LGBTQ+
World Health Organization Will No Longer Classify Being Transgender As A Mental Illness
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced earlier this week that it will no longer classify being...
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Openly Gay Lawmaker Posts Photo Flipping Off Pence As ‘Official Welcome’
June 21, 2018Pennsylvania State Rep. Brian Sims (D), the state’s first openly gay lawmaker, posted a photo on Facebook with...
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Over 400 LGBTQ Candidates Are Running For Office In 2018, More Than Ever Before: Report
June 15, 2018More than 400 LGBTQ candidates are running for public office in the United States this year,...
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Maine Becomes Third State To Offer Nonbinary Gender Option On IDs And Driver’s Licenses
June 11, 2018Maine’s bureau of motor vehicles announced on Monday that it will begin issuing stickers for driver’s licenses or...
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Iowa Court Strikes Down State’s Medicaid Ban On Covering Gender Reassignment Surgery
June 7, 2018Chief District Judge Arthur Gamble ruled Thursday that the state of Iowa cannot deny two transgender...
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Arizona Appeals Court Rules That Business Cannot Refuse Service To Same-Sex Couples
June 7, 2018The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a Phoenix-based calligraphy business cannot refuse service to...
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CrossFit Fires Executive Who Called LGBTQ Pride A ‘Sin’
June 7, 2018Russell Berger, CrossFit’s chief knowledge officer, was fired on Wednesday after tweeting out his support for...
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Dem Gubernatorial Candidate Airs First-Ever Campaign Ad Featuring A Same-Sex Kiss During ‘Fox & Friends’
June 7, 2018Richard Madaleno, an openly gay Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland, made history on Thursday by...
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Republican State Lawmaker: Businesses Should Be Allowed ‘To Turn Away People Of Color’
June 6, 2018A Republican state lawmaker in South Dakota celebrated the Supreme Court ruling in favor of a...
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More Than 100 Lawmakers Call On Defense Sec. James Mattis To Reverse Transgender Troop Ban
June 5, 2018More than 100 members of Congress, led by Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.), signed a letter Tuesday...
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Why The Supreme Court’s ‘Gay Wedding Cake’ Ruling Won’t Resolve Religious Freedom Issues
June 5, 2018The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its long-anticipated ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil...
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Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Refused To Make Cake For Gay Couple In 7-2 Decision
June 4, 2018In a 7-2 decision written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court said the Colorado Civil...
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Michigan Eighth Grader Wears Transgender Flag As A Cape To Meeting With Betsy DeVos
May 30, 2018A gender queer eighth grader wore a transgender pride flag as a cape during Education Secretary...
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Pope Francis Tells Gay Man: ‘God Made You Like This — God Loves You Like This’
May 21, 2018Pope Francis has reportedly told a gay man that “God made you that way and loves...