News + Politics
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Colorado store manager calls customer “faggot who voted for Hillary”
An employee at a Highlands Ranch, Colo., Floor & Decor store has reportedly been fired after verbally insulting a gay customer in front of his...
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Robbers using Grindr to ensnare victims, Baltimore police say
Baltimore police are searching for three men who they say used Grindr and other social media apps to lure people to Northeast Baltimore and rob...
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President Obama: Ellen DeGeneres’ coming out was courageous
Obama praised Ellen DeGeneres while awarding her the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Judge: State Department’s rejection of intersex passport violates federal law
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. State Department violated federal law when it denied Dana Zzyym, an intersex Navy veteran, a passport after...
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Iowa trans man will get surgery, but Medicaid ban on surgery remains
A transgender Iowa man will receive medically necessary surgery under the state’s Medicaid program due to a claims processing error, but other transgender people will continue to...
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Openly gay N.Y. state senator targeted with anti-Semitic literature
It’s looking like it’s been a bad couple of weeks for New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan). The openly gay Democrat has once again...
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Gay Florida couple receives harassing note from anonymous neighbor
In yet another sign of the heightened emotions stirred up by the most recent presidential campaign, a gay couple in St. Petersburg, Fla., says they...
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Texas bill could force teachers to out LGBT students to their parents
LGBT leaders and allies are balking at a proposed bill in Texas that critics say will force schools to out LGBT students against their will...
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Anti-gay Georgia congressman could head Dept. of Health and Human Services
Tom Price has a long history of opposing LGBT rights
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Trump’s national security adviser opposes transgender military service
Gen. Michael Flynn: "War is not about bathrooms" or "political correctness"
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Pittsburgh-area school district argues against protections for trans students
A suburban Pittsburgh school district has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal on behalf of three transgender students who...
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Transgender woman announces bid for mayor of Midvale, Utah
An openly transgender woman has thrown her hat into the ring for next year’s mayoral race in Midvale, Utah, a town of about 30,000 residents...
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Florida man says he was attacked for being gay
A man in Sarasota, Fla., says he was followed and attacked for being gay by another motorist who objected to marriage equality and rainbow bumper...
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Trump nominates anti-gay Alabama senator for Attorney General
Trump Cabinet and Adviser Threat Gauge Name: Jeff Sessions Position: Attorney General LGBT record: Opposed lifting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for the military; opposes marriage equality, partner benefits for...
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Two teens charged in hatchet attack on transgender woman in Charlotte
The teens allegedly beat the woman and stabbed her with a hatchet as they yelled anti-gay slurs
