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Southeast Missouri State University offers gender-neutral bathrooms
Rylan Flesch, a transgender student at the university, said the restroom change is “progress,” adding that it “shows that the university cares.”
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Jury awards $2.8M to female nurses who say gay boss oppressed them
The jury found evidence of sexual harassment, discrimination, failure to prevent harassment and discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, defamation, and negligent supervision.
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Phoenix will offer transgender-inclusive healthcare to city workers
There police union criticized the city for covering “elective” care instead of things like contact lenses, orthopedic shoes, skin-tag removal, and in vitro fertilization.
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God and natural disasters: It’s not just the queers’ fault anymore
Rather than blaming LGBT people, start to embrace science to save humanity from itself.
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Lesbian coach sues Catholic school that fired her for having a wife
She says the school found out about her marriage after her sister-in-law sent them photos from the wedding following an argument.
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Showing gay pride in Kathmandu (yes, that’s how it’s spelled)
The festival wasn’t just held to celebrate Pride but to demand equality and equal rights under Nepal’s new constitution.
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Illinois property case is latest ruling against LGBTQ Americans
Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights called the ruling “out of step with the realities of families today.”
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Jon Stewart to Larry Wilmore: OMG! What? Did you piss off Peter Thiel?
“You started a conversation that was not on television when you began,” the former Daily Show host told Wilmore on his last show.
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Now even white nationalists want gay friends
Some members of the alt-right movement are courting likeminded LGBTQ people who are anti-establishment and racist.
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Report: Brigham Young University punishes gay rape victims not rapists
Gay and bisexual students face punishment, suspension, and even expulsion for reporting rape by someone of the same sex.
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Kim Davis’ fight is officially over as judge dismisses cases as ‘moot’
This is the last Kim Davis story you’ll ever have to read.
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Man accused of pouring boiling water on gay couple rejects plea deal
According to authorities, Blackwell expressed disgust with the men’s relationship and told investigators he just poured “a little hot water on them.”
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Model Tracey Norman returns to Clairol as an out transgender woman
“We’re honored to bring back Tracey Norman as a woman who no longer has to hide her truth.”
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After rejecting North Carolina, NBA taps New Orleans for All-Star Game
The NBA decided last month that it wouldn’t hold its event in North Carolina because of a state law that limits protections for LGBTQ people.
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Judge: employer’s religious freedom outweighs transgender civil rights
This ruling may set a potentially devastating precedent for trans people that can be traced to the Hobby Lobby decision.
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Presumably gay-free website poses dumb questions we hate being asked
An article about the awkward questions people ask LGBTQ folk is made more awkward by a headline that treats us as “others.”
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Target to spend $20 million adding gender-neutral restrooms to stores
The move comes in the wake of protests and boycotts over Target’s earlier statement supporting the rights of transgender people to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender.
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Ellen’s Instagram tribute to her wife will make your heart happy
“Best thing I ever did,” declared the talk show host, to celebrate eight years of marriage to Portia de Rossi.
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Tennessee students win right to wear ‘Some People Are Gay’ T-shirts
“Our settlement reinforces that students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gates.”
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Blake Shelton apologizes for old sexist, racist, anti-gay tweets
The tweets maligned gay people, made light of rape, and suggested that people speaking other languages are terrorists.