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Pope Francis adamantly backs Mexico’s marriage equality protesters
Francis said he willingly joined their protest “in favor of family and life, which in these times require special pastoral and cultural attention around the world.”
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News (USA)
Watch: Drag queen transforms in Times Square, makes unexpected friend
“I set out on this project, with no expectations and it was honestly one of the most organically beautiful things to ever happen to me.”
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News (USA)
Anti-gay Alabama Chief Justice Moore heads to court this week
“He was on a mission not to recognize federal law on same-sex couples,” Carroll told the court in a hearing last month.
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Life
Police stop Uganda’s gay pride parade a month after a bar raid
Uganda’s minister in charge of ethics and integrity, Simon Lokodo, urged police to arrest them if they went ahead with the parade.
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News (USA)
More collegiate sports tournaments are pulling out of North Carolina
The league will send a letter to Gov. Pat McCrory to express its opposition to the measure and call for its immediate repeal.
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Life
Tens of thousands march against same-sex marriage in Mexico
Many saw the massive march as the Roman Catholic church flexing its political muscle in a country where about 80 percent identify as nominally Catholic.
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News (USA)
Trump reveals his final Supreme Court justice wish list
Also listed: Timothy Tymkovich, who argued in front of the Colorado Supreme Court to oppose legal protections for gays and lesbians.
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Life
Lesbian officer sues Maryland police alleging anti-gay discrimination
Chelsea Raley contends she’s also been subjected to retaliation and a hostile work environment based on her sexual orientation and gender.
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News (USA)
Nonprofit: Manning faces two weeks in solitary for suicide attempt
“Essentially she is now being tortured as punishment for an act of desperation.”
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Commentary
Rick Santorum, Donald Trump, and oxymoronic ‘Biblical’ science
What is more traditional and value-laden than conserving and thus sustaining the Earth’s resources?
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Life
Cab company supports driver who yelled anti-gay slurs outside gay bar
Portland Taxi told a reporter: “If the gays don’t want to use our company, that’s better for us.”
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News (USA)
Trans teen athlete says McDonald’s fired him ‘because of the media’ attention
An LGBTQ group in Canada wants McDonalds to apologize to Kenny Cooley.
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Life
Amplifying bisexual voices
This is the culmination of the third annual Bisexual Awareness Week.
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Life
Anti-LGBTQ religious zealot Ted Cruz will vote for Donald Trump
The senator from Texas said he spent “many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience.”
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News (World)
English football punishes player who tweeted that gays should ‘burn’ and ‘die’
Andre Gray was suspended for four matches for social media comments he made four years ago.
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News (USA)
Pulse massacre spurs Florida LGBTQ group to join fight against gun violence
“Gun violence is a civil rights issue that disproportionately impacts all marginalized communities.”
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News (USA)
Transgender woman says New Orleans jail staff failed to stop her rape
New Orleans’ sheriff has been under political and legal pressure for years due to dangerous jail conditions, including beatings, sexual assaults and suicides.
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Commentary
This is what it’s like to be bisexual in America
Being out-and-proud sometimes has these funny, awkward, and sweet moments, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say it has its dark side.
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Life
New 911 calls from Orlando shooting show a frantic scene
Newly released 911 calls from the Pulse nightclub massacre highlight police negotiations with the shooter.
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News (USA)
Trump brings on anti-gay former rival Santorum as an advisor
Santorum has previously accused the LGBTQ community of declaring a “jihad” against him and has compared same-sex relationships to bestiality, incest, and pedophilia.