News + Politics
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Joe Biden urges Americans to defend LGBTQ rights abroad
Former Vice President Joe Biden is calling on the United States to speak out against LGBTQ human rights abuses and defend advances in equality for LGBTQ...
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Trans rights supporters file briefs in support of Gavin Grimm’s case
Advocates for transgender equality have filed several amicus briefs asking the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to decide in favor of Virginia teenager Gavin Grimm...
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Capital Pride Parade names three additional grand marshals
On Tuesday, the Capital Pride Alliance named three LGBTQ activists grand marshals of the Capital Pride Parade, joining Grand Marshal Edie Windsor. Jim Obergefell, Mandy Carter,...
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Advocates file complaint against Kentucky judge refusing adoptions to LGBTQ parents
A coalition of LGBTQ advocates has filed a complaint accusing Kentucky Judge W. Mitchell Nance of violating Kentucky’s Code of Judicial Conduct by recusing himself from...
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72 countries still punish same-sex sexual activity, report finds
Fewer countries ban same-sex relations than did a decade ago, but 72 countries still punish those who engage in homosexual intimacy, according to a new...
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United Nations calls for probe into violence against trans women in El Salvador
The United Nations is calling for an investigation into ongoing violence aimed against transgender women in El Salvador. According to the Geneva-based Office of the U.N. High Commissioner...
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Same-sex marriage supported by more Americans than ever before
Republicans and Christian support has also increased
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Russian investigation claims there are “no victims of persecution” in Chechnya
A Russian embassy claims that an investigation into anti-gay persecution in Chechnya has not found evidence to support allegations that gay men are being kidnapped,...
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Equality Virginia enlists pro-LGBTQ business coalition
Equality Virginia has launched a new program enlisting support from the commonwealth’s business community as the organization attempts to amend Virginia’s laws to prohibit discrimination...
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Log Cabin Republicans propose policies to protect trans students
The Log Cabin Republicans and its nonpartisan sister think tank, Liberty Education Forum, have submitted a white paper to the U.S. Department of Education outlining...
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Gavin Grimm to be honored at NCTE anniversary event
Virginia transgender teen Gavin Grimm will be one of three people honored at the National Center for Transgender Equality’s 14th annual anniversary gala in Washington...
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Texas Senate bill could block transgender student-athletes from competing
The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would allow the University Interscholastic League, the state’s governing body for high school athletics, to disqualify student-athletes...
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4 lesbian couples sue over Tennessee’s “LGBT Erasure Bill”
Four lesbian couples in Tennessee are suing over a law that critics say is an attempt to avoid recognizing the legal relationships between LGBTQ parents...
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Gavin Grimm’s legal team argues Title IX still applies to trans students
Legal brief urges 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to adopt a broader interpretation of sex discrimination law
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Texas House passes anti-LGBTQ adoption bill
Texas would become the sixth state to allow child placement agencies to turn away same-sex parents
