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Republican lawmaker blocks anti-transgender bill in Indiana
The bill, authored by a state representative who is also an Elvis impersonator, would have banned transgender people from updating their birth certificates.
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Commentary
GOP efforts to ban abortion, limit LGBTQ equality, mirror Nazi Germany
Though I rarely offer comparisons between Nazi German and the contemporary United States, I am haunted by certain parallels that demand voicing.
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Tentative settlement reached in lesbian police officer’s bias lawsuit
The Maryland State Police trooper says she faced discrimination at work based on her gender and sexual orientation, as well as retaliation and a hostile work environment.
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News (USA)
IN lawmaker introduces anti-transgender bill to ban birth certificate changes
The bill would make it impossible for trans Hoosiers to change the gender markers on their birth certificates and other identity documents.
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News (USA)
Pregnant lesbian YouTuber dances in response to complaints about how she dresses
Domo and Crissy are dismissing those who say Domo is the “wrong one” to be carrying the child because she “dresses like a man.”
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News (USA)
‘Love Connection’ reboot hosted by Andy Cohen will include gay couples
Cohen is looking forward to hosting because it, “allows me to do one of the things I love most: meddling in people’s personal lives.”
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News (USA)
Pro-Trump Christian group announces march to ‘destroy’ Obama’s ‘spiritual walls’
Intercessors for America is calling on believers to join what they call a “Jericho March” culminating in shouting to hail the Trump inauguration.
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News (USA)
An inside look at the new Golden Girls-themed cafe opening soon in NYC
The cafe features memorabilia from Eddi-Rue McClanahan, who was a real-life pal and confidant of the owner Michael La Rue.
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News (USA)
America’s poets are fighting back against Trump as only they can
America’s leading poets are averse to Donald Trump, and they’re not about to go gentle into that good night.
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Commentary
Ted Cruz & Lindsey Graham show why the world thinks we’re a ‘bully nation’
Our founders, in their wisdom, did not give us the right to select which laws to follow and which to ignore.
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Life
Hari Nef is L’Oréal’s first transgender model
It carries an extra layer of meaning when transgender model Hari Nef says L’Oréal’s tagline: “Because I’m worth it.”
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News (USA)
Charlie Sheen reveals he contemplated suicide after HIV diagnosis
He also explains what was behind his manic phase, and it wasn’t “tiger’s blood.”
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News (World)
Court orders 12 hours of daily ‘youth community’ for ‘effeminate’ boy
Social services said the boy “flaunts effeminacy in a provocative way.”
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News (USA)
New large public mural honors queer icon ‘Saint George Michael’
Two artists have canonized George Michael in a bold new mural depicting the “Patron Saint of Public Parks” complete with a joint and a bottle of poppers.
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News (USA)
Billy Eichner went to the Obama farewell party and told Ellen all about it
Eichner found a moment to thank Obama “for everything he’s done for the LGBT community.”
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Ben Carson: No ‘extra rights’ for LGBT people if he becomes HUD Secretary
“Extra rights means you get to redefine everything for everybody else. That doesn’t seem very fair to me.”
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News (USA)
Obama surprises an emotional Joe Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom
It was the first time in Obama’s presidency that he has given the medal with an additional level of veneration.
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News (USA)
Lesbian couple named co-pastors of D.C.’s Calvary Baptist Church
This isn’t the first Baptist church to hire an openly gay minister or even to have lesbian co-pastors, but it is still known for making history.
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News (USA)
Country Music Television star Cody Alan comes out as gay
“There is something I want to share with you. You see, I’m gay. This is not a choice I made, but something I’ve known about myself my whole life.”
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News (USA)
‘When We Rise’ star Ivory Aquino comes out as transgender
Series creator Dustin Lance Black didn’t even know she was transgender when he watched her audition tape, despite asking to be sent trans actresses.