News + Politics
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Study: Latinx millennials more likely to identify as LGBTQ than their peers
More Latinx millennials identify as LGBTQ than any other group
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Federal judge tosses out lawsuit targeting transgender students in rural Oregon school district
A federal judge in Oregon has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to reverse a rural school district’s policy allowing transgender individuals to use restrooms, locker...
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D.C. Department of Health report: STD rates on the rise in the District, even as HIV rates remain steady
Rates of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis among residents of the District of Columbia rose significantly during 2017, according to the D.C. Department of Health’s most...
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High school Trump supporter yells ‘faggot’ at protestors, loses college wrestling scholarship
Bronson Harmon lost his scholarship to California Polytechnic after being filmed yelling the anti-gay slur at a "Keep Families Together" rally
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Federal appeals court denies opportunity to weigh in on LGBTQ workplace protection case
Eleventh Circuit Court decided they would not question whether LGBTQ workers should have employment protections
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National LGBT Bar launches campaign to stop pro bono services to anti-LGBTQ groups
The National LGBT Bar Association has launched a new campaign asking attorneys across the nation to repudiate anti-LGBTQ legal groups and pledge not to support...
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Michigan attorney general: LGBTQ people not protected by state civil rights law
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has hit back against a ruling by the state’s Civil Rights Commission, accusing commissioners of overstepping their authority by deciding...
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Delaware governor approves conversion therapy ban
Delaware Gov. John Carney has signed a measure banning the practice of conversion therapy on minors into law, making it the fifth state this year...
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Appeals court in Lebanon rules consensual same-sex relations are not unlawful
Earlier this month, a district court of appeals in Lebanon issued a groundbreaking ruling finding that consensual sex between people of the same sex is...
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Over 100,000 Israelis protest after Netanyahu caves to right-wingers on LGBTQ rights
More than 100,000 Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday night to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backtracking on a provision within...
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Embattled Senator Bob Menendez attacks GOP opponent over past anti-gay comment
Embattled U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is pivoting to accuse his Republican opponent, Bob Hugin, of being both anti-women and anti-gay for comments he made when...
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Pro-LGBTQ groups run full-page ads urging senators to vote against Kavanaugh SCOTUS nomination
The Human Rights Campaign and the National Women’s Law Center have launched a campaign this week to urge U.S. senators to vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s...
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Transgender woman accuses Arizona pharmacist of denying her hormone prescription
A transgender woman has filed a complaint with the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy accusing a pharmacist at a local CVS of discriminating against her...
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Judge rules that religious adoption agencies in Philadelphia can’t exclude gay parents
Last week, a federal judge ruled that religiously-affiliated child placement agencies do not have a right to refuse to place children with same-sex couples by...
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Canadian radio host fired for saying transgender people don’t exist
In a rant on Facebook Messenger, he also compared transgender people to dogs
