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From Occupy Pedophilia to The Gay Couple Who Beat Up Their Attacker, Here’s The Top Ten Most-Read News Stories of 2015
Here are ten stories that took off and instantaneously connected with readers.
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Gay man sentenced to 18 months in prison after sexually assaulting sleeping acquaintance
Dale Everard is “ashamed” and “appalled” by what he’s done — and claims it would never have happened had he not been intoxicated.
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Linda Harvey: Companies that support LGBTQ rights are like ‘concentration camps’
“We never hear about of people in the workplace whose views are silenced and feel like they work in a concentration camp.”
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Arkansas inmate who performed castration loses court appeal
A federal court rejected an appeal from an Arkansas inmate who sought gender reassignment hormones to transition to a woman and attempted to perform self-castration.
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Philly hate crime update: Kathryn Knott convicted of simple assault and reckless endangerment
A jury on Friday acquitted Kathryn Knott of four counts, including aggravated assault on each of the victims.
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Transgender rights group sues state over care limitation
KYLE POTTER and BRIAN BAKST [ap]
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LGBT advocacy group ranks Anchorage above national average
Anchorage ranks above the national average in a report assessing equality for those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
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Research: It’s harder to come out as Christian than come out as gay
According to Ryan T. Anderson, “You have a much harder time coming out of the closet as a conservative Evangelical than you do coming out as LGBTQ.”
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Four trans women arrested after Briton plunges to his death at resort
The four suspects each failed drug tests, and crystal meth was found at the scene.
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Gov. McAuliffe promises to veto proposed religious freedom bills targeting same-sex marriages
Two bills by the same Virginia Senator might add language which will allow clerks not to issue a marriage license if the clerk has religious objections.
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New Jersey: Override on amending birth certificates fails
The measure would have permitted residents who changed their gender to update their birth certificates.
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University of Pepperdine, basketball coach sued for sexual discrimination
The court’s decision suggests that all sexual orientation discrimination is a form of sex discrimination under Title IX.
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Fresco residents are upset at proposal for 24-hour “gay fitness club”
“I can’t see anything good coming out of it,” says resident Shelly Cummings. ” I see people getting hurt. “
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Mike Pence says he will soon reveal position on LGBTQ protections
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says that he will soon reveal publicly where he stands in the ongoing debate over LGBTQ civil rights protections.
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Gay cousin of Kathyrn Knott urges jury to ‘let her go home’
A young man claiming to be Knott’s cousin has come the defense of the 25-year-old police chief’s daughter accused of a brutal hate crime.
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Judge rules against Catholic school in gay-hiring retraction
A judge has ruled that a Catholic school violated state anti-discrimination law by rescinding a job offer to a gay man in a same-sex marriage.
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Florida man to display ‘Festivus Pole’ at Oklahoma Capitol
Chaz Stevens said the pole pays homage both to gay rights and the famous Seinfeld episode.
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Turing CEO Martin Shkreli in custody after securities probe
Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is in custody.
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Lesbian parents sue N. Carolina to update birth certificates
A same-sex couple is suing North Carolina to force officials to put both women’s names on their children’s birth certificates.
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Ab Fab films comes under fire for hiring white actor to play Japanese character
The usually unflappable comedian Margaret Cho tweeted: ““Have some respect. Hire Asian actors 4 Asian roles… I’m DISGUSTED!”