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    • These 14 cities are holding Trans Day of Remembrance events & you should go
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      These 14 cities are holding Trans Day of Remembrance events & you should go

      Trans people are expected to support National Coming Out Day, but are you honoring Trans Day of Remembrance? You should be.

      Monday, November 20, 2017
    • Miami leads America’s top ten cities with highest rates of HIV
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      Miami leads America’s top ten cities with highest rates of HIV

      Despite new treatment methods, Human Immunodeficiency Virus remains one of the most common and most dangerous STDs in the U.S.

      Wednesday, November 30, 2016
    • Louisiana governor issues order banning LGBTQ discrimination
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      Louisiana governor issues order banning LGBTQ discrimination

      Gov. John Bel Edwards issued an executive order Wednesday banning discrimination in state government based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

      Wednesday, April 13, 2016
    • Louisiana: Bill allowing clergy to deny same-sex marriages advances in House
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      Louisiana: Bill allowing clergy to deny same-sex marriages advances in House

      Opponents say the proposal is discriminatory, unnecessary and may harm Louisiana’s economy.

      Tuesday, April 12, 2016
    • Video sparks look at La. transgender driver license policy
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      Video sparks look at La. transgender driver license policy

      “If you have makeup on or anything like that you’re supposed to take all that off, because you are actually a man,” a worker on the video tells Alexandra Glover, who was born Dylan Glover.

      Thursday, September 10, 2015
    • Baton Rouge council rejects LGBT ‘fairness ordinance’
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      Baton Rouge council rejects LGBT ‘fairness ordinance’

      BATON ROUGE, La. — The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council has voted 8-4 vote to reject a proposed local law banning discrimination against people based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Baton Rouge Advocate reports the proposal generated weeks of passionate debate about the legal protections for LGBT people in the capital city.

      Thursday, August 14, 2014
    • Baton Rouge council to consider LGBT-inclusive fairness ordinance
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      Baton Rouge council to consider LGBT-inclusive fairness ordinance

      BATON ROUGE, La. — The Baton Rouge Metro Council is again contemplating an anti-discrimination measure supported by the gay community, but it’s unclear how the proposal will fare when council members cast their votes.

      Monday, June 30, 2014
    • La. House Speaker won’t seek repeal of unconstitutional sodomy law
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      La. House Speaker won’t seek repeal of unconstitutional sodomy law

      BATON ROUGE, La. — House Speaker Chuck Kleckley says he won’t seek a repeal of an unconstitutional anti-sodomy law from Louisiana’s criminal statutes.

      Tuesday, August 13, 2013
    • Sodomy, evolution, abortion: Louisiana holds on to unenforceable laws
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      Sodomy, evolution, abortion: Louisiana holds on to unenforceable laws

      BATON ROUGE, La. — The East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s recent use of an unconstitutional law to arrest gay men who weren’t doing anything illegal might not have happened if state lawmakers had stripped the statute from the state’s law books once it was thrown out.

      Sunday, August 11, 2013
    • Under fire for arresting gay men, sheriff says he will stop enforcing sodomy law
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      Under fire for arresting gay men, sheriff says he will stop enforcing sodomy law

      BATON ROUGE, La. — The Sheriff’s Office in East Baton Rouge, La., that arrested at least 12 men since 2011 under a sodomy law invalidated in 2003 by the U.S. Supreme Court, now says it “should have taken a different approach” to concerns about park safety, and will no longer enforce the outdated law.

      Monday, July 29, 2013
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