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News (USA)
Top Senate Democrats will filibuster Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Senate Minority Leader Chuch Schumer said he will oppose the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch, and Republicans might change Senate rules to get Gorsuch confirmed.
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News (USA)
Ellen mocks security theater in segment about Russian spies
Ellen interrogated her audience to find out if any of them were spies.
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News (USA)
Pulse victims sue shooter’s employer and wife
The victims of the most deadly mass shooting in recent history say Omar Mateen’s employer knew he was unstable but let him have a gun anyway.
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News (USA)
First openly gay pro baseball player David Denson retires from the game
Leaving the game had nothing to do with his coming out. If anything, the pressure to be a positive role model for gay athletes inspired him to stick it out as long as he did.
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News (USA)
Man who helped rob lesbian mom of her child sentenced to 3 years
The man who drove Lisa Miller to Canada so she could take her and her ex-partner’s baby to live with Mennonites in Nicaragua has been sentenced.
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Commentary
NOM brings Madrid’s transphobic bus to New York City
The bus is supposed to promote “respect,” which makes sense only if we redefine the word to mean its opposite.
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News (USA)
Trump appointee decries student body president election as ‘stolen’
Rick Perry denounced the election of a gay person to student body president as “a mockery of due process.”
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Life
Transgender college students are more likely to be problem drinkers
Transgender women reported the most negative experiences with alcohol, with nearly half saying that they had blacked out from drinking in the past two weeks.
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News (USA)
Transgender woman murdered in Baltimore is 8th victim this year
Police are looking for the gunman who shot 38-year-old Alphonza Watson, following an argument, and left her for dead.
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News (USA)
NC Republicans say no to the dress that a boy dared to wear
“The purpose of our elementary schools is to teach writing, reading and arithmetic, not to encourage boys to wear dresses.”
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News (World)
Germany clears path to erase convictions of gay men
The antigay law that dated back to the 19th century was used to vigorously prosecute gay men in the post-war era.
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News (USA)
‘Billions’ star Asia Kate Dillon schools Ellen on being non-binary
They play a nonbinary character on television, and away from the cameras they live a nonbinary life.
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News (USA)
Sucking up to Donald Trump wins ‘Fox & Friends’ huuuuge ratings and retweets
Trump called ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN the “enemy of the American people,” while he and his supporters are clearly friends of Fox.
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News (USA)
Neil Gorsuch said same-sex marriage is ‘absolutely settled law’
The conservative Supreme Court nominee said that he would not comment on same-sex marriage because there are cases pending about religious exemptions.
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Commentary
Now Kim Davis’s lawyers are trying to shut down a Gay-Straight Alliance
The right is furious that a principal isn’t outing teens to their parents and is accusing her of running a “secret” club.
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Commentary
To cover Trump and his post-fact fiefdom, reporters need to do this
Is the centuries-long tradition of the free press dead? Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld has suggestions for journalists who now feel boxed-out.
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Commentary
Man couldn’t order drinks because of his Trump hat, his ‘saddest hour’
The dude in the #MAGA cap is suing for emotional distress because he wasn’t served a second jalapeno margarita. Seriously?
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News (USA)
Conservative Christian pastor: ‘Anointed cake’ turned gay man straight
Bake away the gay? The pastor claims sex workers prayed over a cake and got a gay man to eat it, so he would feel “the power of God.”
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News (USA)
Are these 3 non-binary emoji coming to your phone this year?
With emoji getting more diverse and resolutions increasing on phones, a developer is trying to introduce non-gendered emoji.
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Commentary
This Ellen superfan made his dream come true: appearing on her show (sort of)
A Polish man spent years planning his moment of triumph — and media outlets worldwide fell for it.