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Doctors in Texas will soon be able to refuse LGBT patients.

The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would allow professionals to discriminate against LGBTQ people. Senate Bill 17 would bar state professional licensing boards from punishing professionals for breaking rules that violate a “sincerely held religious belief.”…

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HUD won’t issue LGBT guidance because ‘you would dislike’ it.

More than two years after the Trump administration withdrew federal guidance on rules barring anti-LGBT discrimination in homeless shelters, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Ben Carson said Wednesday his department won’t reissue the documents because LGBT rights supporters “would probably dislike” what it says…

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Which dating app did Pete Buttigieg meet his husband on?

Ever the millennial candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has revealed that he met his husband Chasten on a dating app. Buttigieg, currently a rising star among the Democratic hopefuls for the 2020 nomination, discussed how he met Chasten during an interview with…

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Utah finally passes LGBT-inclusive hate crime law.

Utah has finally added hate crime protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Republican Governor of Utah, Gary Herbert, signed a bill on Tuesday (April 2) that expands state hate crime statute to add protections for LGBT+ people…

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Chicago just elected its first openly LGBT mayor.

Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle in a runoff for Chicago mayor Tuesday. She will be the first openly gay person and first black woman to lead the city. The Associated Press called the race for Lightfoot shortly before…