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Businesses ask Tennessee to kill anti-trans bathroom bill
The CEOs of Williams-Sonoma, Airbnb, Alcoa, T-Mobile and Dow Chemical were among the 60 business leaders who signed the letter.
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News (World)
Study: Half of all people are carrying the ‘gay gene’
New research suggests that straight men and women carry genes associated with homosexuality and pass them to their children.
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News (USA)
What trans residents have to say about North Carolina’s anti-trans law
Disappointment, sadness, shame, embarrassment.
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Commentary
How to debunk the religious right’s transgender scare tactics
Even folks who normally express support for LGBTQ rights are buying into specious arguments conservatives are pushing – because they don’t know the truth.
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News (USA)
Why Cyndi Lauper won’t boycott North Carolina over antigay laws
A surprising stance from a longtime activist for LGBTQ rights.
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News (USA)
North Carolina democrat: ‘I was wrong to vote for HB2’
North Carolina state legislator Billy Richardson was one of only 11 Democrats to vote in favor of the state’s new religious exemptions law.
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News (World)
Judge rules against couple in China’s first same-sex marriage case
The couple’s lawyer Shi Fulong said he expected the judge would rule against them but not so soon — within just a few hours.
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News (USA)
Country artists condemn religious exemptions laws but labels remain silent
But anyone looking for reaction from the record labels and production companies on Nashville’s Music Row has heard only the sound of silence.
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Governor wants parts of North Carolina rights law changed
His announcement comes as fallout widens over the law he signed last month that would limit protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people.
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News (USA)
Louisiana: Bill allowing clergy to deny same-sex marriages advances in House
Opponents say the proposal is discriminatory, unnecessary and may harm Louisiana’s economy.
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News (USA)
22-year-old gay Mormon activist commits suicide
Lincoln Parkin was a Utah-based youth advocate and environmentalist.
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News (USA)
Democrats work to undo Mississippi antigay law — but success is ‘not very likely’
Rep. Jay Hughes of Oxford says Tuesday that he will try to undo the measure before it becomes law July 1.
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News (USA)
North Carolina: Deutsche Bank halts plans for 250 new jobs
Because of the law, co-executive officer John Cryan said the company is “unwilling to include North Carolina in its U.S. expansion plans.”
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News (USA)
Jimmy Buffett is not canceling his North Carolina shows
Even though he thinks the state enacted a “stupid law” limiting protections for lesbians, gays and transgender people.
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News (USA)
The Rock jokes that he ‘used to look like a buff lesbian’
And not everyone is finding the comment funny.
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News (USA)
Bill to let therapists deny services to LGBTQ people on the way to governor
The American Counseling Association called the measure an “unprecedented attack” on its profession.
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News (USA)
Powerpuff Girls episode features ‘transgender horse’ who’s really a unicorn
“I may not have a horn but I do have a heart, and in that heart I know I’m a beautiful unicorn!”
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95 Mississippi authors call for repeal of religious exemptions law
A former U.S. poet laureate, winners of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize, and best-selling authors including John Grisham are among the authors urging state officials to repeal a new religious exemptions law.
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News (USA)
Vatican envoy who invited Kim Davis to papal meeting quits
Even before the Davis affair, Vigano stirred controversy and was best known for his role in the first Vatileaks scandal.
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News (USA)
Mississippi church a window into national gay rights debate
The Governor sits a few pews away from the lesbian couple who sued to overturn the state’s ban on adoption by same-sex parents.