All posts tagged "lgbt rights"
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Democrats putting on “gayest convention ever”
When it comes to LGBT issues, Democrats aren’t clowning around. In looking to provide a contrast with the Republicans, who held their convention in Cleveland...
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Jason Collins praises Hillary Clinton in Democratic convention speech
–Jason Collins, a former player for the Brooklyn Nets for 13 years and the first openly gay man in the National Basketball Association (NBA), addressing...
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Dan Savage slams Log Cabin Republicans as ineffective
Columnist decries "useful idiots" who help to mask GOP's bigotry in order to help anti-gay Republicans win office
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Ben Carson compares being transgender to changing ethnicities
–Failed GOP presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, in a speech before the Florida delegation at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, according to...
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Gov. Mary Fallin defends Republican platform’s opposition to LGBT rights
—Gov. Mary Fallin (R-Okla.), co-chair of the Republican National Convention’s Platform Committee in an interview with CNN, defending the party’s proposed platform for this year’s...
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Trump to pick Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as VP (Update: Confirmed)
Pence has accrued a long record of support for anti-LGBT measures
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Annise Parker to keynote historic LGBT marker dedication in Philadelphia
The Equality Forum, the nation’s premier LGBT rights summit, has announced that former Houston Mayor Annise Parker will give the keynote address at the dedication...
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Airplane banner calling out congressman’s anti-gay stance to fly over Jersey Shore
Democrats hoping to pick up a U.S. House seat are resorting to a variety of antics, including a Fourth of July stunt at the Jersey...
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Congress considering “religious freedom” bill to discriminate against LGBT people
The First Amendment Defense Act would prevent the government from protecting LGBT people from discrimination
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Eric Fanning hints at lifting trans military ban in acceptance speech
First openly gay Army Secretary honored with Paving the Way Award at Capital Pride Heroes Gala
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Louisiana Gov. Edwards to rescind Jindal’s anti-gay order
A spokeswoman for the office of Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has told reporters that the governor intends to rescind an executive order targeting...
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NBA and business community denounce N.C. anti-gay law
And it’s all just a little bit of history repeating. That’s what people are saying about a growing corporate backlash against the state of North...
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Advocates urge renewed effort to ensure LGBT progress
Local and national LGBT advocates gathered at a reception at D.C.’s Studio Theater on Thursday evening to regroup after a months-long onslaught of anti-LGBT legislation,...
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Reaction to Obama’s Supreme Court nominee
LGBT organizations are calling for Senate Republicans to take up the nomination of President Obama's most recent Supreme Court pick.
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DNC LGBT-themed web ad calls on Senate to fill Scalia’s seat
There’s nothing quite like election-year squabbling between the major parties, particularly when a Supreme Court seat hangs in the balance. Faced with a Republican-controlled Senate,...
