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The first openly gay federal judge passed away at 72
Deborah Batts was a prosecutor and a law professor before Bill Clinton appointed her to the federal judiciary.
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Republicans scrap child marriage ban because they’re worried about a pro-LGBTQ proposal
Indiana could have stopped adult men from marrying 15-year-old girls, but Republicans wanted to be sure their marriage equality ban stayed on the books.
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Man confesses to viciously stabbing gay men in alleged hate crimes
He allegedly stabbed or attacked several people in a string of hate crimes that started on Christmas.
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Virginia advances LGBTQ rights as Republicans call for secession
Virginia just passed a slate of LGBTQ bill, while Jerry Falwell Jr. wants conservative counties to secede and join West Virginia because the state is getting too progressive.
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Franklin Graham got banned from another arena for his hate speech. Now he wants to sue.
Venues are canceling Graham because of his anti-LGBTQ hate speech.
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Fifth Third Bank stopped donating to a voucher program because of anti-LGBTQ Christian schools
156 Christian schools on the school voucher program ban LGBTQ students or teach that homosexuality is wrong.
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Trans woman left in tears after being slapped & spit on in “disgusting” subway attack
“I just wish people would leave me alone. I don’t do anything,” the victim said in a video that got major attention online.
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Uber driver tells gay men to stop kissing: “I’m a Christian!”
The driver didn’t want two men kissing in her car and said it’s because of her deeply held religious beliefs.
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Bowen Yang from SNL was sent to conversion therapy as a teen
“It was just crazy. Explain the gay away with pseudoscience.”
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Commentary
This gay man is trying to kick Mitch McConnell out of the Senate
“The Equality Act should have already been put into place. But McConnell refuses to address that, as well as hundreds of other bills that could literally change people’s lives.”