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Texas Democrats picked a lesbian while Republicans rejected a religious right candidate
The race for a Texas congressional seat shows just how purple the state is becoming.
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Virginia bans conversion therapy for minors. It’s the first southern state to do it.
40% of U.S. states now ban the pseudoscientific torture, but anti-LGBTQ forces are trying to have them overturned in the courts.
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Fans hold sign taunting high school hockey player to “reveal” her gender & shout slurs
A group of the opposing team’s fans chanted “she has a penis” and “35 you’re a dude!” at the girl.
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Antigay St. Patrick’s Day parade bans beauty pageant queen after she comes out as bisexual
They say it’s for her own safety, but the organizers have banned LGBTQ people from marching every year.
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Drag queen charity bingo benefiting senior centers targeted by authorities as “gambling”
“Congratulations, state, you went after drag queen bingo for two years, and you knocked it down. Society has really dodged a bullet on this one.”
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Mike Pence responds to critics of his HIV outbreak mismanagement: ‘I’m proud of the work’
Trump and Pence both claim that the latter’s work to prevent a HIV epidemic he faced as governor of Indiana were sufficient. All available evidence says otherwise.
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The religious right got up in arms about LGBTQ curriculum. This out board member responded.
A gay retired principal endured hours of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. As soon as it was his turn to speak, religious zealots attempted to intimidate him and called him a “Nazi pig.”
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Murderer stabs bisexual man to death in public & walks free after claiming “self-defense”
The attacker stabbed his unarmed victim 8 times in the ear, chest, and head and ran off before being tackled by the victim’s older brother.
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Texas teacher suspended for being gay will donate $10,000 of legal settlement to an LGBTQ charity
She asked, “When a straight teacher happily announces that she and her husband are expecting a baby … is she saying something inappropriate to very young and impressionable students?”
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Trump’s Department of Justice files court statement supporting an anti-gay wedding photographer
The photographer compared same-sex weddings to polygamy and says such events violate her relationship with God.