News + Politics
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Proposed regulation in Delaware would force schools to out transgender students to their parents
LGBTQ advocates are urging Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) to withdraw a revised regulation that would require schools to out transgender students to their parents...
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Montana anti-transgender ballot initiative fails to qualify for ballot
Montana’s historic libertarian streak continued last week after proponents of a ballot measure to force transgender people to use only those multi-user facilities that match...
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Trans woman Angela Ponce makes history winning Miss Universe Spain
Angela Ponce will compete in Miss Universe 2018 later this year
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Mother of California boy who came out as gay charged with his murder
Heather Barron was charged with the murder of her son, Anthony Avalos, two days after her boyfriend was similarly charged
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Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie pledges $1 million to help schools set up Gay-Straight Alliances
Research indicates that LGBTQ youth benefit from the presence of a GSA in their schools
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South Carolina lawmakers sneak anti-gay adoption provision into appropriations bill
South Carolina lawmakers have inserted a little-publicized amendment into an appropriations bill to allow adoption agencies that receive taxpayer money to discriminate against same-sex couples and...
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Prince William Board of Supervisors declares June “LGBTQ and More Pride Month”
Proclamation is the first time the county has recognized Pride
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Father of Miami man charged with attacking gay couple says son is innocent because he was raised by gay dads
Juan Carlos Lopez and three other men face hate crime charges after attacking a gay couple after a Pride event in April
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California boy came out as gay before he was allegedly killed by family member
Police have charged Anthony Avalos' mother's boyfriend over 'suspicious' death
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Cleveland woman is 14th transgender person killed in U.S. this year
A transgender woman in Cleveland was fatally shot and her body dumped in a parking lot, making her the 14th transgender person killed in the...
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Christian group sues to overturn conversion therapy bans in South Florida
Lawsuit claims the bans violate therapists' and clients' First Amendment rights, and a host of other laws
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Third transgender woman murdered in Jacksonville, fourth attack so far this year
A 24-year-old woman was discovered shot to death in a city hotel room
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Massachusetts House passes ban on youth conversion therapy
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has passed a bill prohibiting therapists and counselors from subjecting LGBTQ youth to attempts to change their sexual orientation or...
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Study: Even more Americans identify as something other than heterosexual
A new survey finds the number of people who identify as bisexual, pansexual or homosexual continues to rise
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Maine lawmakers approve conversion therapy bill, but veto may be imminent
State lawmakers in Maine have approved a bill to ban the practice of conversion therapy on minors, but Gov. Paul LePage has not indicated whether...
