News + Politics
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West Virginia church voted out of Baptist association for LGBTQ acceptance
First Baptist Church was ejected from the Fairmont Baptist Association for rejecting the notion that gay people go against God's law
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WATCH: Gay nurse creates Sound of Music parody to support HIV research
Morgan created the "Do-Re-Mi" parody to raise money and awareness for AIDS/LifeCycle
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Pulse survivor who claims he’s no longer gay calls conversion therapy “fake news”
Luis Javier Ruiz claims that LGBTQ people can leave behind their lifestyle by embracing God
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Kim Davis’ lawyer: “We are a few months away” from overturning gay marriage
Mat Staver, the lawyer with Liberty Counsel who once represented anti-gay Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis, is bragging that conservatives may be able to overturn marriage...
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Kansas and Oklahoma lawmakers approve anti-gay adoption bills
Lawmakers in Kansas and Oklahoma have passed bills that allow adoption and foster care agencies to refuse to place children with “immoral” same-sex couples. In...
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San Francisco will create an official gay leather district
The Board of Supervisors voted to make the space around The Eagle a protected "LGBTQ Cultural District"
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Kenyan LGBTQ film banned in Kenya despite Cannes appearance
Due to lesbian overtones, Kenya decided to ban Rafiki from premiering in its home country
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U.K. drag queens plan to protest Donald Trump’s upcoming visit this summer
Event is intended to show "solidarity" with marginalized groups who have been targeted by the Trump administration
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Trump executive order establishes faith-based initiative to protect “religious freedom”
Order is "encouraging federal dollars to flow to organizations that discriminate"
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Illinois Senate votes in favor of teaching LGBTQ history in schools
The bill would require a unit on LGBTQ history to be taught in all public schools in the state
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Overture: 24 Years and Counting
Metro Weekly is still here, we're still queer, and we're not stopping any time soon
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Newly opened Trans Wellness Center will serve Los Angeles’ transgender community
Six organizations focused on the transgender community will occupy the Trans Wellness Center
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Forum: In Defense of Michelle Wolf
On Saturday, Michelle Wolf reminded us that comedians are going where journalism and our government has failed us
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New Hampshire Senate approves transgender rights bill
Bill's passage marks the first pro-LGBTQ rights victory in a state legislature since 2016
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UK Supreme Court hears challenge over whether bakers can discriminate against gay people
Ashers Bakery refused to make a pro-marriage equality cake featuring Bert and Ernie
