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Scottish lesbian comedian attacked by her community.

Tonight will see Susan finally discover who she’ll be waltzing with through the winter months, but the comedian claims she’s “had it in the neck” from her own peers for not breaking the boundaries to dance with a woman. Speaking to press, including Express.co.uk, the 42-year-old did not appreciate being asked about the prospect of become the first same-sex partnership on Strictly Come Dancing 2017.

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When y’all doesn’t mean all.

The annual Cville Pride Day is expected to draw more than 5,000 people to celebrate the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community, and organizer Lisa Green wanted some special baseball caps to sell.  They would be gray with purple lettering spelling out the slogan:  Y’all Means All, but a Pennsylvania manufacturer – Legacy Athletic – doesn’t want the business.

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AI ‘gaydar’ could be used for hate.

The Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD are outraged after media outlets reported on a study by a professor affiliated with Stanford University that claims that artificial intelligence can be used to detect sexual orientation. The two LGBTQ organizations are primarily concerned that the research study — which has a number of methodological flaws — will be misused to target LGBTQ people for discrimination, violence, or other nefarious motives.

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Trump nominates anti-LGBT lawyers to federal bench.

Jeff Mateer and Matthew Kacsmaryk have worked to erode the firewall between church and state as lawyers for the First Liberty Institute, a Christian legal advocacy group that protects pastors who mobilize their flock to overturn local non-discrimination ordinances, county clerks who refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses and anti-abortion centers that trick women into thinking they’re walking into actual medical clinics.

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LGBT dreamers face uncertain future if deported.

As a teenager living in Phoenix, Arizona, Jerssay Arredondo felt he had to choose between being undocumented and queer. Arredondo, who came with his parents to the United States from Mexico when he was 4 years old, said that he felt like coming out would put him at further risk for discrimination when he was already facing the challenge of being undocumented in the U.S. He remembers thinking: “If I could get my status, if I can get a job … I can come out and live happily as a queer person.”

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Webinar for the LGBT community about colorectal cancer.

LGBT Healthlink, a program of CenterLink, will present two webinars during September focusing on colorectal cancer and tobacco cessation for the LGBTQ community. On Sept. 19, 1 p.m., Colorectal Cancer in LGBT Communities will take place. This webinar will discuss colorectal cancer in LGBTQ communities, health systems interventions to reduce high rates of incidence and mortality among the LGBTQ population, the 80 percent by 2018 campaign to increase screening and best practices for LGBTQ engagement.