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It’s a first: Admitted killer of trans woman is charged with federal hate crime
Prosecutors have never used the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act to bring charges against someone for targeting a victim for being transgender.
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Opponents say anti-LGBTQ Mississippi law favors some religious beliefs
Gay rights groups are particularly alarmed by a provision that would allow school counselors to deny help to LGBTQ students.
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Maine Gov. LePage supports Mississippi law allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination
Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage is backing Mississippi’s appeal to reinstate a law letting merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples.
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Mississippi black church torched and vandalized with ‘Vote Trump’ slogan
When firefighters arrived they found not only the predominantly black church burning but a spray-painted slogan on its side.
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Mississippi asks court to uphold law allowing discrimination against LGBT people
Mississippi’s Republican governor is asking a federal appeals court to uphold a state law letting merchants to deny services to same-sex couples.
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Outrage after white Mississippi teens put noose on black boy and ‘yanked’
The NAACP called for a federal investigation into the alleged hate crime at Stone County High School.
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Transgender woman killed in hotel room was stabbed 119 times
That’s just one of the grim details from the autopsy on 25-year-old Dee Whigham that were shared in court.
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Mark Ruffalo addresses controversial casting of Matt Bomer as trans woman
“I hear you. It’s wrenching to see you in this pain. I am glad we are having this conversation.”
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Again with the transface, Hollywood? Matt Bomer booed for ‘playing’ trans
Variety described Bomer’s character as “a transgendered sex worker,” getting the word wrong and ignoring the Twitter backlash.
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Mississippi’s anti-gay religious objection law on hold during appeal
It sought to protect three beliefs: That marriage is only between a man and a woman; that sex should only take place in such a marriage; and that a person’s gender is determined at birth and cannot be altered.