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Why are gay men voting for anti-LGBT right-wingers?

In the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, 82% of LGBTQ voters voted for Democrats, America’s more pro-LGBTQ political party. But in many other Western countries “right-wing and virulently homophobic parties enjoy considerable support among gay voters,” says Samuel Huneke, a gay historian at…

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Hashtag stirs debate over role of Christian schools in US.

For their supporters, the thousands of Christian schools across America are literally a blessing — a place where children can learn in accordance with biblical teachings, untainted by the secular norms of public schools. To critics, many of these Christian schools…

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Virginia Republican leaders kill LGBT protection bills.

Republican leadership in the Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday removed two nondiscrimination bills meant to protect LGBT people from the House General Laws Committee’s docket. The move prevents the pieces of legislation from getting past committee and squanders any…