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Arkansas judge strikes part of birth certificate law
The plaintiffs’ attorney say the move clears the way for married same-sex couples to both be listed as parents.
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7 months later: hate crime at Amazon shipping facility goes unpunished
The FBI explained to the victim that it’s difficult to charge the attacker with a hate crime — because Virginia lacks sexual orientation in their list of protected classes.
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Morrissey wins annual ‘Literary Review Bad Sex’ award
The offending passage involves a man’s “bulbous salutation extenuating his excitement.”
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A gay dad’s birthday letter to Matthew Shepard
“For the majority of people who hadn’t ever given a single thought to LGBTQ rights, you represented the ‘kid next door.’ Your death rightly terrified them.”
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Remember his name: The legacy of Gene Anthony Ray
First impressions are everything in show business and throughout his too-short career, Gene Anthony Ray knew how to make an indelible one.
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Here’s what happens when straight people try conversion therapy
The folks over at BuzzFeed had straight people undergo the same sort of counseling that’s been inflicted upon gay people for decades.
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Wildly homophobic boxer nominated BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Three things will lead to the apocalypse, claims Tyson Fury. “One is homosexuality being legal in countries, one is abortion, and one is pedophilia.”
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Despite Ted Cruz’s claims, Planned Parenthood terrorist wasn’t transgender
Ted Cruz’s claim that Planned Parenthood terrorist Robert Lewis Dear is transgender is demonstrably false.
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Despite antigay petition, Adam Lambert will still perform in Singapore
Signed by 20,000 people, the petition claims Lambert is “well-known for his active promotion of a highly sexualized lifestyle and LGBT rights.”
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School lifts ban on clubs after questions over LGBT group
The board of directors of a Rutherford County public charter school has reversed its ban on student-led clubs.
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Maxim magazine’s Russian version “forgives” these celebs for being gay
The article, titled “Gays We Respect,” begins: “We, men, do not consider men who love men to be men…. But there are exceptions. “
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Scientists debate boundaries, ethics of human gene editing
Scientists are arguing about the revolutionary technology, which promises to cure intractable diseases — and threatens to make designer babies a reality.
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Report: Drug maker was focused on profits, not patients
The makers of a breakthrough drug for hepatitis C put profits before patients in pricing the $1,000 pill that cures the liver-wasting disease.
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US Marine found guilty of killing transgender Filipino
A Philippine court on Tuesday convicted a U.S. Marine of killing a Filipino last year after he discovered she was a transgender woman.
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Bono, Clooney, Kardashian part of all-star campaign for AIDS
Bono is a launching an all-star campaign featuring “once-in-a-lifetime experiences” that can be won after donating at least $10 to his organization.
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NYC proposes $23 million more in HIV health care
The plan is called the NYC Plan to End the Epidemic. It would benefit nearly 200,000 people a year while bringing down infections.
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Russia HIV infection bucks trends as World AIDS Day marked
By 2016, the country’s Federal AIDS Center estimates the total number of those diagnosed with HIV will reach 1 million.
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Taraji P. Henson lends hand to HIV & AIDS charity
Henson, Janelle Monae and Laila Ali are signing on as ambassadors for the newly formed power council on Alicia Keys’ charity, Keep a Child Alive.
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Express Scripts offers low-cost alternative to Turing drug
The nation’s biggest pharmacy benefits manager is muscling back into the debate over soaring drug costs by promoting a cheaper alternative to a life-saving med.