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Mormon church to cut ties with Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts’ evolving view on LGBTQ people is one of reasons the church wants to have less to do with the organization.
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Fewer babies named ‘Caitlyn’ in the year following Jenner’s coming out
The baby name the dropped the most dramatically last year was “Caitlyn,” as well as several other spellings of it.
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Kentucky T-shirt maker refuses to make Pride T-shirts, wins case
The court ruled that opposing the message of Pride is not the same thing as discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
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Right wingnuts cheer cancellation of Dan Savage’s ‘Real O’Neals’ sitcom
Anti-LGBTQ activist and homophobe Bill Donohue claimed victory over “filthy-mouthed bigot” Dan Savage.
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Transgender cadets stuck in limbo, can graduate but not serve
Even though the Pentagon rescinded the ban on transgender soldiers, some are still prevented from serving openly.
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Lesbian couple granted divorce despite legislators’ attempts to make it a circus
A judge initially ruled that one of the women had no parental rights to a child conceived by artificial insemination because she wasn’t the “husband.”
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Watch out! Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer drives her podium through NYC
Perhaps Spicey is going out for some gum?
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North Carolina tries to defend anti-LGBT law with legal technicality
North Carolina allows magistrates to recuse themselves from performing marriages “based on any sincerely held religious objections.”
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Kellyanne Conway to appear at Christian hate group summit
The event is hosted by The Family Leader, whose mission is to inspire “Christ-like leadership in the home, the church, and the government.”
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Kentucky court rules Christian printer has religious right to discriminate
The court of appeals upheld the decision that Hands On Originals had the right to refuse to make Pride T-shirts.