All posts tagged "LGBTQ"
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Columbia Heights Hate Crime Reported
A Columbia Heights man is reporting that he was beaten on his doorstep after being chased by a group of men shouting anti-gay and anti-Hispanic...
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HRC Files FCC Complaint Over Anti-Gay Text Messages
Hundreds of voters have been spammed with anti-Obama and anti-gay text messages one week before Election Day, soliciting a legal complaint from the Human Rights...
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Biden: Transgender rights are the “civil rights issue of our time”
Speaking to a supporter at a campaign stop in Sarasota, Fla., on Tuesday evening, Vice President Joe Biden called discrimination against transgender Americans the “civil...
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Gay Republican Recants Allegation He Was Assaulted for Political Beliefs
A gay Republican who said he was the target of a brutal beating last week because of his political beliefs and sexual orientation has recanted...
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Transgender Army Veteran Selected to Lead Military LGBT-Equality Group
In a historic move, the nation’s largest military LGBT-rights organization has announced Allyson Robinson, a transgender woman, will be the group’s new executive director. Servicemembers...
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Grindr’s Political Bedfellows
One of the world’s largest social networking apps for gay men is getting political. With just two weeks before Election Day, Grindr is attempting to...
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Anti-Gay Lawmakers Make Gains in 112th Congress
Overall support in Congress for LGBT rights has decreased significantly over the past two years, according to the Human Rights Campaign’s latest Congressional Scorecard. Despite...
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With One Presidential Debate Left, LGBT Issues Still Go Undiscussed
The second of three 2012 presidential debates ended last night with no mention of LGBT issues. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney...
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Sen. Arlen Specter Remembered for Moderate Streak on LGBT Issues
Former Sen. Arlen Specter, the longest serving senator in Pennsylvania history, died on Sunday from complications of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. The 82-year-old legislator, whose career took...
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Committee to Advise Census Bureau on LGBT Populations
The U.S. Census Bureau announced the establishment of a committee tasked with advising the organization on LGBT populations for implementing the once-a-decade national census. The...
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Freedom to Marry Sets Weekend Engagement
As activists continue to pour resources into the four states that will vote on marriage equality this November, Freedom to Marry is taking their fundraising...
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ACLJ Attorney Fired After Online Accusations of Gay Relationships
A conservative Christian legal group has fired one of its senior attorneys after reports surfaced on the Internet that he may have had romantic relationships...
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LGBT Activists Target UPS for Boy Scout Donations
Activists are turning their attention to UPS in their latest attempt to pull corporate funding for the Boy Scouts of America. A week after Intel...
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Barney Frank Backing Appeal of Ruling Requiring Sex-Reassignment Surgery for Transgender Inmate
Out gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said today that he agrees with a decision by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) last week to appeal a...
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California Outlaws “Ex-Gay” Therapy for LGBT Youth
California became the first state in the nation to officially outlaw gay “conversion” and “reparative” therapy for minors after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the...
