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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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Daily Fix: Kim Davis’s BFF Mike Huckabee Says Religious Freedom “Most Important Issue of Election” and More News
Mike Huckabee is running on a Kim Davis platform, Baltimore offers a settlement to Freddie Gray’s family, James Blake is tackled by NYPD officers and more.
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Daily Fix: Black Lives Matter Calls on Hillary to Stand with Black Trans Women and More News
The Black Lives Matter movement also repudiated the Democratic National Committee’s endorsement, a Maryland judge refuses to drop charges against the six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray, a professor received a grant to study health in bisexual women and more news stories.
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Daily Fix: Ray Tensing Is Indicted for Murder of Sam DuBose and More News
Restoring the defaced mural honoring Sandra Bland in Ottawa, an Arizona Republican who wants to protect college students accused of sexual assault, the drive to defund Planned Parenthood, and more.
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Amnesty International’s Policy Calling for Decriminalization of Sex Work is a Move in the Right Direction
Amnesty International’s Board has put together a draft policy on sex work that could lift up and protect some of the most vulnerable and marginalized folks around the world – and feminists and human rights advocates alike could learn a lot from it. The only problem is that they’re too busy speaking over the sex workers and researchers who emphatically support the proposal to really do so.
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The Complex Paradox of Transgender Rights in India
“A closer look at the Indian Supreme Court ruling demonstrates that it has probably more to do with the economic and social injustices meted out to trans-identified people over centuries – many of them forced out of schools and compelled to beg and/or engage in sex work for a living – than with a legal recognition of their gender per se.”
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Paris Lees Debuts On BBC’s “Question Time” In A Skeleton Top, Is Awesome
Ever wanted to see someone who’s been in the state penitentiary system call bullshit on the politicians messing with said system? Yeah. That happened.
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Recent EU Court Ruling Might Make Life Less Miserable For LGB Asylum Seekers
Last week’s ruling by the European Court of Justice is being hailed as a “landmark” change for LGB asylum seekers – that is, if you’re willing to overlook how asylum seekers in the EU are regularly detained, demonised and deported.
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In The Midst of Protests, Will Brazil Finally Outlaw LGBT Discrimination?
After months of political turmoil and public unrest — and in the face of a growing Evangelical lobby and extremely distressing hate crime statistics — it may finally be the Anti-Homophobia Bill’s time to shine.
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It’s Hard To Simply Dismiss The “Simple” New Pope
Likes: long bus rides, quiet nights spent reading, home-cooked dinners. Dislikes: unfortunately, the same old suspects.
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France Wins A Thing: Gay Marriage for All for Real!
France gets gay married! And French Autostraddlers were there through it all!
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What Does The Pope’s Resignation Mean For Us?
With the opportunity for change on the horizon, we look at Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy and how we can benefit from learning about what we don’t believe.
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Saudi Arabia’s Working Women Propose Their Own City Because They’re Tired of Waiting
If you can’t beat ’em, move out and show ’em they fucked up. And maybe it will work.
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Actually a Good Thing: England Delays Decision on Female Bishops
Ridiculously though, it was the best possible result for women.
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First Person in Scotland Convicted of “Offence Aggravated by Prejudice” Against Transwoman
A soldier in Scotland has been fined for trans* prejudice. Unfortunately, he is not facing additional fines for being a jerk.
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Lesbian Truck-Driver Tweets for Sweden, Makes Sweden Sound Eminently Visitable
“I’m just your average lesbian truck-driver.”
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GetUp! Australia’s Ad Is the Cutest Thing to Happen to Gay Marriage Since Ellen and Portia
Everyone is in love with the new ad spot for marriage equality from GetUp! Australia.
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New Deportation Process Could Save Gay Bi-National Couples by Focusing on Felons
The Obama Administration is gonna start going over 300,000 deportation cases case-by-case to ensure nobody is wasting their time on perfectly respectable humans.
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Dan Choi Beaten at Moscow Pride Parade
Dan Choi, among other LGBT activists in Russia, were detained this weekend after being attacked by neo-Nazis and police.
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Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” Bill: Why Now, What Happens Next, What You Should Sign
Sign this petition, for starters.