News + Politics
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ACLU warns of coming wave of “religious exemption” bills
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is warning that social conservatives and anti-LGBT advocates could be intending to push laws and policies that would legalize discrimination...
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Divisive Comments
The 2016 presidential race features an array of characters, each with their own quirks, flaws and idiosyncrasies. So when Republican front-runner Donald Trump began making...
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DOJ guidance seeks to help police avoid gender bias
The Department of Justice on Monday announced new guidance that is designed to help law enforcement agencies avoid gender bias when responding to sexual assault or...
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Rubio campaign flaunting opposition to gay marriage
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio appears to be embracing opposition to gay marriage as a major plank of his presidential campaign with the release of a...
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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...
