All posts tagged "LGBTQ rights"
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Mike Pence breaks tie, paving way for confirmation of anti-gay Sam Brownback
New religious freedom ambassador refused to answer whether "religious freedom" justifies imprisoning or killing LGBTQ people
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Trump reaffirms “commitment” to equality in letter to Log Cabin Republicans
Log Cabin President: Letter commemorating our 40th anniversary is "tangible evidence" of GOP's moves towards inclusion
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India’s Supreme Court to reconsider law criminalizing gay sex
India’s Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider a 2013 decision that reinstated the country’s anti-sodomy laws and criminalized same-sex relations between consenting adults, reports The...
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Mitt Romney expected to run for U.S. Senate seat in Utah
Former presidential candidate reportedly weighing bid for seat held by retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch
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Anti-gay Michele Bachmann may run for U.S. Senate
Former Minnesota congresswoman mulls bid for seat recently vacated by Sen. Al Franken
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Congressmen ask Mike Pence to raise human rights abuses on Egypt trip
A bipartisan group of members of Congress has written a letter to Vice President Mike Pence asking him to bring up concerns about recent human rights...
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LGBTQ advocates mourn death of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee
On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who became the city’s first Asian-American mayor in 2011, died of a heart attack. According to the San Francisco...
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Gay Lexington Mayor Jim Gray announces bid for Congress
The openly gay two-term mayor of Lexington, Ky., has announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the state’s 6th Congressional District seat held...
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Dueling rallies: The LGBTQ community faces off against homophobes at Supreme Court
Refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding at center of conflict between free speech and nondiscrimination laws.
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RNC chairwoman praises Log Cabin Republicans on their 40th anniversary
McDaniel: "Your voices make our Party stronger, and our nation greater"
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Virginia Democrats holding onto slim lead headed into Election Day
Hotly contested race between Danica Roem and Bob Marshall will be closely watched by LGBTQ advocates
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Ralph Northam makes final appeal to LGBTQ voters before Virginia governor election
Northam says his Republican opponent can't be trusted to stand up to extremists in his party
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Virginia AG Mark Herring stands by his record on LGBTQ rights
If you listen to Republican attack ads, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is a controversial figure obsessed with social issues who is bending the law...
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Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris urge HRC dinner attendees to continue the fight for equality
HRC uses dinner to cement itself as the LGBTQ leader of the resistance to Trump administration policies
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Sen. Murray urges “no” vote on Rep. Jim Bridenstine as Trump’s pick to head NASA
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) has sent a letter to her colleagues on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, urging them to oppose...
