News + Politics
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Lupe Valdez, Dana Beyer and Brian Sims earn Victory Fund endorsements
LGBTQ group endorses 14 candidates, including David Ermold, running against the infamously anti-LGBTQ Kim Davis
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Charlotte City Council member promises to out “hypocritical” anti-gay politicians using Grindr
LaWana Mayfield, an out lesbian, is accused of promoting homophobia and stigma around same-sex relationships
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DeVos: Education Department will not change transgender policy until Congress or SCOTUS “clarifies” Title IX
Secretary stands by decision to not pursue complaints from transgender students who are barred from restrooms and public facilities
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Ben Carson invokes trans shower panic to justify rollback of LGBTQ protections at HUD
HUD Secretary claims transgender people's use of shelter facilities matching their gender identity may infringe on others' rights
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Republican Congressman: Same-sex marriage will allow gay people to marry “everybody in California with AIDS”
Rep. Steve Pearce said in 2008 that same-sex marriage would lead to widespread insurance fraud and polygamy
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Want to see who blocked you on Grindr? Here’s how (for now).
DC developer Trever Faden created C*ckBlocked as a side project once he discovered Grindr's data was easily accessible.
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President of Christian university compares gay people to ISIS
While the LGBTQ community is used to the comparative argument, ISIS is a new one
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Christian activist Linda Harvey says homosexuality is God’s punishment for abortion
Harvey, who has a history of anti-gay statements, also said gay relationships are "dead-end, degrading passions"
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Norton calls out First Amendment Defense Act for threatening D.C.’s civil rights laws
Bill would essentially gut D.C.'s pro-LGBTQ laws by treating the District as an extension of the federal government
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Mike Pence’s rabbit is now a gay icon thanks to John Oliver
Last Week Tonight has released a children's book where Marlon Bundo falls in love with another boy rabbit
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Oregon bakery wants to overturn decision that they discriminated against lesbian couple
Owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa say they should be exempt from Oregon's pro-LGBTQ nondiscrimination law
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Cynthia Nixon wants to be New York’s next governor
Nixon, who is challenging Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination, would be the first female and first openly gay governor of the state
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Oregon Supreme Court rules judge violated judicial ethics by refusing to marry gay couples
The Oregon Supreme Court has suspended a Marion County judge for violating judicial ethics for refusing to marry same-sex couples, the Statesman Journal reports. The...
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Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, longtime LGBTQ ally, dies at 88
U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-New York) died on Friday morning after being hospitalized for a fall at her Washington, D.C. residence last week. The 88-year-old...
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NCLR’s Kate Kendell on retiring: “I have felt privileged every day to do this work”
On Thursday, Kate Kendell, the executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, announced she would be stepping down after 22 years with the...
