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Month: January 2019
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Colorado’s Jared Polis sworn in as first out gay governor.
Jared Polis has made history. The Colorado politician was sworn in Tuesday as the nation’s first out gay governor.ADVERTISING Thousands watched as Polis took the oath of office beside his partner, Marlon Reis, and their children on the steps…
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The cruel and obscene questions gay asylum-seekers were asked.
Two Bangladeshi men seeking protection in Australia on the basis that they were gay and a de facto couple were subjected to highly personal questions about their sex lives in their interviews with the Australian government’s case officer, including whether…
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Believe it or not, LGBT rights might improve in 2019.
It may be hard to believe, given the Trump administration’s history on the matter and the threats that still loom large in more conservative states, but 2019 could be a landmark year for LGBT rights. Thanks in part to the results of…
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Evangelicals want LGBT people excluded from anti-lynching bill.
Evangelical activists are pressing Republican lawmakers to strip protections for LGBT+ people from an anti-lynching bill. The Justice for Victims of Lynching Act cleared the US Senate on December 20 in a rare unanimous vote. The bill would allow lynchings—bias-motivated…
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Texas flushes transgender bathroom bill for 2019.
In 2017, one of the most talked about bills in Texas would have required transgender people to use bathrooms matching the sex on their birth certificates, spurring a flood of protests at the capitol as civil rights groups…
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