News + Politics
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Kentucky agrees Supreme Court should hear same-sex marriage case
Attorneys for Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case challenging the state’s same-sex marriage ban in a...
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Justice Department updates profiling ban to include sexual orientation, gender identity
Federal law enforcement agencies will be prohibited from profiling on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in most cases under new guidance issued...
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HRC Holds Fundraiser for Transgender Summer Camp
For Lori, a D.C. parent of a transgender youth, her son’s return from summer camp last year showed a marked difference in his attitude. “From...
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Council Repeals Armstrong Amendment
The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed a bill repealing an act of Congress known as the Armstrong Amendment, which carves out an exemption to sexual...
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Opponents Vow to Fight Gay Conversion Therapy Ban
Days after the D.C. Council unanimously passed the Conversion Therapy for Minors Prohibition Amendment Act banning licensed therapists and mental health practitioners from using conversion...
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Labor Department asked to withdraw new LGBT workplace protections
Two Republican congressmen who work on employment issues are calling on the Labor Department to withdraw a new rule prohibiting federal contractors from LGBT workplace discrimination....
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Vladimir Putin: Russia isn’t homophobic
Russian president claims Western assertions his government is homophobic are untrue
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FDA panel fails to reach a consensus on gay blood ban
FDA panel fails to reach a consensus on gay blood ban
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Federal appeals court delays Mississippi same-sex marriages
Federal appeals court delays Mississippi same-sex marriages
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Jim Graham Reacts to Gay Slur at Barry Memorial
“That horrendous statement would have offended Marion Barry because Marion Barry believed in human rights, human dignity of all individuals. … And he would not...
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AGLA Names Equality Award Winners
The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA), a Virginia-based organization seeking to improve the lives of LGBT people and build relationships with potential allies through...
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Rule banning federal contractors from LGBT discrimination released
A final rule prohibiting federal contractors from LGBT workplace discrimination was announced Wednesday by the Labor Department. The rule implements Executive Order 13672, signed by...
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Arizona Pastor: If you want to cure AIDS by Christmas, execute gay people
“If you executed the homos like God recommends, you wouldn’t have all this AIDS running rampant.” — Steven Anderson, Pastor at Arizona’s Faithful Word Baptist...
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Former Westboro member visits LGBT homeless in Jamaica
“There’s an irony there that I couldn’t ignore: that I share a fate with the very people I was taught to dehumanize so fiercely.” —...
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House Republicans urge Boehner to allow ENDA vote
Six Republican supporters of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act urged House Speaker John Boehner to allow a vote on the LGBT-rights bill as part of a...
