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NYPD look for suspect after man beaten at subway station over tight pants
Hate crimes in New York City have been on the rise, with the NYPD reporting in November that they rose 31.5% in 2016 compared to stats from 2015.
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Catholic priest tells Trump protesters to kill themselves: #JumpAgainstTrump
Rev. Philip Rizzo defended his post, saying he just thought the “Jump Against Trump’’ meme was “funny.” Church officials and his parishioners didn’t find it humorous.
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Dozens of Australian gay men may have been killed by being thrown off cliffs
Most of the deaths were either left unsolved or declared suicides.
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Women would be severely affected by repeal of Affordable Care Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — From a return to higher premiums for women to gaps in coverage for birth control and breast pumps, the Republican push to repeal the Obama-era health care law already is raising concerns that women could be hit hard. The 2010 law ended a common industry practice of charging women more than men […]
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Hallmark features real life gay couple in Valentine’s Day commercial
This is the third consecutive year that the company has included a gay couple in their Valentine’s Day advertising campaign.
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Indiana will fight ruling ordering same-sex parents’ names on birth certificates
Freedom Indiana warns the state is putting “politics ahead of LGBT families, and it further damages the state’s reputation.”
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School sued for ‘appalling’ treatment of transgender student
The boy’s mother says administrators “made my child out to be a freak” and that their behavior was “appalling.”
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Key legal test approaches for Arkansas LGBT measure
Arkansas is one of three GOP-controlled states that explicitly bans cities and counties from enacting laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.
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Trump threatens UC Berkeley funding after violent protests shut down Milo speech
Chaos erupted on campus amid peaceful protests against the hate speech-spewing Breitbart editor.
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Trump praises ‘religious freedom’ at National Prayer Breakfast speech
Trump also spoke about the Muslim ban, his ongoing feud with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and his plan to allow churches to get deeply involved in politics.
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11 Philly gay bars ordered to train staff to stop being racist
City investigators found numerous examples of racist policies and behavior by staff including refusing to serve black customers and denying others entry.
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Virginia House approves license to discriminate in the name of religion
Legislators gave early approval to a bill that prohibits the state from penalizing any group or person who believes that marriage is only between a man and woman.
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North Carolina Senate Democrats file another HB2 repeal bill
A deal between legislative leaders and incoming Gov. Roy Cooper just before Christmas to pass a repeal bill fell apart.
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Leaked copy: Trump ‘religious freedom’ executive order is worse than you feared
Trump doesn’t have to repeal Obama’s pro-LGBT executive order if this order effectively nullifies it as a leaked draft shows.
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Violent attacks on gay men under investigation in Columbus & Nashville
Over ten men attacked a couple who moved to Ohio a week and a half ago and chose their neighborhood because they felt it would be welcoming. That feeling has evaporated.
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Norway’s Lutheran Church votes to allow pastors to conduct same-sex weddings
The move comes after the church voted overwhelming last year to allow for same-sex marriages, which have been legal in the country since 2009.
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Why isn’t Louisiana’s homophobic attorney general suing Donald Trump?
Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, challenged similar state protections in court to have them nullified.
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Man sues Grindr after over 700 men show up at his door thanks to fake profiles
He describes his life now as a living hell after men have continued to show up at his home and place of work believing him to be who they were chatting with on the app.
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Jerry Falwell Jr. will lead White House task force on higher education policy
Falwell said he will set his sights on pairing down the higher education department, charging it with overregulation and mismanagement.
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UK could posthumously pardon over 100,000 sodomy convictions
Those people, including some lesbians, convicted for same-sex kissing and cuddling under laws such as the Public Order Act of 1986, are not eligible for a pardon.