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News (USA)
Wedding venue refuses lesbian couple & cites “Christian values”
The owners say they don’t discriminate against anyone, they just “believe in our Christian values.”
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News (USA)
North Carolina’s ban on LGBTQ rights ordinances has expired & cities are ready to pass new ones
Some cities are already looking at expanding their local nondiscrimination ordinances to include LGBTQ protections.
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LGBTQ History
The Army found out this colonel was a lesbian. The woman that oversaw her discharge was, too.
This is the tale of how Col. Patsy Thompson “survived in silence” in the military, especially when she had to discharge a woman for being gay – while hiding her own relationship.
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Politics
Pride Media owner Adam Levin donates to anti-LGBTQ Republicans again
The owner of LGBTQ legacy publications The Advocate and Out has broken his 2018 pledge to stop donating money to anti-LGBTQ Republicans.
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Bias Watch
Pastor says he’s a Christian first, Republican second. Then he started screaming “white power!”
Pastor Jesse Hursey claims he isn’t racist, despite being caught on video yelling “white power” moments after speaking in front of thousands at a pro-Confederate event.
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News (USA)
Statue of white supremacist will be replaced with one of man who said AIDS is God’s punishment
North Carolina wants to replace a statue of a racist in the US Capitol with one of preacher Billy Graham, who described homosexuality as a “sinister form of perversion.
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News (USA)
A cult leader held ex-gay torture sessions in her home. A former follower came back with a gun.
Church members were accused of beating, strangling, and screaming at a gay man to remove “homosexual demons.”
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News (USA)
Trans woman is brutally gunned down in front of police while receiving treatment in ambulance
After being misidentified initially, Monika Diamond is mourned as the fourth slain transgender person of 2020.
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Commentary
Forty-five years ago, two red states said “yes” on transgender rights
It’s hard to imagine religious conservatives supporting transgender rights today, but a generation ago there wasn’t even a commotion.
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Commentary
Things aren’t looking great for Pete now that Biden’s a serious candidate again
After finishing in the single digits in South Carolina, Buttigieg is running low on cash and faces Super Tuesday elections where the odds are against him.