All posts tagged "LGBTQ rights"
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Advocates: Masterpiece Cakeshop decision underscores need for explicit LGBTQ legal protections
It's now up to lawmakers and movement leaders to push for clear, comprehensive laws prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination
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Lebanon’s gay pride week canceled after organizer detained for “encouraging debauchery”
Authorities forced the organizer to sign a pledge to cancel the rest of the week's events.
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Stephanie Sandberg becomes new executive director of LPAC
Taking a dig at the Trump administration, Sandberg says "we will not be invisible, and we will not back down"
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Human Rights Campaign launches “Moms for Equality” campaign
Sally Field, Betty DeGeneres, and Kelly Rippon add their voices in favor of equality
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LGBTQ groups: Writings of 9th Circuit nominee Ryan Bounds are “disqualifying”
Writings from Ryan Bounds' college years reveal hostility towards communities of color and LGBTQ people
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U.K. drag queens plan to protest Donald Trump’s upcoming visit this summer
Event is intended to show "solidarity" with marginalized groups who have been targeted by the Trump administration
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Pulse survivor Brandon Wolf receives death threats following Mike Pence comments
The Pulse nightclub shooting survivor who sparked outrage among right-wing activists after he misspoke about Vice President Mike Pence’s past support for conversion therapy is...
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N.J. newspaper calls on GOP congressional candidate to drop out for anti-gay slur
Editorial board worries that Lonegan's offensive comments make him vulnerable in the general election
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Anti-gay pastor Scott Lively has qualified for the Republican primary in Mass. governor’s race
Lively has a long history of statements advocating for the criminalization of homosexuality
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LGBTQ groups blast confirmation of anti-LGBTQ Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State
Pompeo urged to speak out against human rights abuses abroad, despite his past opposition to LGBTQ equality
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Senate confirms anti-gay Trump judicial pick Kyle Duncan
Democratic senators denounce lawyer who defended North Carolina's HB 2 law and the Gloucester County School Board
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Senate panel approves Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State
A last-minute change of heart by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday night all but ensures the confirmation of CIA Director Mike Pompeo as the...
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Senate confirms anti-gay Jim Bridenstine to be head of NASA
One Democratic Senator questioned if Bridenstine, a climate change denier, even understood basic scientific concepts
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LGBTQ rights lawyer David Buckel dies after setting himself on fire in NYC park
Buckel apparently committed suicide by self-immolation to protest humanity's dependence on fossil fuels
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Alabama Sen. Doug Jones co-sponsors Equality Act
LGBTQ advocates won a moral victory on Thursday when U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) signed on as a co-sponsor of the Equality Act. The Equality...
