News + Politics
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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
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Gay Kenyan student who escaped conversion therapy awarded $10,000 grant
Mahad Olad will use prize money to pay for college and for a project highlighting experiences of LGBTQ Africans
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Texas restaurant apologizes and fires employee who called customers gay slur
Restaurant says it does not accept or condone homophobic behavior
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Lesbian couple responds to homophobic neighbors by painting house in rainbow colors
Lisa Licata and Sherry Lau were fed up with their neighbor's homophobic slurs and actions
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Australia’s new Prime Minister says gay conversion therapy is “not an issue”
Morrison also agreed that a pro-LGBTQ school curriculum made his "skin curl"
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Two lesbian women caned for consensual sex in Malaysia
Amnesty International calls caning an "atrocious setback" for human rights
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Local HIV support group HOPE DC celebrates 30th anniversary
Group will continue its tradition of hosting a monthly social event at a private residence
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Danica Roem voted “Best Local Politician” by Prince William Times readers
Virginia's first openly transgender legislator beat out 85 other Prince William-area lawmakers for the honor
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California lawmakers pass bill allowing transgender foster youth to access transition-related care
California lawmakers have passed a historic bill ensuring that transgender youth in foster care will be able to access medical care, including hormones and mental...
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California lawmaker pulls bill declaring conversion therapy a “deceptive business practice”
The California lawmaker behind a measure that would effectively ban conversion therapy for adults by declaring it to be a “deceptive business practice” has pulled...
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Supreme Court won’t hear lawsuit from Catholic foster agency that wants to discriminate against same-sex couples
Supreme Court refuses to take up Catholic foster care agency's lawsuit against Philadelphia
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Malaysian court postpones caning of two lesbian women
Activists argue that caning is cruel and inhuman punishment, and violates international treaties
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Bermuda authorities appeal Supreme Court decision legalizing marriage equality
Overturned "domestic partnership" law effectively discriminated against same-sex couples
