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Massachusetts Senate unanimously passes bill to repeal sodomy ban & anti-trans laws
While other states are attacking LGBTQ+ rights, Massachusetts is supporting equality.
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LGBTQ+ folks have a long & troubling history with police. Is mending fences ever possible?
The NYPD has apologized for its actions at the Stonewall Uprising, but there is so much more to atone for.
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Mauritius decriminalizes gay sex in historic ruling
A four-year court battle has finally ended in victory.
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Everything you know about sodomy laws is probably wrong
A Yale law professor explains the surprising unknown history of the notoriously anti-gay laws.
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The most bizarre arguments Antonin Scalia made to keep sodomy laws on the books
20 years ago he compared gay sex to child sex abuse. And it went downhill from there.
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Why one Maryland senator fought to repeal his state’s anti-sodomy law
“We shouldn’t be making judgments on how people love each other.”
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Minnesota & Maryland repeal antiquated sodomy laws
In 2021, the Maryland law was used to arrest four gay men and five other people at an adult video store.
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Namibia’s highest court recognizes same-sex marriages performed in other countries
Homosexuality remains ilegal in the nation, but many are celebrating the ruling as an important step forward.
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Barbados has officially decriminalized gay sex
The ruling was part of a “tidal wave” of Caribbean nations advancing LGBTQ+ rights.
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Texas AG willing to spearhead Supreme Court case to criminalize sodomy again
Ken Paxton has long supported sodomy bans, saying they’re necessary for “public health” and to “discourage sexual activity outside of marriage.”