News + Politics
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Even Trump voters supported LGBT rights, poll shows
Even as Donald Trump was rolling to victory on Election Day, the electorate that elevated him into the White House was generally in favor of...
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LGBT groups ask Obama to commute Chelsea Manning’s sentence
The American Civil Liberties Union and over a dozen LGBT groups have sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to commute the sentence...
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Bowser to meet in person with Donald Trump on Tuesday
Mayor Muriel Bowser is scheduled to meet with President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday morning. As part of the meeting, which is closed...
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Pat McCrory concedes defeat in North Carolina governor’s race
The closest and most expensive governor’s race in North Carolina history has ended with Gov. Pat McCrory conceding in a video message posted to his official...
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Pulse nightclub owner no longer wants to sell property to city of Orlando
The owner of Orlando’s Pulse nightclub may be putting the brakes on a planned memorial dedicated to the victims of the June 12 shooting that...
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Anti-LGBT Ben Carson is Trump’s pick for Housing Secretary
Trump Cabinet, Cabinet-Level Nominee and Adviser Threat Gauge Name: Ben Carson Position: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development LGBT record: As a presidential candidate, opposed LGBT rights, including the right to...
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Jeff Sessions tried to ban LGBT conference from University of Alabama campus
It appears Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. Attorney General, was not a fan of the First Amendment during his...
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Federal judge hears motions in Pine-Richland transgender student case
Juliet Evancho and Elissa Ridenour just want everything to go back to the way it was before their decision to use the girls’ restroom became...
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Ann Arbor neighbors mount rainbow flags in show of solidarity
A group of neighbors in Ann Arbor, Mich., are flying rainbow flags after one of their fellow neighbors got an anonymous letter from someone complaining...
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Rainbow flags popping up in Mike Pence’s D.C. neighborhood
Some Northwest D.C. residents in D.C.’s Chevy Chase neighborhood are hoisting rainbow flags as a symbolic sign of protest against Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who...
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Trump picks Jim Mattis as Secretary of Defense
Trump Cabinet, Cabinet-Level Nominee and Adviser Threat Gauge Name: James “Mad Dog” Mattis Position: Secretary of Defense LGBT record: Reportedly opposed allowing open service and the repeal of the military’s...
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Earline Budd steps back in to fill a void in transgender community
New nonprofit hopes to provide much needed services
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Anti-LGBT amendment stripped from defense bill
The Republican lawmaker behind an anti-LGBT provision that was added to the annual defense bill has withdrawn his amendment, according to Bloomberg News. Rep. Steve Russell (Okla.) had...
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D.C. submits bid for Gay Games XI in 2022
Washington, D.C. is trying again for a chance to host the Gay Games in 2022 after losing out to Cleveland in 2014. Held every four...
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Roy Cooper’s edge in North Carolina governor race surpasses 10,000 votes
LGBT groups who supported Democrat Roy Cooper’s bid for governor of North Carolina are declaring victory on his behalf after Cooper’s lead over Gov. Pat...
