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News (USA)
6 Westboro extremists showed up to cheer the death of a teen. Hundreds chased them away.
Westboro Baptist tried to make a comeback outside the Oklahoma school where Nex Benedict was beaten. It only lasted 15 minutes.
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Politics
GOP lawmakers want to throw drag queens in jail for performing in front of children
Hamburger Mary’s would be labeled a “sexually oriented” business because it allows people to perform in drag if this GOP bill passes.
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Election News
9 leading LGBTQ+ voices discuss the Queer State of the Union: ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’
As President Biden addresses the nation in his most important speech of the year, where will the LGBTQ+ community fit in the narrative?
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Politics
Democratic senators request funding cut for LGBTQ+ center after rightwing online attacks
LibsofTikTok accused the center of hosting “BDSM and s*x k*nk parties.” That same day, two Democrats withdrew their support for funding.
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Election News
GOP governor candidate wants to go back to a time when women couldn’t vote
He also thinks the Civil Rights movement was “communist” and bad for capitalism.
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Life
How can we stop “mind-reading” technology from outing queer people against their will?
AI-driven brain scans can detect people’s sexual orientations, and that has some legal experts seriously concerned.
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News (USA)
Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian university fined $14 million for failing to report campus crimes
Liberty University discouraged students from reporting rapes and didn’t warn others about bomb threats.
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Politics
Texas politician goes viral for blunt takedown of Christian fanatics
The state wants to replace public school counselors with preachers.
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News (World)
Trans teen forced to castrate pig in one of Russia’s “thriving” ex-gay clinics
Vladimir Putin’s LGBTQ+ crackdown has created fertile ground to “cure” the “gay condition.”
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Commentary
Nikki Haley’s campaign told some hard truths about Donald Trump despite itself
Haley would never say just how terrible Trump is, but she exposed his weaknesses at the ballot box.
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Election News
Annise Parker says local LGBTQ+ candidates have the power to take down Donald Trump
The head of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund outlines the consequences of skipping the polls.
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Life
This dance video uses drag queens & twerking to explain kangaroos
It won a major science competition.
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Life
Haters attacked an inclusive public library. So its director made the whole city a book sanctuary.
Jennie Pu says libraries are “as American as apple pie” and there is nothing more undemocratic than attacking them.
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Election News
Pete Buttigieg leaves pro-Trump news anchor speechless with his defense of “simple fact”
All Buttigieg had to do was tell the truth to school Joe Kernan.
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Life
Jonathan Van Ness is allegedly a “monster” with “rage issues” behind the scenes
Sources say behind-the-scenes tensions among the “Queer Eye” cast led to Bobby Berk’s departure.
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News (World)
Uganda lawmaker who called for gay people to be castrated denied entry into the US
One activist called the situation “a case of the chicken coming home to roost.”
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Life
Dakota Johnson claims kids in schools are identifying as cats
She is the latest public figure to repeat the transphobic urban legend.
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Commentary
8 jobs Nikki Haley can pursue after her presidential campaign ends
Here’s how she can capitalize upon everything she’s learned on the campaign trail.
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Election News
Super Tuesday: Haley’s toast, Biden faces Gaza pressure, & a bigot wins NC
Trump mostly swept the GOP primaries, but that doesn’t mean all Republican voters support him.
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Politics
Who is Mark Robinson? What is his stance on LGBTQ+ issues?
He has declared that God created him to battle against LGBTQ+ rights.