News + Politics
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Judge upholds firing of anti-gay fire chief in Atlanta
But court also finds rule requiring employees to receive permission for outside employment is unconstitutional
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Year in Review: The Highs and (many) Lows of 2017
From Trump’s rise to power to battles on every front, the LGBTQ community spent the year fighting back attempts to deny equality.
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LGBTQ groups demand documents about CDC censorship
Lambda Legal and others file FOIA request to see who proposed and approved ban on certain words
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Congressmen ask Mike Pence to raise human rights abuses on Egypt trip
A bipartisan group of members of Congress has written a letter to Vice President Mike Pence asking him to bring up concerns about recent human rights...
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U.S. sanctions Chechen leader behind anti-gay purge
Ramzan Kadyrov has been barred from entering the United States and had assets in U.S. banks frozen under the Magnitsky Act
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LGBTQ advocates slam passage of GOP tax bill
Bill's provisions threaten LGBTQ people's access to health care and do not benefit lower-income individuals
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HRC projected “transgender” and Trump’s other banned words on his DC hotel
The projections included other banned words such as "fetus" and "science-based," ending in "we will not be erased"
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Senate Banking Committee rejects anti-gay Scott Garrett for Export-Import Bank head
Just as with his last congressional campaign, Garrett garnered much opposition from the business community
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Trump banning CDC from saying “transgender” has “potentially catastrophic consequences” for trans people
Donald Trump reportedly wants to ban "transgender" from official CDC documents, a move branded "Orwellian" by health leaders
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Doug Jones’ gay son “thrilled” his father beat anti-LGBTQ Roy Moore
Carson Jones says his dad beating someone so openly homophobic is proof that things are getting better
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Virginia Senate candidate E.W. Jackson “regrets” anti-gay rhetoric
Conservative pastor still opposes LGBTQ rights, but hopes to communicate his views in a less strident way
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Ohio transgender teen fighting parents in court over right to therapy
Teenager's parents want him to receive "Christian-based" therapy that does not affirm his gender identity
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Houston woman is 28th transgender person killed this year
Assailant shot six times during attack, killing 26-year-old Brandi Seals
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Hawaii Supreme Court hears same-sex parenting dispute over child support
Non-biological mother is asking the court not to recognize her parental rights
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White House withdraws Jeff Mateer nomination, but Senate confirms Don Willett
Following a request by the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the White House has agreed to withdraw its backing of two controversial judicial...
