News + Politics
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Two petitions call out Catholic bishop for denying funeral rites to LGBTQ people
Two petitions are being circulated online protesting the Roman Catholic diocese of Madison, Wis., for recently released guidance suggesting that priests should refuse to perform...
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Kevin Spacey Isn’t Getting a Pride Parade, but Anthony Rapp Deserves One
Anthony Rapp paved the way for LGBTQ actors and people to live their truths. Kevin Spacey did the opposite.
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Forum: Kevin Spacey’s Response to Anthony Rapp could backfire on all gays
Kevin Spacey’s sexual misconduct and coming out narrative could be used to stir anti-gay sentiments.
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Ralph Northam makes final appeal to LGBTQ voters before Virginia governor election
Northam says his Republican opponent can't be trusted to stand up to extremists in his party
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Virginia AG Mark Herring stands by his record on LGBTQ rights
If you listen to Republican attack ads, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is a controversial figure obsessed with social issues who is bending the law...
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Dana Beyer to run for Maryland State Senate in 2018
Longtime activist says Democrats must take back democracy from the alt-right
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U.S. Senate passes resolution condemning anti-LGBTQ violence in Chechnya
The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed, via voice vote, a resolution condemning the violence and persecution directed against LGBTQ people in Chechnya. The resolution is...
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Briefs urge Supreme Court to oppose baker’s request to refuse service
A host of LGBTQ groups and their allies in the political, legal, and business communities submitted a host of amicus briefs in support of Charlie...
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D.C. loses out to Hong Kong in bid for 2022 Gay Games
Washington, D.C.’s LGBTQ sports community was dealt another blow in its second attempt to host the quadrennial Gay Games, after the games’ governing body named...
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Federal court halts Trump’s transgender military ban
On Monday afternoon, a federal court in Washington blocked the Trump administration’s planned implementation of a ban prohibiting transgender individuals from serving in the U.S....
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Anthony Rapp accuses Kevin Spacey of sexual advances, Spacey responds by coming out
Anthony Rapp accuses Kevin Spacey of sexual advances, Spacey responds by coming out
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Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris urge HRC dinner attendees to continue the fight for equality
HRC uses dinner to cement itself as the LGBTQ leader of the resistance to Trump administration policies
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Georgia State Rep. Betty Price under fire for calling for quarantine of people with HIV
A Georgia state representative is defending a comment she made when she raised the possibility of quarantining people living with HIV as a way of...
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Kentucky judge who refused to hear same-sex adoption cases resigns
A family court judge in Kentucky who tried to recuse himself from hearing cases involving LGBTQ couples has tendered his resignation. Judge W. Mitchell Nance,...
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HRC opposes Brownback for State Department religious freedom post
On Thursday, the Human Rights Campaign sent a letter to senators on the Foreign Relations Committee urging its members to oppose Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s...
