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Politics
Activist Tiara Mack could become the first Black LGBTQ state senator in Rhode Island
After beating an anti-LGBTQ incumbent in the primary, this Black Queer activist is ready to take on the Rhode Island State Senate.
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Election 2020
Chasten Buttigieg allegedly abandons fundraiser for Pete at ‘inappropriate’ gay bar
The campaign staff for Pete Buttigieg cancelled a Chasten-headlined event at a Rhode Island gay bar because they wouldn’t remove a ‘dancer pole.’
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Life
Rhode Island & New York restore military benefits to LGBTQ veterans
An estimated 100,000 LGBTQ soldiers have been discharged from the military since World War II. Now are they getting their due.
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News (USA)
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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News (USA)
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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News (USA)
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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News (USA)
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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Health and Wellness
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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News (USA)
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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News (USA)
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.”