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‘We support it’: NAACP endorses LGBT Equality Act.

The NAACP, the country’s oldest African-American civil rights organization, publicly endorsed the Equality Act, a federal LGBTQ anti-discrimination bill. “We support what it does — and we support it now,” Hilary Shelton, the organization’s D.C. bureau director, told NBC News on…

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Alabama’s newest way to fight gay marriage.

The Alabama senate just unanimously voted for a bill that would get rid of marriage licenses because some judges in the state don’t want to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. If the bill is signed into law, Alabama would…

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Who is having more sex over age 50?

The number of people you have sex with is an individual choice. But certain lifestyle factors play a role in how many sex partners you have, explains a recent study by British researchers. While previous research on sexual behavior and…

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Michigan to stop funding anti-gay adoption agencies.

Michigan will no longer financially support adoption and foster care agencies that refuse to work with same-sex couples and LGBTQ individuals because of religious beliefs under the terms of a settlement of a lawsuit negotiated by Attorney General Dana Nessel…

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Chick-fil-A barred from Texas airport.

The San Antonio City Council, on a 6-4 vote, removed a planned Chick-fil-A location from an airport concession agreement on Thursday, after a councilman flagged the company’s anti-LGBTQ activity. Local media reported that the move followed a ThinkProgress report on Wednesday which…

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The US refuses to condemn the Chechnya LGBT crisis.

The Trump administration did not join several countries in signing a joint letter to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council calling for an investigation into the ongoing LGBTI crisis in Chechnya. Thirty-two countries delivered the letter to the 40th session of…