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Life
Alison Bechdel says her radical queer comics are now more widely accepted
When Bechdel began cartooning about same-sex relationships decades ago it was “the most subcultural, fringe, beyond-the-pale thing you could ever think of doing.”
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News (USA)
Historic ruling: Discriminating against gays violates federal housing law
A married lesbian couple was told that they couldn’t rent an apartment because of their “unique relationship.”
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News (USA)
LGBTQ worker ruling could boost push for Nebraska protections
While the state’s nondiscrimination measure faces long odds, the ruling Tuesday by the 7th Circuit in Chicago gave supporters some extra ammunition to make their case.
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News (USA)
Someone in a small Wisconsin town is stealing & burning pride flags
Several homes found that their rainbow flags were stolen, and this isn’t the first time it has happened in this town.
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News (USA)
Randy Rainbow ‘interviews’ Ivanka Trump in latest viral video
Randy Rainbow took on Ivanka’s complicity with the White House and her undefined role in the administration.
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News (USA)
Seattle mayor Ed Murray faces third accusation of sexually abusing a teenage boy
According his spokesperson, the first two accusations were promoted by anti-gay activists during Washington’s marriage equality campaign.
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News (USA)
This adorable Army prom photo is sure to make you smile
YouTuber Max Emerson’s Instagram post of him and his boyfriend at his West Point Prom has gone viral.
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News (USA)
Does New Jersey’s anti-bullying law out queer students against their will?
Has the new law prevented students from reporting bullying because of fear over how their parents will react?
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News (World)
You won’t believe why a drugstore had to yank this coloring book off shelves
It was not clear how many of the books were sold.
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News (USA)
Now this is real: Man ejected from a council meeting for offering mayor a Pepsi
We are not making this up.
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News (World)
This is the image Vladimir Putin doesn’t want Russians to see
The gay Putin meme is the 4,071st entry in the list of banned “extremist materials.”
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News (USA)
Senate Republican invoke ‘nuclear option’ to shove Trump pick onto Supreme Court
Republicans have unilaterally rewritten the chamber’s rules to allow President Donald Trump’s nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court.
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News (USA)
God remains silent in response to Bryan Fischer’s claim we stole the rainbow
So far, the radio preacher has not threatened Skittles for its advertising campaign urging consumers to “eat the rainbow.”
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Commentary
Should LGBT people be worried about Gorsuch making it onto the Supreme Court?
Yes, yes you do – unless you don’t like having the freedom to marry, to get medical care, to have a place to live, or to use the bathroom.
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News (World)
India issues pro-trans public accommodations guidelines
The government issued guidelines this week that urged state governments to ensure that transgender people are recognized as equal citizens.
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News (USA)
Man’s dog stolen in strangest Grindr robbery ever
The man was held with a knife to his throat as the robbers demanded all his valuables – including his little pup, Coco.
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News (USA)
Will the Supreme Court reexamine the Civil Rights Act after gay rights ruling?
The nation’s highest court has tended to split between liberals and conservatives on hot-button social issues like LGBTQ rights.
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News (USA)
NC church bans boy scouts declaring pro-LGBTQ policy is a ‘sin’ against God
According to church leaders, “We cannot partner with an organization that embraces what God’s Word clearly labels as sin.”
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News (World)
Hundreds march in Amsterdam to support beaten gay couple
“I thought we were finished with it, that we had achieved it. But that is not the case, and that is very sad. So I’m going back onto the barricades.”