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Mondaire Jones, one of the first Black & gay members of Congress, loses primary
“The result in Mondaire’s race is deeply sad for the LGBTQ community,” one LGBTQ advocate said.
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Republican campaign rocked by gay extortion attempt
The GOP candidate said that the video came from “a brief moment I struggled with my sexuality.”
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GOP lieutenant governor wants to ban social studies & science in elementary schools
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said gay people go to elementary schools to “teach kids about what you do in the bedroom.” (We don’t.)
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Sen. Ron Johnson signals opposition to marriage equality bill. Could this spell doom?
He went from saying that he wouldn’t oppose the marriage equality bill to accusing it of “opening up a wound.”
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Ads target Dem candidate for making a bizarre joke about men kissing each other
Max Rose is accused of “insulting” Italian Americans with a joke about men kissing.
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Republicans have found a way to bypass your Gmail spam filters
The GOP complained that Big Tech is out to get them, which means that everyone will now have to deal with manually deleting all-caps pleas for money.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces law banning gender affirming care for minors
Her bill even bans medical schools from teaching about gender affirming care.
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GOP candidate reported to police for absolute dumbest reason possible
She was holding up an LGBTQ book that she wanted to ban. Someone called the cops because she was in possession of it.
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GOP candidate said it’s “totally just” to stone gay people to death
“Well, does that make me a homophobe?… It simply makes me a Christian. Christians believe in biblical morality, kind of by definition, or they should.”
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There are more LGBTQ elected officials than ever before
While LGBTQ people are still significantly underrepresented in elected office, progress was made this year.