News + Politics
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NYC mayoral hopeful Nicole Malliotakis regrets voting against gay marriage
New York City mayoral hopeful Nicole Malliotakis says she regrets her vote against legalizing marriage equality in New York six years ago. Malliotakis, a Republican...
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HRC to Trump: Address anti-gay persecution in Chechnya at G-20 summit
The president of the Human Rights Campaign has penned an open letter to President Donald Trump calling on him to speak out on and condemn...
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Cumberland, Maryland, to hold first-ever Pride festival
Jacqie McKenzie first got the idea to organize a Pride festival when she was living in Frederick, Md., more than an hour away from where...
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4th Circuit to hear Gavin Grimm’s case in September
Transgender teenager Gavin Grimm will get his day in court come September. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has announced it will hear oral...
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Right-wing pundit: LGBTQ community has “raped” the rainbow’s true meaning
—Linda Harvey, the founder of Christian rights organization Mission: America, writing in World Net Daily about the cultural appropriation of what was once a Christian symbol —...
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Lawsuit challenges Puerto Rico’s refusal to issue transgender birth certificates
Lawyers representing three transgender residents of Puerto Rico and an LGBTQ advocacy group have filed papers urging a federal court to strike down Puerto Rico’s...
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Homeless LGBTQ youth advocate Friendship Place partners with Amazon
Last week, Friendship Place, a local homeless advocacy organization, announced a partnership with Amazon to help provide critical emergency services to families experiencing homelessness in...
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Pentagon delays transgender enlistment deadline by 6 months
On Friday, the Pentagon announced it will delay allowing openly transgender individuals to enlist until at least Jan. 1, 2018. In a memo to the...
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Rhode Island approves ban on conversion therapy
On the final day of their legislative session, Rhode Island lawmakers approved a bill banning the practice of conversion therapy by licensed counselors on residents...
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Brooklyn man indicted in subway attack on lesbian couple
Victim was knocked unconscious and had to receive eight stitches following attack on Brooklyn Q train
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Attorney who represented Kentucky gay marriage plaintiffs to run for Congress
One of the lawyers who argued against Kentucky’s ban on gay marriage has announced he will run for Congress in 2018. Dan Canon, a 39-year-old...
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HIV advocate reflects on arrest while protesting Senate health care bill
On Wednesday, June 28, Eric Sawyer and about 10 other HIV activists were arrested while engaging in civil disobedience in protest of the Republican-led Senate’s...
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Yelp: More than 160,000 businesses have gender-neutral restrooms
Data from a new feature on Yelp that allows consumers to mark if a business has gender-neutral restrooms has been pouring in since the company...
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Texas Supreme Court revives case challenging same-sex spousal benefits
On Friday, in a unanimous decision, the Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling that strikes at the fundamental argument underlying the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision...
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Trump appoints transgender rights opponent to USAID post
Bethany Kozma helped organize a campaign protesting the Obama administration's guidance on trans students
