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News (USA)
A gay criminal case could help bring marriage equality to American Samoa
A U.S court has finally intervened in the case of a 72-year-old American man accused of gay statutory rape in American Samoa. The man says a homophobic prosecutor hijacked his case, and the details are harrowing.
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Politics
One of Trump’s bigoted, anti-LGBTQ employees will now sit on the federal bench
At age 40, new Second Circuit Judge Steven Menashi probably has at least a quarter century ahead in which he can poison the law against us.
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Life
A lesbian couple deadlifted at their wedding in an incredible viral photo
“We were deadlifting in wedding gowns professing our love. It was awesome!”
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LGBTQ History
The history of same-sex relationships is the history of marriage
Unions between people of the same-sex are hardly new phenomena. Love is eternal.
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News (USA)
The Oglala Sioux just became the first tribe with an inclusive hate crimes law
The two women who pushed for the ordinance said they have experienced a lot of hate on the reservation.
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Life
An HRC bigwig fought for marriage equality. Now she’s fighting her divorce by attacking it.
Despite adopting twins with her partner and buying a home together, she now says she didn’t realize their ceremony “would impose any long term legal obligations on me.”
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Can a gay millenial of color beat a homophobic minister for a NY Congressional seat?
Ritchie Torres is facing off against Ruben Diaz Sr, who has been fighting LGBTQ rights for 25 years, for a soon-to-be open Congressional seat.
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News
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a longtime supporter of LGBTQ rights, dies at 99
From striking down sodomy laws to supporting marriage equality, Stevens was a reminder of how much the Court changed over time.
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Politics
Tennessee is trying a sneaky way to undermine marriage equality & churches are fighting back
The state is trying to regulate what type of minister can officiate a wedding – and churches most likely to marry same-sex couples are the ones being excluded.
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News (World)
UK Parliament votes to institute marriage equality in Northern Ireland if locals can’t get it done
If politicians in Northern Ireland won’t institute marriage equality, Parliament will step in and do it for them. And now the clock is ticking.