News + Politics
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Fortune 500s Earn Fairness Accreditation
Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s top LGBT rights organization, recognized five Richmond-area Fortune 500 companies for workplace policies that do not discriminate against LGBT people, presenting...
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Gay twins come out to their father on YouTube
His reaction is perfect.
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Federal judge rules Michigan must recognize state’s same-sex marriages
Michigan must recognize the marriages of more than 300 same-sex couples who were legally married in the state last year, a federal judge ruled.
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Hate Crimes Bill Dies in Va. Senate Committee
A bill that would have added sexual orientation and gender identification to the definition of what constitutes a hate crime failed to gain the necessary...
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North Carolina Republicans ask Supreme Court to review same-sex marriage case
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court decisions striking down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, continuing a months-long...
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Atlanta becomes ground zero in religious freedom debate
Atlanta becomes ground zero in religious freedom debate
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Hundreds March in Support of Trans Rights
Hundreds of people rallied at Mount Vernon Square in downtown Washington on Saturday, Jan. 10 to call for action to guarantee equal treatment and civil...
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Federal judge overturns South Dakota same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge struck down South Dakota’s ban on same-sex marriage in a ruling handed down Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Karen Schreier found South...
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Supreme Court declines to hear Louisiana same-sex marriage case, takes no action on other cases
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case challenging Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriage before a federal appeals court has rendered judgement. In...
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Jeffrey Tambor wins Golden Globe for ‘Transparent’
“I would like to dedicate my performance and this award to the transgender community. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you for your courage....
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Matt Bomer wins Golden Globe for ‘The Normal Heart’
“To the generation that we lost and the people we continue to lose to this disease. I just want to say ‘we love you, we...
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Transparent creator dedicates Golden Globe win to her own trans parent
“This award is…dedicated to you my trans parent, my mapa. You’re watching at home right now, and I just want to thank you for coming...
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Russia has banned transgender people from driving
Once again, Russia is making headlines for its backwards attitudes towards LGBT people
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Supreme Court silent on same-sex marriage cases
The U.S. Supreme Court took no action Friday on a series of cases challenging same-sex marriage bans
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TLC Defends My Husband’s Not Gay, which features former ex-gay activist
"TLC has long shared compelling stories about real people and different ways of life, without judgment."
