News + Politics
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Living Icon: Edie Windsor on being an LGBTQ icon and SCOTUS’s future
Edie Windsor's Supreme Court case paved the way for nationwide marriage equality. Even at 87, the Pride Parade Grand Marshal is more than ready for...
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Forward March: The Founder of the Equality March on Why it Matters
Invoking the spirit of the first Prides, the Equality March is a call for equity as much as a protest against inequality
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Remembering Pulse with DiCción Queer at Trade
A live performance Monday, June 12, will reflect on last year's massacre and gun-related tragedies
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Woman who sued Planet Fitness over pro-transgender policy loses lawsuit
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that a woman who claimed her privacy had been violated by being forced to share a communal locker...
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Hornet launches billboard campaign to counter anti-gay “hate groups”
The gay app Hornet has announced it’s launching a new billboard campaign to counter the divisive rhetoric that is commonly spouted by anti-LGBTQ groups. Throughout...
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Retired generals ask Mattis not to reinstate ban on transgender troops
Three retired Army generals and a group that advocates for allowing LGBTQ individuals to serve openly in the military service are calling on U.S. Secretary of...
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Texas governor calls special session, reviving anti-trans bathroom bill
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called a special legislative session designed to force Lone Star State lawmakers to pass a slew of 20 bills, including a...
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Equality Virginia planning week of pro-LGBTQ events in Prince William County
Starting the week after Capital Pride, Equality Virginia is hosting a series of events in Prince William County, in what is being billed as: “PWC...
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Anti-gay minister goes on trial for beating gay man in attempted exorcism
A North Carolina minister is on trial for her actions related to the kidnapping and assault of a man in an attempt to exorcise him...
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Trump to address anti-LGBTQ leaders at Faith & Freedom Coalition conference
Just days before Washington, D.C. is set to celebrate Capital Pride festivities and host the national Equality March for Unity and Pride, President Donald Trump...
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Tom Perez wishes you a happy Pride Month
DNC Chair Tom Perez weighs in where Trump fears to tread
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HRC issues proclamation urging resistance against erosion of LGBTQ rights
To coincide with the recognition of June as LGBTQ Pride Month, the Human Rights Campaign has issued a proclamation urging its followers to take action to...
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Lesbian parental rights case appealed to Mississippi Supreme Court
Lawyers representing a lesbian woman who is being denied her parental rights have appealed a lower court’s ruling against her to the Mississippi Supreme Court. The...
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Russian store puts up “no entry for faggots” sign
Even though Russian law prohibits sexual discrimination, German Sterligov reserves the right to refuse to serve gays
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Indonesian police set up task force to investigate LGBTQ people
Indonesian police have set up a new task force to investigate activities by LGBTQ people in the province of West Java, reports the South China Morning Post. West...
