News + Politics
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Gay Utah Republican says LGBTQ suicide rates are linked to high numbers of sex partners
Salt Lake County communications director also attacks PrEP, "sex parties," and STDs as causes of suicide among gay men
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GOP candidate for Pa. governor says transgender people should use bathrooms matching their biological sex
Scott Wagner says biological "plumbing" should determine which bathroom people use
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Head of Human Rights Campaign Foundation resigns after using racial slur
Mary Beth Maxwell used the slur while recounting upsetting instances where the word was used
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Wisconsin insurance board restores coverage for gender confirmation surgery
State will start covering transition-related procedures for employees
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Federal court rules Florida transgender inmate can receive hormone therapy
Judge finds Department of Corrections' "freeze-frame" policy violated Reiyn Keohane's Eighth Amendment rights
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Maryland man faces hate crime charges for attacking two transgender people
Suspect allegedly threatened to cut off victims' genitalia if they didn't leave the area
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Vermont’s Christine Hallquist, first transgender candidate for governor, says she’s receiving death threats
Vermont’s transgender gubernatorial candidate said she’s been receiving a steady stream of death threats and other personal attacks since her candidacy began drawing national and...
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Knife-wielding man shot dead in Barcelona-area “terrorist attack” was gay and suicidal, ex-wife alleges
The knife-wielding man who was shot dead by Spanish police last week had come out as gay and was contemplating suicide because he could not...
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Delaware man charged with hate crime for allegedly assaulting people at gay pride festival
A Delaware man has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting a man at a gay pride festival and groping two others, reports...
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Man who killed gay classmate was struggling with his own sexuality, lawyer says
A 21-year-old California man accused of killing a gay former classmate was struggling with his own sexuality and autism spectrum disorder, which led him to...
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Pakistani police arrest two men for slaying and dismembering transgender woman
Last week, Pakistani police in the city of Peshawar announced the arrests of two men accused of torturing, murdering, and dismembering a transgender woman. Peshawar...
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New York’s Oswego County settles with transgender employee who was denied health care coverage
An upstate New York county has settled a lawsuit brought against it by a retired transgender county employee who was denied insurance coverage for transition-related...
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San Bernardino County would change how it treats GBTI inmates under proposed settlement
Last week, American Civil Liberties Union announced the terms of a proposed settlement with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s office that would change how GBTI...
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Gay San Francisco police officer files sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit
Officer alleges he was retaliated against for complaining, to the point that even his calls for backup were ignored
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VIDEO: Illinois attorney general candidate attacks GOP opponent over alleged anti-gay remarks
Erika Harold, a former Miss America, is accused of saying she'd place children with child abusers over a loving gay couple
