Alabama

Students waved a rainbow flag as they walked out en masse to protest Jeff Sessions’ speech

Jeff Sessions said the protest showed campus free speech was under attack. In 1996, though, he fought to ban an LGBTQ conference at a college.

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Adoption agency backs down from threat to close if they can’t discriminate against LGBTQ people

They'll work with gay couples now.

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Cop suspended after leaving homophobic comments on social media about gay teen who died of suicide

Disgusting.

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A 15-year-old gay bullying victim died by suicide. Now the community is rallying.

"Nigel took his life because he was bullied for being gay. There are no words that can be said to make sense of this devastating news."

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Alabama advances bill that would get rid of marriage licenses to spite gay couples

Couples would file an affidavit that they were married and it would be recorded instead.

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Alabama lawmakers unanimously voted to stop issuing marriage licenses so gay couples can’t get one

There are still judges in the state that refuse to issue marriage licenses because of marriage equality.

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An armed white supremacist started screaming Nazi slogans in a coffeeshop. Police did nothing.

After the staff of the LGBTQ-friendly shop demanded he leave, he flashed a gun. Police say he has a permit for a concealed weapon and they didn't see him do anything.

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Civil rights icon won’t be honored by civil rights group because she supports civil rights

Lesbian feminist icon and racial justice warrior Angela Davis won a major civil rights award. Now the group is yanking it back over her criticism of the Israeli government.

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A Russian-style disinformation campaign helped defeat anti-gay GOP candidate Roy Moore

We're better off without the rabidly anti-LGBTQ politician Roy Moore, but this secret campaign against him is worrying.

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Why is Facebook opening a data center in one of the most antigay states?

Maybe Alabama and Facebook gain something from this decision, but LGBTQ workers will be the big losers.

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