News + Politics
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Equality Virginia PAC makes first round of endorsements for November election
Endorsements based on candidates' explicit support for nondiscrimination protections
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Ralph Northam and Pulse survivor to speak at LGBTQ gun reform event
Featured speakers will include Brandon Wolf, a Pulse survivor, and Chris Hurst, candidate for Virginia's House of Delegates
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Jeff Sessions gives closed door speech to anti-gay group’s conference
Alliance Defending Freedom is best known for its advocacy of anti-LGBTQ "religious liberty" laws
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Washington State anti-transgender ballot initiative falls 20,000 signatures short
Washington State voters will not see a measure seeking to roll back protections for transgender individuals on the ballot this November after the group spearheading...
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Republican congresswoman wants to ban health care for transgender military members
Rep. Vicky Hartzler seeks to prohibit military from paying for hormones or gender confirmation surgery
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Russian newspaper publishes names of 27 Chechen anti-gay purge victims
A Russian newspaper has published the names of 27 men who are currently unaccounted for and are thought to have been executed as part of...
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HRC launches $26 million campaign opposing “Trump-Pence regime”
"HRC Rising" will register and mobilize voters for the 2018 midterm elections
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Trump meets with Putin at G-20 Summit, but no mention of Chechnya
It remains unclear whether President Donald Trump brought up the topic of anti-gay abuses happening in the Russian republic of Chechnya when he met face-to-face...
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NYPD still searching for suspect in Chelsea anti-gay assault
New York City police are still searching for a man accused of punching a disabled man with a pro-LGBTQ sticker on his walker in the...
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Man arrested for transgender beating in Southwest D.C. held without bond
Fundraising page has been set up to help the victim cover her medical and living expenses
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LCD Soundsystem’s Gavin Russom comes out as transgender
Synth and percussion artist talks about her gender fluidity and coming out process in multiple interviews
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Activists say Chechnya has resumed attacking LGBTQ people
LGBTQ advocates call on U.S. officials to more forcefully condemn the anti-gay purge
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Lesbian security guard’s lawsuit could be headed to Supreme Court
Jameka Evans' lawyers argue her employer violated her rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
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Plaintiffs challenging Mississippi “religious freedom” law ask for full 5th Circuit to rehear case
Lawyers representing the plaintiffs who sued to stop a Mississippi “religious freedom” law from taking effect have asked the full 5th Circuit to rehear their...
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Transgender woman killed in Lynchburg
Ebony Morgan becomes the 15th transgender person of color to be violently killed this year
