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The Other Shoe Drops: North Carolina and Mississippi Both Face Federal Lawsuits for Anti-LGBT Laws
Attorney General Loretta Lynch says some truly awesome words to trans people and against North Carolina’s HB2, The ACLU of Mississippi is challenging the state’s “religious freedom” law, a group of parents and students filed a federal lawsuit because they believe they’re being discriminated when a trans girl uses the correct facilities at their school and more news.
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Daily Fix: What the Heck is Happening in Texas and More News
Many upsetting Texas bills, Dorian Johnson’s arrest, a chapter of the Satanic Temple in MIssouri exercising its religious freedom, the first-ever LGBTQ Leaders of Color White House Summit, updates on presidential candidates across the board, and more!
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Daily Fix: All the New Research You Can Shake A Stick At and More News
Research on nationwide LGBT legal equality, bisexuals in the UK, racism in the university classroom, and religion. PLUS updates on your fave/least fave Republicans, police practices overhaul in Cleveland, new laws and more!
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Worst May Day Ever: GOP Filibusters Bill To Raise Minimum Wage
Senate Republicans decide that raising the minimum wage would hurt people, which sounds economically inaccurate.
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HRC’s International Expansion Funded By The Worst Humans
HRC has announced that it will begin working for equality abroad as well as in the US — but is that a good thing? Let’s ask Daniel Loeb and Paul Singer.
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Join 11-Year-Old Marcel In The Fight Against John Ragan, Champion of Tennesee’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
“Just the idea of [the “Don’t Say Gay” bill] made me realize there are people out there who would not like me just because I’m gay. It made me feel really terrible. It made me feel unaccepted.”
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Keeping Up With The Republicans: How the GOP Feels About Gays This Week
Those crazy kids are always up to something. Here’s this week’s roundup.
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No More Ex-Gay In NJ: Jersey Might Ban Conversion Therapy For Minors
New Jersey is on the verge of banning damaging conversion therapy from being practiced on those under the age of 18 – the legislation is being put to the vote in the state Senate after waltzing through the Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee with a 7-1 vote in favor of the ban.
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Why We Should Be Wary Of Republican Support For Marriage Equality
Republicans are coming out in number to express their support for marriage equality. How can this end well?
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NOM Thinks Anti-Gay Views Are, Like, So Fetch Right Now
With 75 Republicans signing on for gay marriage, how on earth will NOM stay relevant?
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Now That We’re Really Talking About Gun Control: Where We Go From Here
In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, America is finally ready to talk about gun control. But will things really change, and if so, what must we do to make it happen?
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“A ‘Mad Men’ Party in a ‘Modern Family’ America”: On The Future of the Republican Party
Everyone (except FOX News agrees): Republicans lost the Senate and presidency this year because they aren’t paying attention to the demographic and opinion changes in the U.S. But will their base let them make this change?
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The GOP Just Isn’t Ready For Out Gay Latino Politicians
“The fact that an openly gay candidate can win by such a large margin speaks to the notion that… voters vote based on the character of the person and their values, not their sexual orientation.”
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Why Claiming Republicans Are “Hardly Anti-Gay” Makes Hardly Any Sense
Spoiler alert: it takes more than “tolerance.”
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Homophobic Michigan Mayor Up For Recall Proves Why She Should Be Recalled
As the citizens of Troy, MI prepare to vote out their infamous mayor, she digs herself deeper by comparing homosexuality to smoking, among other things.
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Republican Women’s Policy Committee Shows Little Interest In Helping Women Outside the Committee
24 Republican female legislators have formed a Women’s Policy Committee, but it’s way less exciting than it sounds.
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Amendment 1 Advances in North Carolina, Religious Homophobes Rejoice
North Carolina’s anti-gay Amendment 1 looks like it might succeed.
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Republicans Don’t Get Why Domestic Violence Is Still Bad When It’s Gay People Doing It
“Is the violence any less real, is the danger any less real because you happen to be gay or lesbian? I don’t think so.”
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Rick Santorum Almost Wins Iowa Caucus, But Actually Romney Does
As close as it was, and it was very close, Mitt Romney won the Iowa caucus.
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Anti-Gay Bigots Have Big Plans for 2012, Like Repealing Gay Marriage in NH
In which voting for anti-gay politicians is followed by voting for anti-gay laws.