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News (USA)
Hate group leader: We’re being ‘quarantined’ in ‘spiritual ghettos’
Special rights are only for Christians, of course.
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News (USA)
Will the FAA clip North Carolina’s financial wings over HB2?
The Human Rights Campaign wants federal funding for North Carolina’s airports put in a holding pattern as long as HB2 is in effect.
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Commentary
‘Family values’ leaders are projecting their own fears and desires
Some opponents of trans rights project their own impulses of entering intimate spaces of another sex to fulfill erotic or prurient desires.
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News (USA)
NC governor will ‘respect’ federal court ruling on transgender rights
Pat McCrory has said he will “respect” the decision – even though it could potentially overturn HB2, the state’s discriminatory law he’s been defending.
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News (USA)
Christian rocker Trey Pearson comes out in letter to fans
The singer first revealed his struggle with his sexuality to a stranger who was his Uber passenger. The stranger was a local reporter.
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News (USA)
Police drop out of Philly Pride after community outcry
Stonewall, the protestors correctly point out, was spurred by a police raid.
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News (USA)
Connie Kopelov, first same-sex spouse in New York, dies at 90
She was Phyllis Siegel’s partner for 23 years, but their short marriage was historic.
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News (USA)
MS governor will ‘stand in line’ for crucifixion over LGBT law
While accepting an award from a hate group, Governor Bryant made sure to paint himself as the victim.
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News (USA)
Massachusetts will debate trans law today after Guv says he’ll sign it
Debate is expected to start around 11am.
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News (USA)
Obama issues Pride Month proclamation
This year the president skips the chest beating and goes straight to the heart of the matter: we still have a lot of work to do.
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News (World)
Ukrainian neo-Nazis threaten ‘bloodbath’ over pride parade
“On June 12, there will be a bloodbath in Kiev. The organizers of the march still have time not to hold the march.”
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News (USA)
Nike will celebrate pride month with new Air Max Zero design
The sneakers will be released in June.
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News (USA)
Does Finding Dory include a lesbian couple?
The internet has gone nuts at the possibility.
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Commentary
There’s nothing wrong with being politically correct
Those who automatically throw “political correctness” into the debate often do so because they lack the facts or the nuances of any given topic under discussion.
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News (USA)
Hamburger Mary’s Chicago responds to antigay vandalism with love
The owner of this popular branch of the famously LGBTQ-friendly restaurant covered-up a hateful message with a rainbow
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News (USA)
Gay couple renew vows on stage with Edward Sharpe and Magnetic Zeros
The band sent a message to North Carolina haters Friday night by not only going on with the show, but celebrating a gay couple’s marriage.
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News (World)
I Am Censored: Caitlyn Jenner yanked off the air in Africa
MultiChoice claims it’s responding to complaints from Nigerian viewers and pulling the plug out of “respect.”
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News (USA)
Mississippi will fight challenges to religious exemptions laws
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says the law will protect people’s religious belief that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
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News (USA)
Massachusetts House to debate transgender rights bill
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker hasn’t said whether he would sign the measure.
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News (World)
Chinese transgender man fights for job equality
The man didn’t even come across the term “transgender” until age 21, when he finally was able to best describe his gender identity.