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Oh For F*ck’s Sake: Kansas Legislator Dick Jones Claims Gay People are a “Third Sex”
This jerk Dick Jones in Kansas, last night’s GOP town hall, a lesbian high schooler wins the right to wear a gay t-shirt to school, women making moves in state and federal government, and more!
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This Is How Fox News Brainwashes Its Viewers: Our In-Depth Investigation of the Propaganda Cycle
We all know someone who has become part of the conservative punditry herd and, over time, traded their compassion for paranoia; their thoughtful opinions for manufactured outrage; and their empathy for hateful rhetoric.
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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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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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Daily Fix: So Many Made-Up Studies on LGBT People and More News
Emma Sulkowicz carried her mattress at graduation, Michael Brown should have been 19 this week, a young trans girl who’s banned from the correct bathroom, support for same-sex marriage at an all-time high, and more!
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ENDA Passes the Senate: How Did We Get Here, Where Are We Going?
What just happened with ENDA, and what do you need to know to make sense of it? Everything you’ve ever needed to know about ENDA right up to the minute is right here!
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North Carolina’s “Moral Mondays” Are Moving Forward to Protest a Backwards Government
As Moral Monday grows, their initial impetus—the universality of the struggle for justice—remains steadfast. As NC NAACP President Rev. William Barber chants (and everyone repeats) at the demonstrations, “Forward Together, Not One Step Back.”
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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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State of the Union Recap: Here’s What Hope & Change Look Like in Obama’s Second Term
Didn’t watch the State of the Union? That’s okay, we did.
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Michigan, Not Our Michigan: How MI’s Reactionary Politics are Driving Away Young Grads
I’m one of the countless numbers of educated young people who left the Detroit area. And it’s not just the economy, stupid, but the state’s constant refrain of anti-women, anti-labor, anti-LGBT politics that drove me away.
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Lest We Forget: Five Of The Most Recently Reported Reasons Romney and Ryan Suck
This shit never gets old – stupidity ranging from Ohio to Iowa and from Katrina to Sandy.
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Paul Ryan: GOP Darling, Romney’s Running Mate, and Terrifying VP Prospect
Mittsy’s new running mate is “thrilling,” “intellectual,” “a firebrand,” and also a regressionist who wants to take America back to 1932.
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Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry: Gay Marriage is Family Values
“By taking out the ‘moral’ question of marriage equality and instead communicating it in Republican lingo itself, this campaign may have found a way to get someone to listen.”
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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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Violence Against Women Act May Be Stripped of LGBT Protections Because of Awful Republicans
The Violence Against Women Act was going to be updated to include protections for gay people, undocument immigrants, and Native American communities, but House Republicans are doing their best to make sure it isn’t.
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They Like Us, They Really Like Us: Future Looks Better Than Ever For Gay Marriage
Maybe we’ve finally reached the point where there’s no turning back on the road towards marriage equality.
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Pro-Gay Vote Might Be Democrats’ Secret Weapon in 2012 Election
The Republicans have already decided that they don’t need the gays for the 2012 election, but Obama may feel differently.
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Washington Has Enough Votes For Gay Marriage Bill to Pass, We May Win A Thing
“What we’re asking you to do is vote in favor of civil rights. Not what your district says,”
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Republicans Try to “Stomp a Mudhole” in Trans* Rights
Why are transphobic politicians so concerned about where I pee?
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Rick Perry Finds Hating On Gays Doesn’t Work As Only Campaign Strategy
Rick Perry can’t stop talking about how much he hates the gays, and Newt Gingrich can. How’s that working out for them?