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Trump’s Defense Secretary pick Mattis is opposed to female and LGBTQ soldiers
Mattis believes that moves toward greater equality by the Obama administration has allowed combat effectiveness to suffer.
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Pastor of HGTV’s ‘Fixer Upper’ hosts says their antigay church is not antigay
“We are not only not antigay, but we are pro-helping people in their journey to find out who God is and who He has made them to be.”
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News (USA)
Rising GOP star Virginia Foxx called motive in Matthew Shepard murder a ‘hoax’
Rep. Virginia Foxx was arguing against the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which is now a law.
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Life
One woman’s answer to homophobic neighbor: 10,000 rainbow Christmas lights
Letting lesbians attend the prom together and teaching kids about being transgender were just too much for this woman’s neighbor.
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Life
The president who gave France marriage equality says he’s had enough
Francois Hollande, the least loved French president of modern times, says he will not run for reelection next year.
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Life
Why Oregon is the number one state for post-election hate
“Both the harassment since the election and the energy on the radical right are the predictable results of the campaign that Trump waged for the presidency.”
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Life
Study: Bisexual and rural LGBTQ people face highest rates of depression
Nearly half of bisexuals between the ages of 18 and 24 said they had been diagnosed with depression.
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News (USA)
Michigan neighbors fly rainbow flags to drown out the hate
After a Michigan woman received an anonymous complaint about her rainbow flag, her neighbors responded by flying 20 rainbow flags of their own.
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Life
Jeff Sessions tried to block an LGBTQ campus conference as Alabama AG
Sen. Jeff Sessions claimed that allowing the University of Alabama to host an LGBTQ conference would cause “irreparable harm.”
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News (USA)
Obama administration announces support for women in military draft
Social conservatives decried drafting women as another step toward blurring gender lines akin to allowing transgender people to use public restrooms.
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News (USA)
3 groundbreaking documentaries to watch on Netflix for World AIDS Day
Two of the films focus on the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America, while the third focuses on the current state of AIDS in America, India and South Africa.
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News (USA)
Chelsea Manning supporters send her holiday cards and books post suicide attempt
This will be the transgender soldier’s seventh Christmas in military custody.
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News (USA)
New York City AIDS Memorial unveiled on World AIDS Day
The memorial has been in the works for over five years.
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Commentary
‘Happy Holidays’ is code for ‘Merry Christmas’ and ‘Happy (Christian) New Year’
When people wish others a “happy holiday season” or just “happy holidays,” what exactly do they mean? What events are we including?
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News (USA)
Trump cabinet candidate said Pulse a ‘distraction’ and trans people ‘freakish’
David Clarke would join a cabinet that already contains a host of others who have cast votes, and made statements against, the LGBTQ community.
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News (World)
Is Saudi Arabia banning transgender people from religious pilgrimage to Mecca?
Reports say the conservative Muslim country has stopped issuing visas to transgender people.
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News (USA)
Mike Pence’s new neighbors hang pride flags on their homes to protest homophobia
Mike Pence has a poor record on LGBTQ rights and their neighbors want him to know that they disagree.
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News (USA)
Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscar selfie named one of 100 greatest photos of all time
Time Magazine named the shot one of their 100 Most Influential Images.
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News (USA)
4 arrested at Keith Lamont Scott protest, all trans and gender nonconforming
Demonstrators took to the streets in Charlotte after it was announced that there would be no charges in the police shooting death of Keith Scott.
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Commentary
How can we use HIV prevention techniques to lower smoking rates?
Our community has twice as many deaths from cigarettes than HIV every year. New advances can help us lower both rates by 95% or more.