News + Politics
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Man puts transgender flag, rainbow toilet on North Carolina’s highest mountain
Neal Gottlieb made the grand gesture as a show of support for the state's trans community
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Target: Transgender customers can use whichever restroom they choose
Target has released a statement supporting its transgender customers and affirming their right to use the restroom of their choice
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Parents of trans children hope Title IX ruling leads to restroom victory
A legal victory for a trans Virginia high school student could have implications for other school districts
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Whole Foods says “Fag” cake decoration is a fraud
Pastor Jordan Brown claims that a cake he ordered from Whole Foods Market had the words "Love Wins Fag" on it. Whole Foods rejects the...
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Appeals court rules in favor of trans student over bathroom policy lawsuit
Appeals court restores Title IX claim in Gavin Grimm's lawsuit to use the boys' restroom
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Sponsor of Tennessee “bathroom bill” pulls legislation — for this year
It was the legislation that seemed to keep coming back from the political graveyard like a zombie, despite the best efforts of LGBT advocates. But...
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Homicide victim in Rockville hotel room identified as transgender female
Montgomery County police have identified the victim of a homicide in a Rockville hotel as a transgender female, according toĀ The Washington Post. Police initially said...
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CDC reports first Zika virus transmission from gay sex
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported what appears to be the first known case of Zika virus, a blood-borne pathogen primarily...
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Political strategists charged in Maryland robocall against openly gay candidate
Maryland’s state prosecutor has charged two Republican strategists with allegedly violating state election laws by distributing an illegal robocallduring the 2014 election that critics say...
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Ted Cruz: North Carolina’s anti-LGBT bill is “perfectly reasonable”
Ted Cruz told NBC "men should not be going to the bathroom with little girls"
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Cosponsor of Tennessee’s “bathroom bill” accused of sexual harassment
One of the cosponsors of a Tennessee anti-transgender “bathroom bill” poses a risk to “unsuspecting women.” That’s according to the state’s attorney general,Ā CBS News reports....
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Incremental Activism: GLAA celebrates 45 years
GLAA reflects on 45 years of working for LGBT rights
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Business Backlash
Corporate America is leading the fight against anti-LGBT state laws
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Mississippi Gov Bryant: Critics of religious freedom law are “overreacting”
— Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R), responding to critics of the “religious freedom” law he signed into effect. The bill allows individuals, businesses and government...
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Louisiana governor signs LGBT nondiscrimination order
Gov. John Bel Edwards says order balances religious freedom and LGBT rights
