News + Politics
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Anti-Gay Pastor outed on Grindr told gay teen to kill himself
On Monday, Reverend Matthew Makela resigned from his position at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Midland, Mi., after Queerty posted screenshots of a conversation on...
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Ted Cruz: Ignore my homophobia, ISIS are killing gay people
–Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas), speaking with reporters in Beaumont, Texas while on a campaign tour of the state. Cruz is one of several Republican...
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Boy Scouts president: We can’t keep banning gay leaders
–Boy Scouts of America president Robert Gates, speaking at the BSA’s annual national meeting in Atlanta, Yahoo! reports. Gates, a former Secretary of Defense, told...
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Fairfax readies for another fight, this time over ‘family life’ curriculum
Two weeks after the Fairfax County School Board added gender identity to the Fairfax County Public Schools’ nondiscrimination policy during a heated meeting where board...
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Ireland: On the Brink of History
Referendum on same-sex marriage is a dramatic turnaround for the religious nation
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Lieu bill would classify gay conversion therapy as “fraud”
Amid an increase in public support for banning the practice conversion therapy on minors, and news this week that Oregon has become the third state...
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Oregon bans gay conversion therapy for minors
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D), the nation’s first out bisexual governor, signed into law legislation on Monday that prohibits the practice of conversion or “reparative”...
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Louisiana governor issues “religious freedom” executive order
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took matters into his own hands on Tuesday and issued an executive order that would allow discrimination against LGBT people under the...
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Jeb Bush: Gay marriage is not a constitutional right, religious discrimination is valid
Jeb Bush appeals to conservative voters in a frank interview on marriage equality
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School bus driver to girls: You’re gay and will burn in hell
—Maurissa Rushing, an 11-year-old Missouri native, recounting her experience with a homophobic school bus driver. Speaking with Fox4KC, Rushing stated that the driver cornered her and...
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Irish pastors mobilize congregations to vote ‘No’ on Friday’s historic same-sex marriage referendum
Friday's historic referendum would be the world's first to decide same-sex marriage by popular vote
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Voters in Eureka Springs, Arkansas uphold nondiscrimination ordinance
Voters in the tourist town of Eureka Springs, Ark., went to the polls on Tuesday to uphold an ordinance preventing discrimination based on sexual orientation...
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Bigots aren’t happy with Girl Scouts accepting transgender youth
— Penny Nance, of Concerned Women for America, speaking on American Family Radio’s Today’s Issues about the Girl Scouts decision to accept transgender youth. Right Wing Watch...
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Jonathan Groff: Until “Looking,” straight friends didn’t know men could have sex face-to-face
Until "Looking," Jonathan Groff's straight friends didn't know men could have sex face-to-face
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Capital Pride Gala to Honor Eric Holder and 9 other Heroes
Capital Pride will honor former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and nine other individuals or organizations who have made major contributions to the D.C.-area LGBT community...
