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What’s behind Utah’s proposed conversion therapy ban?

GOP lawmakers in Utah have unveiled a bill meant to protect LGBTQ kids from “conversion therapy” ― a dangerous and discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Republican state Reps. Craig Hall and Dan McCay introduced…

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A teacher came out to help a suicidal student and got fired.

In March 2017, a lesbian student came out to Nicholas Breiner, a choral teacher at J.B. McNabb Middle School in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, and said her parents didn’t approve of her sexual identity. Shortly thereafter, the student attempted suicide. Luckily, the…

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Hate groups in Trump’s America are at an all time high.

The United States plays host to 1,020 hate groups, the highest number in two decades, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. SPLC points to various reasons for the rise in hate groups, which has been growing exponentially since 2014…