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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.
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News (USA)
Sanders wins Oregon, battles Clinton in Kentucky
Clinton ended the night with a commanding lead of 279 pledged delegates over Sanders and a dominant advantage among party officials known as superdelegates.
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News (World)
Mexican president proposes legalizing gay marriage
President Pena Nieto’s and other government Twitter accounts were changed to include the rainbow colors as he made the announcement.
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News (USA)
Senate approves first openly gay Army secretary
The Senate confirmed the long-stalled nomination of Eric Fanning to be Army secretary.
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News (USA)
As many as 4 in 10 gay men have HIV in some Southern cities
Three out of every 10 gay or bisexual men in several cities in the U.S. South have been diagnosed with the AIDS virus; three times the national rate.
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News (USA)
Read this gay man’s terrible ‘take down’ of gay culture
A new piece published in The Federalist is sure to make your blood boil.
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News (USA)
Gay choir director claims he was forced out of Marietta church job
Media outlets report Ira Pittman had worked at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church for more than 20 years.
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Commentary
Narcissism, demagoguery, and modern American politics
Only a few U.S. presidents could be considered in varying degrees as truly great moral and political leaders with soaring intellects who served the people with honesty and integrity.
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News (USA)
Alex Jones: Michelle Obama is trans; killed Joan Rivers to cover it up
And Obama wants schools to “teach five-year-olds how to be tr***ies.”
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News (USA)
Why is Jennifer Lopez supporting the subjugation of women?
Why is J.Lo performing for a company with ties to slave labor and until recently required women to seek corporate approval to marry?
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News (USA)
Samantha Bee: The racist roots of evangelical Christianity
You’ll be shocked when you learn this history lesson.
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News (USA)
Tennessee governor criticizes Obama over transgender bill
Haslam called the directive a “heavy-handed approach” to an issue that should be handled by local authorities.
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News (USA)
11 arrested while protesting North Carolina’s LGBT law
Authorities say they burst into the office of the House clerk demanding a meeting with a legislative leader to discuss the law.
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Commentary
What religion are those religious exemption laws protecting?
We should exercise a little “religious freedom” of our own, and begin to see and proclaim just how queer the Christian tradition really is.
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News (USA)
Police say Sinead O’Connor found safe, no details released
She’s “no longer considered a missing or endangered person.”
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News (USA)
After antigay rant, Bette Midler reacts to Azealia Banks’ Twitter ban
Midler makes a very good point.
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News (USA)
Opponents of NC’s anti-trans bathroom law try clever new strategy
Representative of several organizations and lawmakers held a news conference Monday.
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News (USA)
Sinead O’Connor is missing, possibly suicidal
She reportedly went for a bicycle ride Sunday morning, but never returned.
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Commentary
The top 10 right wing freak outs over trans rights
Here are 10 of the worst ways the religious right has freaked out over transgender people in bathrooms.