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News (USA)
Black gay former staffer sues Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University for discrimination
LeeQuan McLaurin says he was expected to “profess an understanding that God hates LGBTQIA+ people” and take a bus full of evangelicals to see Candace Owens “like I was in a horror movie.”
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News (USA)
Virginia banned the gay/trans panic defense on the Transgender Day of Visibility
It’s the 12th state to ban defendants from arguing they “panicked” when they found out their victim was LGBTQ.
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News (USA)
Ban on so-called gay & trans “panic” defenses will become law in Virginia
Historic trans lawmaker Danica Roem & the mother of Matthew Shepard helped make Virginia the 12th state to ban the so-called defense.
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News (USA)
Virginia is the first state in the South to make it illegal to discriminate against LGBTQ people
“No longer will LGBTQ Virginians have to fear being fired, evicted, or denied service in public places because of who they are.”
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Politics
Virginia’s governor just signed 3 pro-LGBTQ bills
Virginia’s newly Democratic-controlled legislature continues to pass sweeping legislation to protect the LGBTQ community
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News (USA)
Virginia bans conversion therapy for minors. It’s the first southern state to do it.
40% of U.S. states now ban the pseudoscientific torture, but anti-LGBTQ forces are trying to have them overturned in the courts.
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Bias Watch
Christian pundit says that Trump is “just too much of a man” for LGBTQ people
The left hates Donald Trump because he’s just too manly, while Barack Obama was “light in the loafers.”
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News (USA)
Virginia to become the first Southern state with LGBTQ civil rights protections
The state is working on a lot of LGBTQ legislation following Democratic wins last fall.
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News (USA)
Virginia lawmakers pass multiple landmark LGBTQ rights bills that are likely to become law
While Republicans had killed pro-LGBTQ legislation for years, with Democrats in control of all the levers of power, the bills sailed through the state senate with bipartisan support.
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Commentary
Halloween exposes racism in America
Halloween – a holiday centered around costumes and masks – ironically unmasks the face of America’s troubled history with race.