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Health and Wellness
Federal court rules that it is ‘cruel & unusual punishment’ to deny trans inmates surgery
A transgender woman won her case to get gender affirmation surgery while in prison.
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News (USA)
Former GOP chair arrested for masturbating in bushes outside his estranged wife’s apartment
And – no kidding – he was wearing a wig while he did it.
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News (USA)
This guy screamed the n-word & ‘fa**ot’ at a youth group in McDonalds. Now he’s in jail.
WARNING: This video is disturbing.
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News (USA)
Transgender woman shot & killed by homeless person she was trying to assist
Her generosity and gentle nature got her killed when the woman she was helping turned on her.
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News (USA)
Senate Republicans introduce bill to give companies a license to discriminate
21 senators have signed onto a bill that would allow discrimination against LGBT people. Trump has pledged to support it.
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News (USA)
Federal courts are standing up to Trump & Sessions’ anti-transgender agenda
Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions may be anti-trans, but federal courts aren’t playing along.
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News (USA)
Federal court hands transgender people a huge win in Idaho birth certificate case
“With this change, transgender Idahoans will no longer be forced to represent that they are someone they are not and jeopardize their privacy and safety.”
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LGBTQ History
A white supremacist plot to bomb a gay bar was foiled by a former pro wrestler
It’s an incredible story, but not a rare one.
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News (USA)
Republican lawmaker says it’s ‘completely plausible’ Obama staged Charlottesville
Idaho state representative Bryan Zollinger says “maybe it was a mistake” to make the offending post. Uh, ya think?
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News (USA)
Mormon college professor fired for Facebook post in support of pride
She criticized her church for working against LGBTQ rights and then it went and proved once again that it isn’t getting the message.
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News (USA)
Lawsuit: Having a correct birth certificate is about free speech
A lawsuit filed in federal court argues that refusing to let transgender people correct their birth certificates violates their constitutional rights.
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News (USA)
Now Kim Davis’s lawyers are trying to shut down a Gay-Straight Alliance
The right is furious that a principal isn’t outing teens to their parents and is accusing her of running a “secret” club.
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News (USA)
Last-ditch effort to add LGBTQ protections in Idaho foiled by Republicans
Democratic lawmakers planned to submit an amendment to an election-related bill that would have added the words “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” to Idaho’s Human Rights Act.
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News (USA)
Idaho Democrat rebuked for saying LGBTQ people should have same rights as bikers
The legislature is debating a bill that would prevent police profiling of motorcycle riders. The lawmaker said gays shouldn’t be discriminated against either.
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News (USA)
Criminal admits to federal hate crime after kicking a gay man to death
The victim volunteered his ATM number and begged for his life, saying, “Please don’t kill me. Take whatever you want.”
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News (USA)
Idaho man pleads not guilty to hate crime in shocking murder of gay man
Prosecutors say he used an online personals ad to lure a 49-year-old man to a remote recreation area where he was robbed, stripped, beaten and left.
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News (USA)
Idaho tax bill advances despite gay marriage objections by Republicans
The lawmakers said Idaho should not conform with the Internal Revenue Service because the state’s constitution still includes language banning same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
Idaho man charged with federal hate crime in fatal beating of gay man
Prosecutors say he lured a gay man to a remote location and then beat him to death.
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News (USA)
Separating fact from fiction in arrest of trans woman for voyeurism
As conservatives crow, ‘we told you so,’ mainstream media have consistently failed to get the facts straight about this case.
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News (USA)
Idaho wedding chapel can sue city over human rights ordinance
The owners Don and Lynn Knapp voluntarily closed their business for nearly a week in 2014 out of fear that the city would prosecute them for refusing to perform same-sex marriages.