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News (USA)
Transgender woman robs bank, hands out cash, so she can return to jail
Police say they found Linda Thompson at the bank she had just robbed, saying “I want to go back to prison.”
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News (USA)
Federal Judge grills GOP lawyers about HB2’s trans bathroom provision
“How does this law make bathrooms and changing rooms safer in North Carolina?” asked the judge. Exactly!
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News (USA)
Nick Denton files for personal bankruptcy, puts Gawker up for sale
Peter Thiel must be smiling today, as the out publisher of Gawker had to go bankrupt to pay Hulk Hogan $140M.
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News (USA)
North Carolina’s HB2 bathroom provision will stand until trial
A federal judge is delaying a ruling on the portion of the North Carolina law governing the use of public bathrooms by trans people.
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News (USA)
Trump fails right winger’s ’10 Commandments’ litmus test
Conservative Christian David Barton: voters must choose candidate who will “keep marriage bed pure.”
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News (USA)
A record 42 out athletes will compete in the Summer Olympics in Rio
Surprisingly few of those out LGBTQ athletes are playing for team USA.
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Commentary
America isn’t done feeling the Bern, and that’s a good thing
Bernie and his movement of primarily young and energetic change agents have the distinct potential of transforming our broken system.
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News (USA)
Judge mulling N.C. ‘bathroom bill’ supported overturned voter ID law
“In holding that the legislature did not enact the challenged provisions with discriminatory intent, the court seems to have missed the forest in carefully surveying the many trees.”
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News (World)
In socially conservative Guatemala, transgender people sees gains
“The battles that the LGBTQ community has won in Guatemala are pretty significant achievements and could be an example for other nations in Central America.”
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News (USA)
Watch: Tegan and Sara celebrate queer, trans youth in ‘Faint of Heart’
It’s hard not to feel the love watching “Faint of Heart,” with a chorus that speaks to the resilience of LGBTQ communities.
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News (USA)
In highlighting diversity, Democrats take heat from straight white men
Trump taps into a “legitimate” frustration acute among small-town and rural white men whose fathers and grandfathers once helped elect Democrats.
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Commentary
Resisting Trump’s tyranny requires bystanders to become ‘upstanders’
History shows: Everyone, not only the direct perpetrators of oppression, plays a vital role in genocides.
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News (USA)
‘I’m not gay:’ Tyler Posey apologizes for ‘coming out’ on social media
“Although I’m not gay, I fully support the LGBTQ community. This was a moment intended to reflect that.”
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News (USA)
Ellen DeGeneres: LGBTQ and other diversity in Hollywood is ‘overdue’
“We’re overdue for every film to represent every single person on this planet.”
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News (USA)
California bill would prevent LGBT discrimination at religious schools
Bill supporters say it would be the first law of its kind in the nation and would create a safe space for LGBT students.
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News (World)
World Health Organization considers major change to transgender status
“The terminology is difficult because nobody likes anything….we could call this ‘happy unicorns dancing by the edge of the stream’ and there’d be an objection to it.”
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Life
Mississippi leaders defend blocked anti-gay law at county fair
“As a matter of fact, I reach out to the American Family Association, the Alliance for Defending Freedom. I’ll continue to do so.”
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Commentary
Staying high in the days of going low: Lessons from Michelle Obama
When verbal abuse becomes part and parcel of the everyday parlance, we have created a society characterized by zero tolerance of inclusion and diversity.
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Life
Maine Republican who called gay candidate ‘Little Justine’ apologizes
“The signal, to me, is that these sorts of tactics are OK and that this type of hate-filled rhetoric will continue.”
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News (USA)
Tyler Posey just came out (unless he didn’t)
The ‘Teen Wolf’ heartthrob posted a “Coming Out” video on Snapchat. But was he serious?