News + Politics
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Gay couple releases video ahead of second GOP debate
A male same-sex couple from Rowan County, Ky., has posted a video aimed at GOP presidential candidates ahead of Wednesday night’s debate, which will air...
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Judge: Transgender woman can sue for sex discrimination
In a promising sign of what may end up being progress on transgender rights, a U.S. district court judge rules on Tuesday that a transgender...
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Charee Stanley rejects comparisons to Kim Davis
Charee Stanley, the Muslim flight attendant for ExpressJet who was suspended from her job for refusing to serve alcohol to passengers, and her lawyer appeared...
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Advocates for LGBT youth call for ending “school-to-prison” pipeline
Mario Vasquez was only a freshman when a vicious rumor nearly got him expelled from his high school in Lancaster, California. “Someone made a false...
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Abbott ouster will not change Australia’s gay marriage stance
It looks like LGBT activists have celebrated too soon after the ouster of former Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott by his own party in a leadership...
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Kim Davis says she won’t interfere with deputy clerks
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis won’t be blocking any marriage licenses from being issued, but that isn’t stopping her lawyers from arguing against the validity...
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Fayetteville voters approve civil rights ordinance
Voters in Fayetteville, Ark., reversed course from last December, approving a civil rights ordinance that includes protections for sexual orientation and gender identity in a...
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Anti-gay Christian leader calls for segregated communities
LGBT activists are "destructive extremists"
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Texas AG doesn’t want lesbian woman to inherit her partner’s estate
Texas’ Attorney General is actively seeking to prevent a woman from inheriting the estate of her deceased partner. When Stella Powell died last year without...
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Huckabee hedges on religious freedom question
For someone so opposed to same-sex marriage, and his support of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis for her similar stance, Mike Huckabee dodged an important question...
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Survivor objects to “Eye of the Tiger” being played at Kim Davis rally
Another political year brings with it another debate over unauthorized use of music in political rallies. The latest offense, committed by Republican presidential candidate and...
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School Bathroom Battles: Virginia fights against trans students
A ruling against a Virginia transgender student could bolster opponents of LGBT nondiscrimination policies
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Legalizing Sex Work: A Rentboy.com escort on why legalization matters
Advertising on Rentboy.com turned Nick Kinkand’s life around. The 33-year-old had broken up with his boyfriend, was homeless and couch-surfing at friends’ houses, and was...
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Walk to End HIV adopts “superhero” theme
One doesn’t have to don a cape and tights to be a hero in the fight against HIV. But it might just be fun to...
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Tennessee store sells out of anti-gay merchandise
Perhaps it’s part of a backlash against advances for LGBT rights. Or maybe it’s just a sentiment that has never changed in a socially conservative...
