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University of Alabama trains staff on transgender students’ needs
Advocates say similar programs are becoming common on campuses nationwide as issues facing the transgender community gain broader attention.
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San Francisco’s last gun store is closing for good
A city still scarred by the 1978 assassination of gay rights activist Harvey Milk will no longer legally sell firearms.
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At synod, Pope asserts marriage is forever — forever between a man and woman
He forcefully asserted that the church can’t be “swayed by passing fads.” Then he said the church doesn’t judge…
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Biden backs transgender military service as US weighs policy
“No longer is there any question transgender people are able to serve in the United States military,” Biden told a crowd of 3,000 activists
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Law firm leading Kim Davis’ crusade is labeled a hate group
Advocacy groups have long claimed The Liberty Counsel is nothing but a hate group; others hail it as “a law firm willing to stand up to the kings of our time.”
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Gay former student of Pope Francis’ speaks out
On the pope’s meeting with Davis: “I thought, ‘This is really strange. This is not like him.'”
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Lawyers: Vatican official helped set up Kim Davis meeting
“The private meeting request was unsolicited and facilitated by Vatican officials,” says the statement from Liberty Counsel.
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Alabama judges use segregation-era law to avoid gay marriage
Some judges who oppose same-sex marriage are using a long-forgotten amendment to get out of the marriage business altogether.
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Vatican fires priest for coming out
“I came out,” said Krzysztof Charamsa, a mid-level official. “This is a very personal, difficult and tough decision in the Catholic church’s homophobic world.”
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Hillary Clinton promotes gay rights as central pillar of her 2016 bid
“I see the injustices and the dangers that you and your families still face,” she told hundreds of gay activists at the annual Human Rights Campaign meeting.
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Kim Davis’ lawyers post photos of her in Vatican Embassy waiting room
The Liberty Counsel insists that “the meeting with Kim Davis was initiated by the Vatican.”
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Vatican turns the tables on the Kim Davis affair
A spokesperson insists that Pope Francis’s “meeting with her should not be considered a form of support of her position.”
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Homophobic establishment Memories Pizza inadvertently caters gay wedding
The Christian-run eatery in Indiana that made waves by claiming they would never cater a gay wedding just got seriously pranked.
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New Jersey candidate quits race after book of rants surfaces
Anthony Cappola dropped out of the race after a book he wrote surfaced that includes rants against gays, Asians, immigrants, and others.
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Pat Robertson explains how vindictive gays are for taking away everybody’s freedom
“They better be careful what they’re doing,” Robertson said, “because they’re taking away the rights of everybody.”
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Pope privately met with a same-sex couple in DC
The day before his meeting with Kim Davis, Pope Francis met with a same-sex couple that’s been together for 19 years.
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Gay former teen prostitute shares life in New Orleans vampire cult with chilling detail
A gay man has shared his story of falling headfirst into a bizarre vampire subculture in New Orleans.
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New LGBTQ organization to focus on fighting inequality internationally
Alturi seeks to “educate and engage individual supporters who want to help improve the lives of LGBTI people around the world.”
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Vatican: Pope’s meeting with Kim Davis was not a form of support
The Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis met with “several dozen” people at the Vatican’s embassy in Washington.
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Man kidnapped by Craigslist trick is threatened with castration
According to court documents, the victim picked up the man in his car at around 12:30 a.m. on January 25. That’s when the night took a very dark turn.