News + Politics
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Empire State Pride Agenda closing down operations
The top LGBT rights organization in New York state has announced it will “wind down” operations in 2016, after 25 years of advocacy, citing fulfillment...
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Supreme Court grants stay in lesbian second-parent adoption case
Mother who was separated from children after bitter break-up will be allowed visitation rights
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Right-wing groups sue over “fix” to Indiana’s RFRA law
A coalition of right-wing organizations have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the "fix" to Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act
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Metro Transit Police investigating anti-gay Green Line attack
Victim was kicked and beaten by a dozen teenagers after intervening to stop a robbery
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Social conservatives throw support behind Ted Cruz
Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is slowly starting to emerge as the consensus choice among establishment figures within the socially conservative wing of the...
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Reproductive Rights Alliance
The fight for reproductive rights is more intertwined with the LGBT movement than many realize
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Blood Criminals: Outdated HIV Laws
Even with scientific advances in HIV treatment and prevention, U.S. laws on HIV remain woefully stuck in the 1980s
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Audio of 911 call leading to transgender woman’s arrest released
The ACLU of Iowa on Wednesday released audio from the 911 call that landed a transgender woman in jail after staff at the Drury Inn...
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Medical provider “cultural competency” bill passes committee
The D.C. Council Committee on Health and Human Services on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill requiring medical professionals to receive ongoing cultural competency training in...
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Same-sex couples challenge Florida’s discriminatory birth certificate policy
Two Florida lesbian couples have asked a federal court to order officials to allow both sets of women to be listed as parents on their children’s...
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Three N.C. couples bring lawsuit challenging magistrate exemptions
Three same-sex North Carolina couples have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 2, which allows officials to exempt themselves from solemnizing or filing paperwork for any marriage...
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Gay imam likens Trump’s Muslim comments to Third Reich
On Monday, Donald Trump’s campaign issued a press release calling for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s...
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ACLU responds to government’s motion to dismiss Chelsea Manning lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday evening filed a brief opposing a motion by the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss a lawsuit brought...
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Tennessee bill would restrict trans kids’ bathroom use
A proposed bill in Tennessee would mandate that transgender students be forced to use only the bathroom or locker room that aligns with their biological...
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CDC: HIV diagnosis rates down, except among gay and bi men of color
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday announced that even though HIV diagnoses have declined by nearly 20 percent over the past...
