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African nations seek to stop UN from policing anti-LGBT violence, discrimination
African nations are seeking to initially suspend and then get rid of the first U.N. independent expert charged with investigating violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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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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“The Scottsboro Boys” plays with minstrelsy to deliver dignity and justice
“The Scottsboro Boys” examines a case of racial injustice still relevant in today’s America, where Black Lives Matter fights for rights and Donald Trump plays on racial fears.
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A lesbian comes out to her grandmother, ’50 First Dates’ style: over and over
Anyone familiar with the Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore comedy, 50 First Dates, will cringe at the real-life dilemma of Megan Gail Yeo of Connecticut. And even if you haven’t seen the film about a man who falls in love with a woman who only has short-term memory and cannot remember events beyond a few minutes. […]
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Hillary Clinton reveals $500 million plan to stop bullying
Hillary Clinton wants to put an end to bullying, which her opponent Donald Trump has been accused of and which his wife, Melania, also says she wants to stop.
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GOP fearmongering campaign flyers denounced for spreading hate in Massachusetts
The anti-transgender political flyers regurgitate long-debunked myths that laws protecting trans people will be abused by predators.
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Marriage equality ally convicted in Bridgegate scandal thanks ‘gay community’
“I am innocent of these charges,” Bill Baroni said following his conviction, thanking his family and “friends in the gay community.”
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‘Drag Race’ judge Lucian Piane Twitter meltdown targets Obama, Clinton, Ellen
Piane calls the Clintons and Obamas murderers, and makes accusations against Anderson Cooper, Portia de Rossi, Lady Gaga, and Madonna.
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French judges fine ACT UP for calling homophobe ‘homophobe,’ ruling it an insult
A French court ruled the former president of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power must pay a fine of nearly $900 plus $1,600 in court fees.
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Homocon Milo Yiannopoulos burns LGBTQ Pride flag in new pro-Trump ad
In a new pro-Donald Trump ad, Yiannopoulos spreads fear of Muslim immigrants, telling America not to make Europe’s mistake.