News + Politics
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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
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Virginia Beach advocates launch new LGBTQ equality coalition
Coalition will advocate for greater LGBTQ protections, even in the face of hostility from the General Assembly
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British doctor angry after being fired for refusing to use trans patients’ preferred pronouns
Doctor cited his religious beliefs as reason for using to use correct pronouns, in violation of British law
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9th Circuit keeps in place order blocking Trump’s transgender military ban
Appeals court's ruling is the seventh to rule against the Trump administration's requests to begin enacting the ban
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New York Times cartoon depicting Trump and Putin as lovers called “homophobic”
The Times' Opinion section depicted Trump and Putin holding hands and making out
