News + Politics
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Proposed bill in Colorado would ban conversion therapy
Colorado bills mirrors measures prohibiting attempts at sexual orientation change efforts that have passed in four states and the District of Columbia
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Hillary Clinton under attack for AIDS “revisionism” at Nancy Reagan’s funeral
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has issued an apology for comments she made praising former President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan’s legacy on AIDS at...
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Seattle mayor signs pro-transgender executive order
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has signed an executive order requiring the city’s Office for Civil Rights to develop comprehensive competency training for all “front-line” city...
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Phoenix city councilman under fire for allegedly homophobic comments
A Phoenix city councilman has said he will not resign after a video emerged in which he makes comments about same-sex marriage and the right of...
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House Republican: Put gay people on an island and they won’t survive
Louie Gohmert used the island metaphor to justify why straight families are better than their gay counterparts
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Texas county Republican calls President George H.W. Bush a “longtime homosexual pedophile”
Morrow has also suggested that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush and Karl Rove are either all gay or bisexual.
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U.S. Senate committee approves Fanning nomination as Army Secretary
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved the nomination of Eric Fanning, the former acting undersecretary of the U.S. Army, to become the full-time Army...
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Bisexual man found guilty of anti-gay hate crime in New York shooting
A bisexual man accused of shooting a gay man has been found guilty of all charges -- including committing a hate crime
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In the Red: Gay in a Conservative State
Some LGBT people are making the choice to relocate to traditionally conservative enclaves
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Ken Cuccinelli withdraws name from consideration for Virginia Supreme Court
A day after being certified by the Virginia Senate Committee on Courts of Justice, former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has withdrawn his name from...
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Missouri GOP halts Democrats’ 39-hour filibuster of anti-gay constitutional amendment
Missouri Senate Republicans used a rare procedural maneuver to stop a record-breaking 39-hour filibuster of a proposed anti-gay amendment to the state’s constitution. Republicans, who control the...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice under fire for past anti-gay writings
A candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice is apologizing for remarks she made more than two decades ago in which she called gays “queers,” and...
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Iowa Senate approves transgender hate crimes protections
On Tuesday, the Iowa Senate voted 27-21 to pass a bill that adds gender identity and gender expression to the state’s hate crimes law. The...
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Missouri Senate Democrats filibuster anti-LGBT constitutional amendment
Missouri Senate Democrats are filibustering an anti-LGBT amendment to the state constitution that would prohibit the state from penalizing clergy or business owners who object...
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California bill seeks to ban state-funded travel to anti-gay states
After spending the past few years attempting to beat back anti-LGBT legislation in multiple states, allies of the LGBT community are finding themselves on offense...
