All posts tagged "republicans"
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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote legalized marriage equality, announces retirement
Donald Trump gets to name a second Supreme Court Justice, who will shift the court permanently in a conservative direction
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New Hampshire governor signs bill granting LGBTQ protections and banning conversion therapy
On Friday, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signed two bills into law aimed at ensuring equality for LGBTQ Granite State residents. One bill prohibits...
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Dan Savage eviscerates gay Republican who complains he can’t get laid
–Sex advice columnist Dan Savage, writing in his “Savage Love” column for The Stranger, responding to a self-professed Republican who takes offense to people on dating or...
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Tennessee GOP killed bill banning child marriage to maintain challenge to gay marriage
Social conservatives want to pursue legal strategy arguing that marriage equality has made all marriages invalid
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South Carolina Republicans want to call same-sex marriages “parody marriage”
The bill would only allow heterosexual unions to be considered marriages
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Colorado GOP lawmakers withhold funding from state’s Civil Rights Commission
Advocates accuse GOP of punishing commission for siding with same-sex couple in Masterpiece Cakeshop case
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Trump’s State of the Union speech omits mention of LGBTQ rights
President Trump carefully avoided any mention of the LGBTQ community as he reflected on his first year in office in his State of the Union...
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Virginia Senate votes 29-10 to approve employment and fair housing bills
The Virginia Senate approved two pro-LGBTQ bills that ban discrimination in public employment and housing. The bills, patroned by Sens. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) and Jennifer...
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Sue Hyde: The government has “fully engaged itself in the process of erasing us”
Donald Trump is aiming to wreak havoc on the LGBTQ community, but the National LGBTQ Task Force's Sue Hyde is determined not to let him...
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Washington State Senate votes to ban conversion therapy
The Washington State Senate voted 32-16 to ban license therapists from subjecting LGBTQ-identifying youth to conversion therapy designed to change their sexual orientation and gender...
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GOP wins control of Virginia House after lottery draw favors Republican
Victory allows Republicans to ensure defeats for pro-LGBTQ initiatives
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Year in Review: The Highs and (many) Lows of 2017
From Trump’s rise to power to battles on every front, the LGBTQ community spent the year fighting back attempts to deny equality.
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LGBTQ advocates slam passage of GOP tax bill
Bill's provisions threaten LGBTQ people's access to health care and do not benefit lower-income individuals
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Danica Roem reads Republicans for their arguments over election losses in Virginia
Delegate-elect derides Republicans' "divisive" campaign messaging and says it cost them the election
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Texas business group will continue to oppose bathroom bill legislation
Republicans who supported bathroom bill and sanctuary cities bill took hits in pro-business group's lawmaker ratings
