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News (USA)
Philly progressives held an all-night dance party in front of angry Trump supporters
“Philly people know how to party.”
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News (USA)
The new Supreme Court’s first LGBTQ case is set for right after the election
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia is a case that has thousands of organizations and politicians choosing sides because “there are lots of potential consequences.”
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News (USA)
Barack Obama used a gay lawmaker’s “sharp” haircut to make a heartwarming point
Obama said state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta’s haircut was a reason to believe in hope and change: “You didn’t see that 20 years ago!”
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News (USA)
Police cracked jokes about a transgender hate crime victim as she bled on the floor
A crowd forced their way into her home and beat her in front of children, but the cops refused to take her seriously.
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LGBTQ History
Was transgender woman Nizah Morris killed in a police “courtesy ride”?
In 2002 police picked her up and she soon had what would prove to be a fatal head injury. Then the alleged cover-up started.
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News (USA)
Trans woman brutally beaten in her own home by mob who threatened to kill her
Kendall Stephens says she hasn’t been able to sleep since she was beaten and called a “tra**y” in her own home in front of children.
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Politics
Black gay Pennsylvania Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta is running for reelection
“Pride is not about Coca-Cola or whoever painting a can rainbow colors. It’s about this idea that everyday people, when they step up and demand change, they actually win a lot more than folks think.”
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News (USA)
Two black trans women were killed as the nation protested that #BlackLivesMatter
Dominique Rem’mie Fells of Ohio and Riah Milton of Pennsylvania. #SayHerName #BlackTransLivesMatter
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Politics
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to make it legal to ban same-sex couples from adopting
A Catholic adoption agency refused to work with LGBTQ parents, so the city terminated its contract. Trump’s lawyers say that’s religious discrimination.
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News (USA)
White vigilantes caught on video yelling about “fa***t energy” & attacking protestors
Armed with baseball bats, the white men were ignored by police as they roamed Philadelphia neighborhoods looking for a fight.