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Also.Also.Also: Queen Latifah Becomes the First Woman Rapper To Be Given Kennedy Center Honors
It was L Word Day at the WGA Strike, so Ilene Chaiken announced that “Corporate Greed Killed Jenny.” Also, the 100 most significant political films of all time.
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News Fix: Trans Delegates and #BlackLivesMatter Organizers Push for Progress at the DNC
More history made at the DNC, the Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, voter ID laws, new data on gay-straight alliances and more.
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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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Trump Campaign Faces Firings, Lack of Funds, General Derision
Things aren’t going great for Donald Trump’s campaign this week, the dangerous SCOTUS ruling that says evidence obtained illegally can be used in court, Tamara Dominguez’s murderer charged, and more.
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India Beaty, Queer Black Woman, Killed By Police in Norfolk, Virginia
India Beaty, a queer black woman, was fatally shot by Virginia police for carrying a replica handgun, bombs in Brussels kill at least 31 people, a new study finds Canadian LGB people have chronic stress and drink heavily, The Bronx Trans Collective opens and more news!
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What We Know About the Pulse Shooting in Orlando So Far
Links, updates, and further reading on the Pulse shooting, the aftermath, the victims, the gunman, gun control, politics, some resources and centering queer Latinx voices.
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Spike Reported in LGBT People Reaching For Guns In Wake of Orlando Shooting
There’s been a spike in memberships for a LGBT pro-gun rights group and a new surge of Gays Against Guns; Black Lives Matter temporarily shuts down Toronto Pride, the UN voted to create a position dedicated to LGBT rights around the world, married lesbian parents can now be on their child’s birth certificate and more news stories.
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Score One for Lesbian Parental Rights with Judge’s Landmark Ruling
A Virginia Beach judge ruled a lesbian parent has the right to custody of her non-biological child, California’s got a lot of LGBT-friendly laws going into effect this year, more “religious freedom” bills in Georgia, Creating Change un-invites ICE from speaking at the conference, and more!
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory Loves Hypocrisy, Hates Trans People Using Correct Bathrooms
NC Governor Pat McCrory is having a meltdown over a Charlotte ordinance that protects LGBT rights, new data shows that up to half of gay and bisexual black men are at risk for HIV, abortion restrictions go into law in Louisiana, and more news.
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Badass Black Queer Women Paved the Way for the Mizzou Movement
A rundown of everything that happened at the University of Missouri and the #ConcernedStudent1950 movement, the Mississippi Supreme Court issues its first gay divorce, the Nebraska Health and Human Services will list the names of same-sex spouses on birth certificates and more news!
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Also.Also.Also. Legos and Love Reign Supreme and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Lego is building female scientists, tension at the Supreme Court is building up, and organizers are working to build a more equal future.