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News (USA)
Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretary
Spicer is reportedly upset over the hiring of Anthony Scaramucci, who has voiced support for LGBTQ rights, as the new communications director.
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Commentary
John McCain may have cancer, but that doesn’t make him a hero
The fear of being thought “unkind” is unconsciously blaming the victim even when that victim is you.
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News (World)
German president signs marriage equality into law
Couples could start getting hitched as early as October.
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Commentary
Debunking post-election myths about LGBT issues & middle America voters
If LGBT people had a state, we’d be the size of North Carolina and have 15 electoral college votes.
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News (USA)
WNBA All-Star Sue Bird comes out & reveals she’s dating soccer star Megan Rapinoe
She said it has been something she has wanted to do for some time, and that now the timing is finally right.
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News (USA)
Kentucky GOP chair arrested & punched after he exposed himself in a store bathroom
Yup. Another “toe tapping” Republican leader busted in the bathroom. Imagine that.
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News (USA)
Exclusive interview: Gavin Grimm is moving out & moving on
The transgender man who continues to fight for the rights of trans students has decided it’s time to leave home.
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News (USA)
Man sues Congress members over pride flags, claiming being gay is a religion
The same man has sued on numerous occasions to try to win the right to marry his laptop. He says he’s “a machinist.”
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News (USA)
Did Japan’s First Lady pretend she doesn’t speak English to avoid talking to Trump?
She didn’t even say “hello.”
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Life
Senate confirms anti-gay blogger as federal appeals court judge
Mitch McConnell pushed the nomination through after he was the beneficiary of millions of dollars raised for his re-election campaign by Mr. Bush’s wife.
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News (USA)
Trans wrestler makes heartfelt plea to Texas lawmakers to oppose bathroom bills
Mack Beggs made headlines when he was forced to compete with the girls, despite requesting the chance to wrestle boys, and went on to win the state title.
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News (USA)
Texas Senate moving fast to push through anti-transgender ‘bathroom bill’
Business leaders and corporations, such as Apple, IBM, and the NFL, have asked Republican lawmakers to abandon their plan of passing a bill restricting the rights of trans people.
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News (USA)
Ryan Murphy announces Lena Dunham joining ‘American Horror Story’ cast
Dunham will join a cast that will also include Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Cheyenne Jackson Billie Lourd, and Billy Eichner.
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News (USA)
Police identify one of John Wayne Gacy’s victims 40 years after his murder
The 16 year old runaway was killed in 1976, but his family never forgot him.
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News (USA)
Rhode Island bans ex-gay ‘conversion therapy’ torture aimed at LGBT youth
The law bars providers from advertising or engaging in conversion therapy for those under 18.
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News (World)
Milestone: Half of people living with HIV are now taking treatment drugs
Experts applauded the progress, but questioned if the billions spent in the past two decades should have brought more impressive results.
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News (USA)
Trump to pick gay former diplomat for ambassador to Germany
Richard Grenell, formerly an ambassador under the George W. Bush administration, would be the first openly LGBT ambassador nominee for Trump.
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News (World)
All schools in Scotland will have gender neutral bathrooms soon
Could this be a model for schools in the United States? (Hint: YES)
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News (USA)
Ellen DeGeneres is the second highest paid TV star in the world
She makes $77 million every year!
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Life
Chechnya’s leader defends families committing ‘honor killings’ of gay relatives
The U.S. State Department is condemning the comments but is taking no action to stop the abuses or provide safe haven to the gay and bisexual men feeling them.