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A mayor & thousands of businesses asked a city council for civil rights law. The council voted no.
The non-discrimination ordinance would protect LGBTQ people and keep businesses from fleeing town. It still didn’t pass – and council members have different excuses as to why.
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Bayard Rustin was convicted for having sex with a man. Lawmakers want to finally address it.
Advocates in California want an official pardon as “an affirmation of what Rustin knew all along: that he was not a criminal for being gay.”
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Montgomery police raided & shut down a drag show during the city’s Pride celebrations
Montgomery Police Chief Ernest Finley called the timing of the police action “unfortunate.”
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Christian anti-LGBTQ legal organization earns the label ‘hate group’
The Southern Poverty Law Center announced the ADF’s mission is to make life as difficult as possible for LGBTQ communities.
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Supporters hold rally for antigay Alabama chief justice
Speakers led prayers and called the ethics charges a “politically-motivated travesty.”
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Antigay Alabama governor may be impeached for having phone-sex with aide
Gov. Robert Bentley faces a call for his impeachment from lawmakers who say the public has lost confidence in him.
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Alabama probate judge asks court to amend same-sex marriage order
Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed said it’s important the state not engage in “foot dragging” regarding constitutional rights.
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Gay Eagle Scout charged with murder of man in Alabama trailer park
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Zachary Stirewalt, a 21-year-old openly gay Eagle Scout and former student at Appalachian State University, has been charged with murder of a man with whom he was staying at the time.