News + Politics
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Utah senator’s sneezing fit dooms anti-gay bill
It wasn’t his fault, really, all you right-wingers. Utah State Sen. Jim Dabakis (D-Salt Lake City) just really had to sneeze. The fact that it...
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Georgia “religious freedom” bill passes through legislature
The fate of a religious freedom bill that passed through the Georgia legislature this week remains uncertain, with Gov. Nathan Deal (R) having the final...
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Lessons from South Dakota
The transgender community's successful stop of a bill offers lessons for states facing anti-trans initiatives
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Vermont legislature moving towards banning conversion therapy
The Vermont Senate put its stamp of approval on a measure that would ban licensed mental health practitioners from attempting to change a person’s sexual...
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Gay groups now included in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
—Brendan Fay, chairman of the Lavender and Green Alliance, a Queens-based LGBT rights group of Irish-Americans, speaking to The Washington Post. For years, parade organizers...
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Religious exemptions bill marches toward a McAuliffe veto
In the final days of this year’s legislative session, the Virginia General Assembly approved a bill that provides religious exemptions that would allow individuals and...
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Into the Funhouse: Frank Underwood and Donald Trump
Television characters Donald Trump and Frank Underwood are flip-sides to hatred
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Charles Barkley to Derrick Gordon: Ignore Westboro haters
–Former NBA star and basketball analyst for TNT’s Inside the NBA Charles Barkley, when asked by TMZ what advice he’d give to openly gay Seton Hall University player Derrick...
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Michigan woman faked anti-gay attack to “raise awareness”
Mari Poindexter punched herself in the face to exaggerate claims of homophobic abuse
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Reaction to Obama’s Supreme Court nominee
LGBT organizations are calling for Senate Republicans to take up the nomination of President Obama's most recent Supreme Court pick.
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Obama nominates Merrick Garland for Supreme Court vacancy
President Obama named U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit as his preferred nominee to replace deceased Associate Justice Antonin Scalia...
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Sally Field “horrified” by parents who don’t accept gay children
–Actress Sally Field in an interview with People and Entertainment Weekly editorial director Jess Cagle for EW Radio on SiriusXM, on the advice she’d give to parents who thought...
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Oklahoma anti-LGBT bills miss crucial deadline for moving forward
LGBT advocates in Oklahoma are celebrating the passage of a major deadline that effectively means that 27 bills that targeted the Sooner State’s LGBT residents...
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Gay political action committee endorses Clinton for president
Equality PAC nod continues Clinton's trend of wrapping up support from establishment figures
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Judge refuses to reduce sentence in Philadelphia anti-gay assault
A woman convicted of assaulting a gay couple in Philadelphia in 2014 will serve out the full remainder of her prison sentence.
