News + Politics
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Trump administration sued over withdrawal of Title IX transgender guidance
Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to release any information related to their decision earlier...
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Donald Trump throws support behind anti-gay Arizona U.S. Senate challenger
President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Ward, who’s challenging Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in a Republican primary in 2018,...
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New Republican Party spokeswoman has history of opposing LGBTQ rights
When Kayleigh McEnany was first named Republican National Committee spokeswoman two weeks ago, LGBTQ advocates pointed to her promotion as evidence that Donald Trump and...
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Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for transgender woman’s murder
The man convicted of killing transgender woman Keyonna Blakeney in a Rockville hotel room last year has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. On...
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Trump Agriculture Department nominee said gay marriage could lead to pedophilia
Yet another Trump administration official’s anti-LGBTQ views are under the glare of the spotlight after Donald Trump selected Sam Clovis to be the next chief...
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Jimmy John’s shop in Asheville wrote gay slur on sandwich wrapper
An Asheville, N.C. man says he was taken aback after realizing that an employee at his favorite local sandwich shop wrote a derogatory anti-gay slur...
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Lesbian couple files federal lawsuit after employer denies health care coverage
A lesbian couple from California has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against one of the women’s former employer and its health insurer for refusing to...
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Fired employee: Being conservative at Google is “like being gay in the 1950s”
—James Damore, the Google employee who was recently fired for writing a memo in which he decried the company’s equal employment opportunity policies, particularly with...
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Frederick School Board sued over pro-transgender policies
Lawyers representing a 15-year-old Maryland girl and her mother have sued the Frederick County (Md.) School Board over a policy that allows transgender students to...
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Steve Bannon leaves White House role as Trump’s chief strategist
On Friday, President Donald Trump dismissed Steve Bannon, his chief strategist and advisor to the president’s campaign throughout the 2016 election, from his White House...
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New York City found liable in man’s beating by police at gay house party
A Brooklyn judge has found New York City liable for the police beating of a man at a gay house party, which could potentially allow...
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Youth minister threatens to rape NYC Council Speaker and kill gay cops
A Bronx youth minister is being charged with harassment after he threatened to rape City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito, murder her family, and kill...
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Lesbian prison psychologist accuses correctional officers of retaliation
A California prison psychologist has filed a federal lawsuit against California, alleging that correctional officers at Vacaville prison retaliated against her and placed in potentially...
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Guillaume Bagal: What’s the shelf life of your outrage?
Creating and maintaining change requires commitment and authenticity. What's the shelf life of your outrage?
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Log Cabin condemns bigotry in response to Charlottesville
Statement stops short of criticizing President Trump's response to white supremacist racists
