Rhode Island

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  Democrats introduce a bill to ban the gay & trans panic defense

  Killing someone because they're LGBTQ "is not a defense, it is a hate crime."

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  Massachusetts could become the 14th state to ban conversion therapy

  A huge majority in the Massachusetts House just passed a conversion therapy ban.

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  Here are the 6 worst states for gay & lesbian couples

  More American Muslims support same-sex marriage than the residents of these states.

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  Hawaii poised to ban ‘ex-gay’ conversion therapy

  The Aloha state joins Maryland as bans on the harmful practice await the Governors' signatures.

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  The South needs PrEP the most, so why are the fewest prescriptions written there?

  And why don't some doctors know what it is and what it can do?

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  A lesbian firefighter faced disgusting harassment at work. She won her lawsuit.

  Other firefighters shoved her, insulted her, spit on her, refused to work with her, and even sprayed blood and "brain matter" on her.

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  19 attorneys general sent Congress a letter opposing the ban on trans soldiers

  “Transgender service members fill a number of critical military roles. Retaining these talented service members strengthens - not weakens - our military readiness.”

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  Rhode Island bans ex-gay ‘conversion therapy’ torture aimed at LGBT youth

  The law bars providers from advertising or engaging in conversion therapy for those under 18.

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  Providence enacts police protections for gender identity and race

  The police union did not support the new protections for transgender people, immigrants, and minorities.

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  Rhode Island House votes to ban gay conversion therapy

  It now moves to the state Senate.

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