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After the defeat of Houston LGBT-rights measure, what happens next?
Activists are bracing for opponents in other states to seize on a successful tactic: stoking fears over transgender people’s access to public restrooms.
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25,000 people complained about their transphobic ad. Now they’ve launched ‘transgender beer.’
No Label is being touted as the “world’s first non-binary, transgender beer.” And so far, the idea isn’t going down so easy.
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Man who adopted his partner now wants the right to marry him
The state judge says he’s “sensitive to the situation,” but that they cannot marry “because they are legally father and son.”
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This Republican wants to strand gay and straight couples on an island to see who survives
“Lets come back in 100 years,” he says, “and see which one nature favors.”
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Educators defend ‘privacy curtains’ for transgender girl
They’re prepared to go to court to defend their “creative accommodation” for a transgender student who wants access to a girls’ high school locker room.
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France ending ban on gay male blood donors
Health Minister Marisol Touraine called the move the end “of a taboo and discrimination.”
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Cross-dressing Argentine girl sign of hope for transgender community
Luana had to fight to be a girl. She was born a boy, and struggled with a world that insisted that was what she must be.
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Reform Jews poised to pass transgender resolution
The resolution calls for Reform Jewish congregations and camps to have gender-neutral bathrooms and encourages gender-neutral language at Reform Jewish institutions.
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Slovenia to hold referendum on same-sex marriage
Lawmakers have set a referendum on same-sex marriage for Dec. 20.
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Court: Judge properly tossed gay couple’s parental request
A judge properly dismissed a same-sex couple’s request for a declaration that one of them is the legal parent of the other’s child, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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Houston mayor: The fight isn’t over for nondiscrimination measure
“I guarantee that justice in Houston will prevail,” said Houston Mayor Annise Parker. “We’re united. We will prevail.”
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Houston mayor ardently laments rejection of equal rights measure
She blames the rejection of the ordinance on “fear mongering” and “deliberate lies” by opponents.
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Republican Matt Bevin wins Kentucky governor’s race in top state vote
It’s a big win for Republicans as they continue to consolidate political power across the South.
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Houston’s LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance was rejected by voters
An ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston failed to win approval from voters on Tuesday.
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Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal and Huckabee to speak at a conference whose host wants gays executed
Kevin Swanson, the host of the event, has gone on the record to say that gay people should be put to death.
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Murderer/cannibal Luka Magnotta is apparently ‘thriving’ in prison
After initially pleading not guilty, the adult film star eventually admitted to videotaping himself butchering and eating Lin, who he met through a Craigslist ad.
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7-year-old threatened with expulsion for talking about her gay dads
The principal, Andrew Newhouse, insists that children of same-sex parents are not welcome at his Christian school.
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Texas elections: ‘Why would a man using the ladies’ bathroom ever be a good idea?’
This is the strongest participation in a decade for a statewide election, but many voters remain fiercely opposed to proposed anti-discrimination protections.
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This couple was mercilessly bullied by antigay trolls. How they got their revenge is truly amazing.
All the hate in the world couldn’t stop them from demonstrating what love looks like.
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Teacher placed on administrative leave for watching adult videos during class
Vadi Velez-Gonzalez has been charged with four counts of showing obscene material to minors.