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Where does Trump’s new Labor Secretary nominee stand on LGBTQ rights?
Alexander Acosta’s record on LGBTQ issues is thin but he has a stellar reputation defending Muslims as assistant attorney general.
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Florida fines Orlando GLBT Center for chaos & stiffing Pulse victim’s family
Two complaints from volunteers at The Center, filed last fall, painted a picture of chaos in the days after the massacre.
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Judge rules Orlando bakery didn’t discriminate against anti-gay customer
The customer accused the bakery of religious discrimination when it didn’t bake a cake that said, “Homosexuality is an abomination unto the Lord.”
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Anonymous ‘Republican’ leaves nasty note on car of older lesbian couple
“Know there are people like me who thoroughly despise and detest your screwed up notions of equality, as clearly represented by the equality sticker,” the note read. “Thank you for self identifying.”
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LGBTQ groups and religious leaders call on Marco Rubio to oppose Muslim ban
The groups said they stand “together in solidarity against these un-American and unconstitutional new immigration orders.”
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Another Tampa man beaten to death in suspected antigay hate crime
“He always told us if something should ever happen to me, don’t cry. Don’t cry…. We’re going to celebrate him. As he would say, ‘Turn up!'”
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Terrified Iranian green card holder detained in Florida after gay cruise
Maysam Sodagari feared he would be sent back to Iran, where he could face execution as an openly gay man.
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Trump appoints lawyer who defended discriminatory HB2 law to civil rights job
Gore will now be in charge of defending the very civil, voting, and non-discrimination acts and rights he appears not to believe in.
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J.K. Rowling approves pro-LGBTQ ‘Harry Potter’ sketch to benefit Pulse victims
A Dumbledore quote accompanies the drawing: “Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
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Remembering Orlando’s 49 Angels
Candles were lit behind stars with the names of each of the 49 patrons who were killed at Pulse six months ago today.