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Catholic bishop orders diocese to deny funerals and communion to gay people
Sunday, June 25, 2017The Catholic Church does not have a general policy of denying funeral rights to all sinners, but this bishop believes that gay and bisexual people are an exception. -
First non-binary person ordained in one of America’s biggest churches
Saturday, June 10, 2017This clergy member feels a calling to be a "visibly trans person" ordained by a church that still officially bans LGB clergy. -
Illinois House approves bill to lower birth certificate correction requirements
Saturday, May 27, 2017The Illinois House has a Democratic majority, and the bill passed that chamber. -
New Chicago initiative has served 3600 people living with HIV
Sunday, May 21, 2017The number was announced as the program is set to expand. -
Connecticut is latest state to ban conversion therapy
Thursday, May 11, 2017You'll cringe when you read the response from critics of the ban outlawing this shameful practice. -
Mom of trans girl held at Christian hospital heads to court to fight for custody
Tuesday, March 7, 2017A friend of Stevie's mom revealed shocking new details of what her parents are up against in their custody battle. -
Child care agency denies forcing trans 5-year-old to change gender identity
Monday, March 6, 2017Stevie has epilepsy and diabetes, and a family friend says the Christian-run hospital caring for her "medically kidnapped" her. -
Is Christian-run hospital forcing this 5-year-old transgender girl to be a boy?
Sunday, March 5, 2017Her name is Stevie, and a friend of her family says she has been "medically kidnapped" from her parents and forced to live as a boy. -
Attorneys general file brief in support of trans teen Gavin Grimm’s SCOTUS case
Saturday, March 4, 2017The friend-of-the-court brief, filed by 19 attorneys general, says that allowing transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender creates no public safety, privacy or financial burdens. -
Transgender woman shot to death in Chicago
Thursday, February 23, 2017Keke Collier was seen getting into a car with a man who ultimately shot her.
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