News + Politics
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FreeState Justice announces new leadership team
FreeState Justice, Maryland’s legal services firm for LGBTQ residents, has announced the addition of two leaders to help head the organization. In a press release, FreeState...
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Former GOP senator to Trump: Don’t sign “religious liberty” executive order
A former Republican senator has taken to the op-ed page of The New York Times to plead with President Donald Trump not to sign a...
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Utah governor signs repeal of anti-gay sex education law
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) has signed a bill into law that amends Utah’s sex education curriculum so that it no longer singles out LGBTQ-identifying...
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Juror nondiscrimination bill reintroduced in U.S. Senate
A pair of U.S. senators have reintroduced legislation this session that would prevent discrimination against LGBTQ citizens when being selected for jury duty. Under current...
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New York lawmakers’ offices vandalized with “Obama faggot” graffiti
The building that houses the offices of a New York state senator and an assemblywoman who have been vocal opponents of President Trump was vandalized...
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Kentucky governor signs religious freedom of expression bill
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) has signed a bill into law that allows student organizations at public schools and colleges to potentially bar LGBTQ people...
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Advocates fear erasure of LGBTQ seniors from national elder survey
The Trump administration has proposed changes to an annual national survey of elderly people that would eliminate questions asking about respondents’ sexual orientation and gender...
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Tennessee bill attempts “sneak attack” on gay marriage and parenting rights
Bill is part of a group of anti-LGBTQ measures billed as the "slate of hate"
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Congressman says his LGBT Pride flag was stomped on in D.C.
Visitor to Alan Lowenthal's office objected to flying the Pride flag next to the American flag
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Arkansas passes “indecent exposure” bill that targets trans people
Measure could criminalize any trans person attempting to use a restroom matching their gender identity
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LGBTQ scholarship fund launched in honor of Pulse victims
Scholarship fund will provide ten $4,900 awards annually to help out LGBTQ youth pay for college
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LGBTQ advocacy groups oppose Gorsuch SCOTUS nomination
A coalition of LGBTQ advocacy organizations has come out in strong opposition to Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s choice to replace the deceased Justice Antonin Scalia on...
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HIV-infection case moves forward after Florida Supreme Court defines gay sex as “sex”
The case of a Florida man accused of knowingly putting a sexual partner at risk of contracting HIV can now move forward, following a recent...
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Oklahoma GOP senator charged with soliciting sex from 17-year-old boy
Oklahoma state officials are calling on a Republican state senator to resign after he was charged with three felonies for offering money to a 17-year-old boy...
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Joe Biden slams Trump administration over revoked trans guidance
Former Vice President Joe Biden unleashed a barrage of criticism against President Donald Trump’s White House in a speech given after accepting a humanitarian award...
