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Hospital refuses to treat transgender man & claims religious exemption
The hospital decided performing surgery on the man would be “intrinsically immoral.”
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Former pro hockey player sues NBC Sports for anti-straight discrimination
He claims that if he were gay, he’d be allowed to make sexual comments about the women he works with.
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Pentagon bans rainbow & Confederate flags from military bases
The military is severely limiting the flags that can fly on bases to work around Donald Trump’s support for the Confederate symbols.
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Parents can declare their newborns non-binary on their birth certificates in Maine now
The state made it easier for non-binary adults and minors to update their birth certificates as well.
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Florida man charged with “criminal transmission of HIV” after he spit on a paramedic
HIV cannot be transmitted through saliva and the paramedic was wearing a mask. But Florida law on HIV still allows him to be prosecuted.
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DC proposes tax on advertising in LGBTQ & Black media to pay for city’s COVID shortfall
The coronavirus has devastated LGBTQ and other minority news outlets, but the city wants to take another bite out of the bottom line.
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Employees speak out against Ellen’s show’s toxic & racist work culture
A former Black employee said she was paid less than white people in her position. Another said she came back after medical leave to find her job was eliminated.
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Trans woman Marilyn Cazares was the “life of the party” & she was murdered
Marilyn Cazares of California is believed to be the 23rd murdered trans person this year.
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Evangelical Liberty University sues the NY Times for $10 million over scathing coronavirus article
“We’re conservative, we’re Christian, and therefore we’re being attacked,” university president Jerry Falwell, Jr., complained.
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Schools superintendent said “God” told him being gay is a “choice.” Now he claims he was “set up.”
He repeatedly said that being LGBTQ is “a personal choice,” but now he says he “was set up as a political pawn.”