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6th Circuit rejects county clerk’s request for a stay
A three-judge panel on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a motion by lawyers for Rowan County (Ky.) Clerk Kim Davis to stay...
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Mormon Church will continue chartering Boy Scout troops
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday announced in a news release that it would continue to charter Boy Scouts of America (BSA)...
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Rentboy.com shut down by Feds after raid; UPDATE: Task Force responds
Staffers arrested on charges of promoting prostitution across state lines
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Duke incoming freshmen refuse to read lesbian graphic novel
Apparently, “trigger warnings” aren’t just for liberals anymore. Now, some conservative-leaning students from Duke University’s incoming freshmen class have balked at reading the university’s recommended summer reading...
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NOM reveals donors to Maine’s 2009 gay marriage referendum
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) finally — and under protest — waved the white flag of surrender on Monday by releasing the names of...
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Florida’s Osceola County passes nondiscrimination ordinance
Osceola County, Fla., Commissioners voted unanimously earlier this week to approve a comprehensive Human Rights ordinance that provides protections for people based on their sexual...
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Illinois bans gay conversion therapy for minors
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, on Thursday signed into law a bill that bans the practice of conversion therapy on LGBT-identifying minors in the...
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Josh Duggar admits affair after Ashley Madison hack
Josh Duggar has revealed that he used the online hookup website Ashley Madison after hackers stole and then released customers’ information. According to CNN, Duggar was one...
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1 in 3 young Americans aren’t “100% heterosexual”
One-third of young Americans — and one fifth of all adults — wouldn’t describe themselves as “completely heterosexual.” That’s the findings of a new survey...
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Trump: Anti-gay marriage amendment “not going to happen”
Even though Republican frontrunner Donald Trump opposes marriage equality, he’s resigned himself to the Supreme Court’s ruling, according to statements he made in an interview...
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Coalition to Obama: Rescind Bush-era “religious freedom” memo
A coalition of 130 LGBT or allied organizations is urging President Obama to rescind a memo from George W. Bush’s administration that they claim has...
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Transgender Targets: Trans murder rates are out of control
The number of trans women killed in 2015 has already exceeded that of the previous year
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Texas men who tortured black gay man indicted
Two Corpus Christi men face hate crimes charges for 2012 attack
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RNC resolution backs First Amendment Defense Act
Congressional bill would provide exemptions for people and businesses that object to same-sex marriage
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Transgender organization launches national U.S. Trans Survey
Researchers for the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) are taking a head count and asking transgender people to lend their voices the 2015 U.S. Trans...
