News + Politics
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Texas Republicans promise to reintroduce anti-gay marriage and bathroom bills in 2019
Equality Texas expecting an "avalanche" of religious refusal bills come January
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Democratic activist compares mailers against Cynthia Nixon to gay slurs used against Koch in 1977
A longtime LGBTQ activist and president of a prominent gay Democratic organization says that recent mailers seeking to link gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon to anti-Semitism...
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Michigan appeals court revives woman’s lawsuit against Planet Fitness for pro-transgender policy
A gym franchise in Michigan is asking for a review of an appeals court decision allowing a former client to pursue a lawsuit against the...
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New Hampshire congressional candidate accused of using anti-gay “dog whistle” to attack opponent
A New Hampshire congressional candidate has been accused of employing a homophobic “dog whistle” in an attack mailer she’s using against her openly gay primary...
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Federal appeals court refuses to review gay defendant’s allegations of jurors’ anti-gay bias
The 8th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to hear the appeal of a South Dakota gay prisoner who claims he was sentenced to...
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Kavanaugh dodges questions on LGBTQ rights in confirmation hearings
Equality advocates outline their objections and major concerns should Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed to the Supreme Court
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Missouri Human Rights Commission sued for dismissing transgender man’s discrimination complaint
Chris Lawson says that Dollar General discriminated against him based on sex stereotypes about what it means to be male
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Judge sets $75,000 bail for man accused of beating transgender woman in Charleston, S.C.
Suspect has been ordered to stay away from the area where the crime occurred upon his release from jail
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Swastika and anti-gay messages found in University of Maryland dorms
University police urge anyone with information about the incidents to contact them via an anonymous tip website
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India’s Supreme Court decriminalizes gay sex in landmark verdict
Court struck down a Colonial-era law that considered same-sex relations an "unnatural offence"
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Human Rights Campaign to honor Anne Hathaway at National Dinner
Actress has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ equality for the past decade
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Client attacks lesbian photographer, telling her she’s going to “burn in Hell”
Client posted negative reviews to online sites disparaging Alicia Verdier's business after finding out she was gay
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VIDEO: 12-year-old transgender girl says she won’t let “hateful and rude” people drag her down
Maddie and her family are moving from Oklahoma town after residents threatened her for using the girls' restroom
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California man to stand trial for gay former high school classmate’s murder
Samuel Woodward has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and hate crime charges in the death of Blaze Bernstein
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Joe Biden to headline Human Rights Campaign’s 22nd National Dinner in D.C.
Former Vice President joins Eric Holder, Danica Roem, and others as speakers at crucial fundraising event
