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News (USA)
Black trans woman’s “senseless” murder sets record for anti-trans violence in one year
As with many other trans people violently killed, reports deadnamed and misgendered Marquiisha Lawrence following her death.
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Politics
South Carolina county votes to keep “family values” resolution to oppose “gay lifestyles”
A 1996 resolution says that the county will “vigorously” oppose “gay lifestyles.” In 2020, the county council voted to keep it.
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Life
Ex-Bob Jones president apologizes for 1980 call for stoning gays, then calls them sinners
The former president of Bob Jones University has apologized for saying in 1980 that gays should be stoned, and that he no longer condones “the stoning of sinners.”
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News (USA)
Same-sex couples denied marriage licenses in South Carolina county
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Five same-sex couples have been turned down for marriage licenses in a South Carolina county. The couples had expected their requests would be rejected Wednesday in Greenville County because the state’s ban on same-sex marriage still stands. The couples are part of Campaign for Southern Equality’s “We Do” project.