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Mississippi superintendent flip-flops on support for trans students
States led by Republicans across the South are standing up to defy the Obama directive to treat trans kids equally.
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Life
Poll: Only 41% of Americans back trans restroom rights
46% said transs people should be legally required to use the bathroom corresponding with their birth gender.
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Commentary
Contraception and little sisters carrying a big stick
If the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Catholic Church are really “of the poor,” how can they square their policies with truly serving poor people?
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News (USA)
Amid shouts of ‘shame,’ House GOP defeats gay rights measure
“This reveals them for who they are,” said Democrat Steve Israel. “They are bigots. They are haters.”
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News (USA)
DC security guard arrested for assaulting trans woman in restroom
“You guys cannot keep coming in here and using our women’s restroom,” the guard said. “They did not pass the law yet.”
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News (USA)
JK Rowling calls ‘Execute the gays’ pastor Kevin Swanson an ‘idiot’
“My critics are at liberty to claim that I am trying to convert children to Satanism…”
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News (USA)
Pro-gun gay group wins major victory: ‘Armed queers don’t get bashed’
This gun-toting gay group aims to change the way mainstream society perceives gay people — by making gay people a credible threat.
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News (USA)
Hillary Clinton: HIV is not a crime
Clinton stressed the need to reform laws that criminalize HIV and have sent people to jail based on old or junk science.
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News (USA)
McCrory lawsuit against feds may shift narrative on LGBT law
Previous Southern governors, particularly those in the 1950s who tried to defy federally-mandated school integration, are forever defined as roadblocks to racial equality.
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News (World)
Muslim nations block LGBTQ groups from UN AIDS conference
Major Western nations are protesting a move to block gay and transgender groups from attending a high-level United Nations conference on AIDS.
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News (USA)
Methodists trying to avoid church split over LGBTQ rights
Delegates at the Methodist General Conference voted 428-405 to delay all consideration of LGBT-related proposals.
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News (USA)
Cis woman is rattled after facing transphobia in Walmart restroom
“I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.”
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News (USA)
Probably-lesbian Hillary Clinton ’embraces every sexual deviancy’
“There have been more than rumors swirling about her own sexual proclivities,” says Ameriacn Family Association’s Sandy Rios.
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Commentary
What if we actually democratized the electoral system?
“One person, one vote” is an essential and unifying element of our democracy, but unfortunately, it is an ideal rather than the reality.
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News (USA)
Pope: Officials should be able to ‘opt out’ of same-sex ceremonies
Catholic government officials should have the “freedom of conscience” to discriminate against gay people.
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Life
At ‘Sex Roulette’ parties, you can catch HIV from a handsome stranger
A troubling trend puts a new spin on the idea of “bug chasing” or “gift giving.”
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News (USA)
Obama is coming into schools to ‘rape your children’
“They’re coming for your children! They’re coming right into your schools to pervert your children!”
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News (USA)
Haley, Wilson oppose federal directive on bathroom use
Gov. Nikki Haley and Attorney General Alan Wilson oppose a federal directive telling public schools to allow students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity.
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News (USA)
Transgender ‘milestones’ took decades; more lawsuits likely
With two major developments in the federal government’s policy on gender issues, last week was heady for trans people and advocates.
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News (USA)
Violinist Itzhak Perlman cancels performance over LGBT law
Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and the rock group Boston are among other musical performers who have canceled their shows due to the law.