News + Politics
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Opponents of California conversion therapy bill claim it would ban the Bible
Opponents of a California bill that would classify conversion therapy as a form of consumer fraud are launching an all-out effort to stop it from...
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Oklahoma anti-gay adoption bill moves closer to becoming law
Fate of an amendment to limit the bill's harm could determine future legal action
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Mattis and Gillibrand clash over Trump administration’s transgender ban
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis clashed with U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) while trying to justify President Trump’s transgender military ban during an Armed...
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Texas man uses “gay panic” defense to avoid jail time for killing neighbor
James Miller claimed he stabbed his neighbor after unwanted sexual advances
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Louisiana lawmakers could kill anti-bestiality bill in order to preserve anti-gay sodomy laws
Opponents of bill insist law should remain as is, because it's an expression of the state's "community morals"
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Lesbian teacher in Texas suspended for talking about wife in classroom
One parent said Stacy Bailey shouldn't "promote the LGBTQ agenda" without consent from parents
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California plaintiffs ask court to keep blocking transgender military ban
Plaintiffs in Stockman v. Trump ask to keep in place an order preventing the Trump administration from instituting a ban
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LGBTQ groups blast confirmation of anti-LGBTQ Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State
Pompeo urged to speak out against human rights abuses abroad, despite his past opposition to LGBTQ equality
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Senate confirms Richard Grenell as U.S. Ambassador to Germany
The U.S. Senate voted 56-42 to confirm Richard Grenell, an openly gay man and former U.S. spokesman at the United Nations under the Bush administration,...
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LGBTQ groups push back against Kansas adoption discrimination bill
LGBTQ groups and child welfare organizations are urging lawmakers in Kansas to oppose to a bill that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to...
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Joy Reid claims new anti-LGBTQ blog posts were created by hackers
Reid's lawyers argue they have evidence of hacking, but Internet Archive disagrees
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Republicans blast Democrats for holding up confirmation of gay ambassador
If confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell would be first openly LGBTQ Trump appointee
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Census officials confirm that same-sex couples will be counted in 2020
Previous censuses only gave same-sex couples an "unmarried partner" option
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Indiana pizza shop that refused to cater gay weddings shuts down
An Indiana pizza shop that inserted itself into the national debate over religious exemptions for business owners and LGBTQ civil rights shuttered its doors last...
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Second city in Alabama passes pro-LGBTQ ordinance
LGBTQ activists call on other cities in Alabama to follow the lead of Montevallo, Ala., and pass similar ordinances
