News + Politics
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Ohio Republicans want teachers and doctors to out transgender children to parents
The GOP-sponsored bill, which critics have called "creepy" and "chilling," would also allow parents to block transition-related healthcare
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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote legalized marriage equality, announces retirement
Donald Trump gets to name a second Supreme Court Justice, who will shift the court permanently in a conservative direction
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Openly gay U.S. Rep. Jared Polis wins Democratic primary for Colorado governor
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) has made history by becoming only the second openly gay man to be a major party’s nominee for governor. Polis,...
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Six LGBTQ candidates win Md. General Assembly primaries, but candidates for higher office fall short
Six LGBTQ candidates won their primaries for seats in Maryland’s General Assembly on Tuesday, but others who sought higher office fell short. In the U.S....
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Starbucks will cover transition-related procedures for transgender employees
The coffee giant has expanded its coverage to help trans employees "be who they are"
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LGBTQ groups condemn Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Muslim travel ban
LGBTQ groups are condemning a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding President Trump’s travel ban on immigrants and refugees from seven countries, including five predominantly...
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Cuba Libre vows to retrain staff after mistreatment of transgender woman
Cuba Libre could face legal action after asking Charlotte Clymer to produce ID before she tried to use the women's restroom
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Survey: Half of all LGBTQ Americans remain closeted in their workplace
A new survey from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation finds that little has changed in the past decade in terms of how “out” LGBTQ Americans...
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Advocates ask D.C. federal court to permanently block Trump transgender military ban
Plaintiffs say "new" Pentagon policy is no different from previous, more sweeping ban on transgender service members
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Supreme Court sends anti-gay florist’s case back to lower court for reconsideration
Owner of Arlene's Flowers will have another chance to argue for a religious exemption to Washington's nondiscrimination law
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Howard County LGBTQ groups planning first pride parade
The local PFLAG chapter wants to organize a Pride event for Howard County's diverse LGBTQ community
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Transgender woman says she was kicked out of DC’s Cuba Libre for using women’s restroom
Popular restaurant and bar allegedly asked Charlotte Clymer to leave after she refused to show her ID to access the restroom
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New Jersey school district settles lawsuit brought by teacher who made anti-gay comments
A former New Jersey high school teacher who was suspended after she posted anti-gay comments on her public Facebook page has settled a discrimination lawsuit...
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Study: British people care more about animal rights than LGBTQ rights
Only 3% of straight people picked LGBTQ rights as an issue that most concerns them
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Israel retroactively removed non-biological lesbian parents from birth certificates
An Israeli couple learned while trying to get travel visas that their names had been removed from their children's birth certificates
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