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The first Democratic primary debate moved trans rights front & center
For a party that was skittish about marriage equality not that long ago, the vocal support by for trans rights is a major step forward.
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The right wing outside the U.S. wants gay support. Why is the U.S. different?
Israel’s conservative government just named a gay man Minister of Justice. No one would imagine that happening in the Trump administration.
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‘A battle for our civic souls’: Georgia Senate candidate Teresa Tomlinson fights for LGBTQ rights
Teresa Tomlinson is the only Democrat in the Senate race so far, but she’s shown the kind of fire that will make her a favorite of LGBTQ voters.
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Clarence Thomas suggests the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling should be overturned
The Supreme Court punted on another case involving an anti-gay baker, but the biggest impact on marriage equality may have happened in an entirely different case.
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The extreme fringe of the religious right is gaining political ground
As the culture war heats up, the religious right increasingly wants government to look like a theocracy. Here’s the driving force behind it.
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The GOP is about to stop a judicial nominee for once opposing religious liberty
He once compared anti-LGBTQ discrimination to white supremacy. Big mistake.
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Boston has issued a permit for a ‘Straight Pride’ parade in August
The organizer is part of a group with a track record of white supremacism and anti-Semitism. Of course.
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A longtime anti-LGBTQ leader is behind the State Department’s new human rights panel
Princeton Professor Robert George is the right’s go-to intellectual for attacking LGBTQ progess.
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Religious right’s Day of Prayer for Trump will embolden him to do more un-Christian things
Franklin Graham and other conservative ministers are asking God to “embolden” the president, even though Trump has already violated many Biblical values they supposedly embrace.
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Trump wants to appoint an anti-LGBTQ crusader to head the immigration system
As former VA attorney general, he called gays “soulless” and tried to criminalize consensual sex. In this new position, he could do even more damage to LGBTQ immigrants and families.