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Police hunt for men in antigay attack inside NYC gated community
“This has happened to me twice and the only thing I’m guilty of is being gay a week after Pride,” said Marquis Devereaux.
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News (USA)
Texas firing range offers free training to new LGBT gun owners
The mass shooting in Orlando at an LGBT nightclub has some calling for increased gun control, while others have begun arming themselves.
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News (USA)
LGBT gun control advocates arrested at Marco Rubio’s office
A month after the Orlando nightclub shooting, dozens of gun control advocates started a 49-hour sit-in near Senator Rubio’s office to remember the 49 victims.
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News (USA)
Arkansas legislature okays bill to allow therapists to discriminate
The bill would give therapists special exemptions from existing civil rights laws and allow them to discriminate against LGBT people.
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News (USA)
Star Trek creator’s son unsure how father would feel about gay Sulu
Roddenberry understands Takei’s opinion that his father likely didn’t intend for Sulu to be gay.
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News (USA)
Dems defend LGBT people against Republican attack in Congress
On the one month anniversary of the Orlando mass shooting, Congressional Republicans held a hearing on legalizing discrimination against LGBT people.
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News (World)
Anglicans recount same-sex marriage votes, find love actually won
After supporters demanded a recount, the church discovered the marriage equality measure had actually passed – by one vote.
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News (USA)
From the courtroom to the boardroom: trans attorney leads rights group
Weiss’s casework “resulted in landmark settlements and rulings… and sending an unmistakable message that employment bias will not be tolerated.”
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News (USA)
Dolly Parton has an upcoming dance track called ‘I’m A Wee Bit Gay’
“It’s a fun, tongue-in-cheek type of song,” she says.
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News (USA)
D.A.: gay man’s ‘on-again, off-again’ boyfriend choked him to death
Nicholas James Bowling reportedly described himself as “the most beautiful man in West Hollywood.”
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News (USA)
Philly gaybasher Kathryn Knott released on parole
The prosecution did not object to her request for parole, saying the victims had been notified and hadn’t lodged any objections.
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News (USA)
Tony Perkins gloating over GOP support for ‘ex-gay’ conversion therapy
The controversial practice was among several religious proposals introduced by the certified antigay hate group leader.
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Commentary
Alexander Hamilton’s gay lovers the musical doesn’t tell you about
The Founding Father was bisexual. So why doesn’t anyone sing about Hamilton’s lover, John Laurens?
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News (USA)
Extremist to gays: Jesus will ‘slaughter every single one of you’
Theodore Shoebat says, “When Jesus comes back, Jesus is going to kill all these sodomites.”
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News (USA)
Marriage equality plaintiff will testify before Congress today
One month to the day after the mass shooting in Orlando at a gay nightclub, Republicans are holding a hearing to discuss legalizing discrimination against LGBT people.
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News (USA)
Attorneys finally able to confirm Chelsea Manning attempted suicide
A week later, her attorneys were finally allowed to talk to her on the telephone.
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News (World)
8 countries force men to have anal exams to prove they are gay
The exams are rooted in discredited 19th century theories that homosexuals can be identified by characteristics of the anus.
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News (USA)
Tech leaders urge NBA to move All-Star Game out of North Carolina
Putting fans at risk of discrimination would “send a terrible message about who the NBA is and what it values as an organization.”
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News (World)
Anglican Church of Canada votes against same-sex marriage
Other Anglican national churches in Brazil, South Africa, New Zealand and Scotland have taken steps toward accepting same-sex relationships.