allies denounce attempt to redefine gender as "fixed, immutable" condition based solely on a person's genitalia
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10 men arrested for participating in “gay wedding” in Tanzania subjected to anal examinations
Arrests come amid government efforts to out LGBTQ people and prosecute them under anti-sodomy laws
