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Gay officer wounded in Dallas shooting
Jesus Retana and his husband spearheaded efforts to get domestic partner benefits for employees of the DART police department.
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Donald Trump: ‘Make America white and Protestant again’
Nationalism, white or not, is a form of fascism in which authoritarian demagogues manipulate the masses for their own advancement.
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Michael Sam: There’s more racism in gay community than homophobia in black community
“People have told me I’m not gay enough, people have told me I’m not black enough.”
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Are Scruff’s ethnicity filters racist?
Founders Eric Silverberg (below, right) and Johnny Skandros (below, left) are defending a feature that allows users to filter out races.
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Seattle police officer under fire for homophobic, racist comments online
The cop claims he was being “ironic” by using the term “f*g” on his Twitter account.
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‘The Wiz’ blasted as racist for its all-black cast
As is so often the case, the internet needs to better utilize its Googling powers.
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Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart defend ‘Get Hard’ after critics label it racist, homophobic
In the annals of film festival flops – from unexpected boos to red-carpet gaffes – the premiere of the Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart comedy “Get Hard” will go down as a doozy.
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Wis. teen candidate drops out of race as more anti-gay, racist remarks surface
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The 19-year-old Republican candidate for the Wisconsin state Assembly, who apologized last week for calling gays “fags” in a Twiiter post last year, has suspended his campaign and dropped out of the race after additional racist and homophobic comments he made on social media surfaced Tuesday.
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Retired Methodist pastor commits suicide to protest racism, homophobia
A retired United Methodist pastor who spent much of his life fighting against racial injustice, homophobia and the death penalty, has committed suicide in what was intended as a final protest and an act to inspire change. Rev. Charles Moore, 79, doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in the parking lot of a strip mall in his hometown of Grand Saline, Texas…
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Poll: It’s not OK to make online slurs, even when you’re ‘just kidding’
WASHINGTON — In a shift in attitude, most young people now say it’s wrong to use racist, sexist or anti-gay slurs online, even if you’re just kidding. But when they see them, they don’t take much personal offense.