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Christian group: Police raided Stonewall to save a trans child.

According to Diane Gramley, head of the American Family Association’s (AFA) Pennsylvania chapter, the 1969 Stonewall uprising wasn’t caused by queer people fighting against police harassment, it was caused by police trying to rescue a young transgender boy who was being…

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NY becomes the seventh state to ban gay panic defense.

In 2013, according to the LGBT Bar, The American Bar Association unanimously approved a resolution calling for the end of the recognition of “gay panic” and “trans panic” defenses, wherein a jury is asked to decide whether a victim’s sexuality or…

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Jesuits refuse to fire teacher in same-sex marriage.

When the local archbishop demanded that a teacher at an Indianapolis Jesuit prep school be fired for being in a same-sex marriage, the school refused. “Brebeuf Jesuit has respectfully declined the Archdiocese’s insistence and directive that we dismiss a highly capable and…

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Freddie Mercury sings ‘Time Waits For No One’ in ‘new’ video.

Queen fans got a surprise treat this week in the form of a never-before-seen music video featuring the band’s legendary frontman, Freddie Mercury.  The clip, released Thursday on YouTube and on Mercury’s website, shows the singer-songwriter looking every inch a…

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He’s back: Roy Moore’s violently anti-LGBT history.

GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today called on media outlets covering the Alabama U.S. Senate race to once again include information on Roy Moore’s extensive anti-LGBTQ record as a public figure in Alabama politics. GLAAD published a similar document during…