News + Politics
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North Carolina officials react to Justice Department letter about anti-trans law
North Carolina’s Republican officials responsible for pushing through the state’s discriminatory HB 2 law responded to a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice telling...
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Capital Pride Alliance announces plans for Capital Trans Pride
Annual celebration seeks to provide important information to D.C.'s transgender community
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Arrest made in stabbing of transgender woman in Kansas
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and faces second-degree murder charges after stabbing a transgender woman to death in Wichita, Kansas, according to Wichita-based ABC affiliate...
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Seeking Safety: Gay asylum seekers share their stories
Local asylum seekers share their stories following the deaths of two LGBT activists in Bangladesh
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Counseling Crisis
Mental health professionals balk at Tennessee bill allowing therapists and counselors to reject LGBT clients
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Virginia Supreme Court rules cohabitation law applies to gay couples
The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled in favor of a Fairfax County man who was seeking to stop paying spousal support after learning his...
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Alabama city repeals week-old anti-transgender bathroom law
The City Council of Oxford, Ala., has reversed course and repealed a week-old law that restricts transgender people’s access to public restrooms. The Council voted...
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Justice Department: HB 2 violates Civil Rights Act
Justice Department throws down gauntlet, telling North Carolina to decide whether it will continue to enforce the law
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Conservative Dallas suburb rejects anti-transgender restroom law
LGBT Texans scored a small but meaningful victory this week after an anti-transgender law failed to gain enough votes to even be considered by the...
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Ted Cruz: 10 more anti-LGBT statements
As Ted Cruz suspends his campaign, we've gathered 10 more bigoted statements from the Texas senator
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Saudi Cleric: Homosexuals shouldn’t be punished
"Homosexuals are not deviating from Islam," said Dr. Salman al-Ouda
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Cuccinelli says he won’t run for Virginia governor in 2017
The Old Dominion’s LGBT community got some welcome news over the weekend after former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) announced he would not seek the...
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Senators McCain and Roberts clash over Eric Fanning’s stalled nomination
Two long-serving Republican U.S. senators butted heads last week over the nomination of Eric Fanning to be Secretary of the Army. If confirmed by the...
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D.C. drag legend Vicki Voxx dies
Friends remember Vincent Hill's warm, loving personality.
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S.C. school district will allow transgender male student to use boys’ bathroom
A South Carolina school district that suspended a transgender male student for using the boys’ bathroom has reversed course, agreeing to allow the student to...
