News + Politics
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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
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Fox News pundit Star Parker claims the “B” in LGBTQ is for bestiality
Conservative columnist made the claims while discussing an article she wrote comparing Pride parades to Nazi book burnings
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Senate Judiciary Committee approves anti-gay Pennsylvania judicial activist’s nomination
Barring any last-minute surprises, it is likely David Porter will win a seat on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
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Lesbian activists claim Stonewall is erasing them in favor of “trans agenda”
The Lesbian Rights Alliance's anti-transgender stance was called "divisive, hateful and misguided"
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White House withdraws judicial nomination of Ryan Bounds, who wrote anti-gay, racially insensitive screeds
Inflammatory writings gave some GOP senators pause when deciding whether to confirm 9th Circuit nominee
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Advocates ask federal court to stop Pentagon from discharging HIV-positive service members
Without a preliminary injunction, HIV-positive service members face an imminent threat of being discharged
