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Former Trump campaign chair charged with felony human sex trafficking of a minor
The former judge is accused of subjecting someone under 18 to “commercial sexual activity” among other charges.
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20 years to the day after coming out episode, Ellen wins Daytime Emmy
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” won for best entertainment talk show Sunday, 20 years to the day that her character came out as gay on the sitcom “Ellen.”
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Barbra Streisand blames sexism for Oscar snubs
“There were a lot of older people” who didn’t want to see a woman director, the star says.
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Bill Nye slams anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’ with animated ice cream analogy
Vanilla ice cream tries to pressure other flavors to “convert” to vanilla, but the other flavors show vanilla how to appreciate flavor diversity.
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Alabama’s Roy Moore continues fight against marriage equality in senate campaign
“God puts people in positions in positions he wants,” Moore said. “More than thinking I can win, it’s up to God and God’s will. We will see what God would have me do.”
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Jake Graf’s ‘Headspace’ shows what runs through transgender people’s minds
Trans actor Jake Graf, who starred in “The Danish Girl,” says he wanted to highlight the daily trials and tribulations transgender people face.
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Kentucky judge says he won’t hear adoption cases involving gay adults
Judge Mitchell Nance said he believes “under no circumstance” would “the best interest of the child be promoted by the adoption by a practicing homosexual.”
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5 gayest moments from Samantha Bee’s ‘Not the White House Correspondents Dinner’
The event was billed as a celebration of free press and served as a fundraiser for the Committee to Protect Journalists, reportedly raising $200,000 for the organization.
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Ruling against lesbian Methodist bishop highlights divisions in the denomination
Bishop Karen Oliveto’s civil marriage to another woman violates church law that bars clergy who are “self-avowed practicing homosexuals,” the Judicial Council said.
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NJ Gov. Chris Christie compares current opioid crisis to 1980s HIV/AIDS epidemic
“People who are in denial about the lives that are being lost; certain value judgments that are being placed upon the conduct of people who then get this disease,” Christie said.
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Groundbreaking Adventist pastor resigns after coming out as bisexual
Former Adventist Pastor Alicia Johnston knew should couldn’t participate in ministering a hurtful message to anyone, including herself.
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Judge says transgender inmates have right to affirming garments, accessories
The federal judge rejected arguments that things like nightgowns or earrings would be used for escapes or assaults.
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Wyoming men wear tutus in protest of Senator’s victim-blaming comments
The tutu protest came in response to Sen. Mike Enzi’s comment that men who wear tutus into bars are asking to be assaulted.
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Commentary
Trump’s tax plan is the exact opposite of ‘freedom’
How free are we when needed services that benefit many people have to be cut to make a small group of people even richer?
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Staff leave North Carolina college after being told to oppose marriage equality
Montreat College’s “Community Life Covenant” expects those who work there to oppose same-sex marriage and abortion in their personal lives.
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Catholic hospital that refused transgender man hysterectomy is hit with lawsuit
Evan Michael Minton says he was devastated when a Catholic hospital canceled his hysterectomy just one day before it was scheduled.
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Transgender wrestler wins again — this time in court
A Texas judge blew the whistle on attempts to prevent this trans boy from competing as a wrestler.
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Commentary
Standing by their man: These LGBTQ Trump supporters are still in his corner
They’re here, they’re queer, and 100 days later, they still back Trump.
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Twitter suspends Milo — again — just in time
The news comes as Yiannopoulos announced a new venture that he promises will make the lives of progressives “a living hell.”
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A quick Q&A with Ellen DeGeneres on the anniversary of her coming out
“Nobody really understood how dark it got for me. I was really, really in a deep depression. I had never been so down in my life.”