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Anchorage shelter seeks to exclude transgender people.

A faith-based women’s homeless shelter in Anchorage is suing to block the city from requiring it to accept transgender women, which it said would violate its religious beliefs. Lawyers for Alliance Defending Freedom filed a motion in federal court…  

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Gay guys sound off on pressure to act masculine.

It’s not easy being feminine in a #Masc4Masc world, and some guys on the femme end of the gender-presentation spectrum admit they butch it up just to make themselves attractive. Take the responses to one Redditor’s recent question on the…  

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Gay parents caused Pittsburgh shooting says Orthodox Rabbi.

An Orthodox Rabbi has said that gay people caused the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting which killed 11, adding: “I’m not sorry for this disaster.” New Jersey Rabbi Mordechai Aderet told his followers not to go to a vigil for those murdered…  

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Don’t miss Barbra Streisand’s epic Carpool Karaoke.

Barbra Streisand did Carpool Karaoke with James Corden and the video is just what you expected – and wanted. While the singing is, of course, amazing, the real joy comes from hearing Babs stories about repeatedly failing her driving test…  

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Will the Equality Act that outlaws LGBT discrimination pass?

Polling shows that most Americans support non-discrimination protections for LGBT people. But there is still no federal law directly banning discrimination against LGBT people in the areas of housing, employment, and public accommodations. The Equality Act would change that…  

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What is the future of white evangelical Christians?

President Donald Trump leaned on overwhelming support from white evangelical Christians in the 2016 election, capturing 81 percent of their vote and again affirming their conservative bent. Republicans can expect more of the same this midterm election. More than 80 percent of white evangelical voters…