News + Politics
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BHT presents $75,000 in grants to local nonprofits
Mary's House and Black, Gifted and Whole among the top grant awardees
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GOP congressmen to reintroduce anti-LGBT First Amendment Defense Act
Trump previously promised to sign bill targeting LGBT people
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Kansas City man attacked and has car vandalized in anti-gay attack
He had a gun held to his head while vandals spray-painted slurs onto his car
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Utah students sue over law prohibiting LGBT references in schools
Lawyers for two public school students argue that the law violates the Constitution
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Granted: BHT to present its annual grants on Saturday
Jim Slattery remembers the first time he witnessed the impact of Brother, Help Thyself. In 2009, the organization’s board met to determine which nonprofits would...
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Idaho man pleads guilty to federal hate crime charge in Lake Lowell murder
An Idaho man has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge for luring a man to a desolate area before robbing him and beating...
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Capital Pride could become a massive, pro-LGBT march
Organizers say they were inspired by the success of the Women's March on Washington
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YouTuber Markiplier raises $130,000 for LGBT rights
"Today we stand by our LGBTQ+ friends to ensure equality for EVERYONE!"
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Editorial: Sign of Hope
The Women's March on Washington was a galvanizing moment in a new, burgeoning resistance
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Trump AG pick Jeff Sessions defends First Amendment Defense Act
Sen. Jeff Sessions, (R-Ala.) President Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, has offered a glimpse at how the Department of Justice might enforce existing laws...
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President Trump slams Chelsea Manning on Twitter for calling Obama’s leadership “weak”
The president, hypocritically, takes exception to Manning calling Obama's leadership "weak"
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Scott Lively: Trump should pursue “separation of LGBT and state”
Scott Lively, the anti-LGBT pastor currently being sued in federal court for his involvement in promoting anti-LGBT laws in Uganda, including the country’s “Kill the Gays”...
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N.C. senator wants to make it illegal to call former governor a “bigot”
Pat McCrory was call an "anti-gay bigot" for signing anti-LGBT HB 2 into law
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Trump’s Supreme Court short list reportedly down to three candidates
President says he'll make his final choice next Thursday
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5th Annual Capital Pride Reveal set for Thursday, Feb. 2
On Thursday, Feb. 2, the Capital Pride Alliance will hold its fifth annual Pride Reveal at SAX Restaurant & Lounge, where the organization announces the...
