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Southern Conference doesn’t want to ‘punish’ N.C., so won’t pull championships
While the league “reaffirmed their resolute opposition to legislation that discriminates against any individual,” the conference is standing pat.
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News (USA)
That time Donald Trump said ‘It’s so natural’ to call Rosie O’Donnell ‘he’
The misgendering episode dates back to 2007, when the Donald said it was “politically correct bullshit” to not call O’Donnell “fat.”
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Commentary
Trans activist Kristin Beck tells TSA: “We are real people with real feelings”
“How do we train Civilian Law Enforcement to see every citizen they approach as a brother or sister? As a citizen? As a Human?”
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Life
Photographer iO Tillett Wright talks about the beauty of difference
Author, activist and photographer iO Tillet Wright spoke with PBS about his project to photograph 10,000 people, in all 50 states, who identify as LGBTQ.
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News (USA)
Alabama’s antigay chief justice Roy Moore suspended for rest of his term (again)
Moore can still appeal the ruling to the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Life
Californian second in U.S. to have non-binary gender approved by court
Keenan is the second person in the nation to receive such a designation, and was inspired by Jamie Shupe’s June victory in Oregon.
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News (USA)
‘The Daily Show’ tests out North Carolina’s HB2 in a hilarious sketch
“Your gay tastebuds aren’t even calibrated to enjoy straight mac and cheese.”
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News (USA)
California governor signs bill approving gender-neutral bathrooms
Supporters say gender-neutral restrooms also would help parents with children of a different gender and adults caring for aging parents.
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Life
Mennonite businessman convicted of helping ex-lesbian kidnap daughter
Neither mother nor daughter has been seen in the United States since, and Lisa Miller is considered a fugitive.
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News (USA)
N.C. House leader: ‘bathroom bill’ repeal deal may never have happened
The House Speaker’s comments raise questions about how realistic a proposed compromise was to end the monthslong fallout over the law.
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Life
Dan Savage’s advice to Hillary: if Trump goes low in next debate, hit back
Author and sex advice columnist Dan Savage has some advice for Hillary Clinton should Donald Trump bring up Bill’s affairs, and it is spot on.
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Commentary
Yoyo dieter Newt Gingrich fat-shames Miss Universe at gay GOP dinner
“You’re not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you’re Miss Universe,” the former House speaker told the Log Cabin Republicans.
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News (USA)
Multiple LGBT news outlets fold as parent company’s assets seized by court
The staff of Multimedia Platforms, which includes the Florida Agenda, Frontiers Magazine in LA, and Next Magazine in New York, has been let go.
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News (USA)
Confirmed: Wonder Woman is queer
The writer of her latest comic book says the Amazon Princess is queer in a culture of women that is “absent of heteronormativity.”
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News (USA)
This North Carolina sheriff compared transgender kids to lice infestation
Sheriff Donnie Harrison of Wake County, N.C., is threatening to pull school resource officers out of schools unless a policy on trans kids is adopted.
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News (USA)
Will homophobic Alabama Supreme Court chief justice keep his job?
The state’s Judicial Inquiry Commission is seeking his removal from the bench, arguing he directed state probate judges to refuse marriage licenses to gay couples.
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Life
Not just for bears and otters any more: Scruff for cats is here!
This viral video is breaking Facebook today as gay cat lovers everywhere giggle at this poor puss’s attempts to hook up.
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News (USA)
Killer cop previously sued for sexually harassing a lesbian officer
One of the officers involved in a deadly confrontation with an unarmed black man was demoted last year amid allegations that he sexually harassed a lesbian.
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News (USA)
Religious right will try to repeal Massachusetts pro-trans law at the ballot box
City and town clerks had certified more than 32,375 signatures of registered voters, the number needed to place a repeal question on the 2018 state ballot.
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News (World)
Two ex-nuns just got a civil union in Italy and the media went nuts
The women, one from southern Italy and the other of South American origins, fell in love while working at a rehabilitation center for drug addicts.