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It’s not just Brunei: The worst countries to be LGBT.

Brunei has sparked global criticism for saying it will implement Sharia law this week, allowing homosexuality to be punishable by stoning to death. The move will make it the seventh country to impose the death penalty for same-sex relationships, according to…

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Bill would allow adoption agencies to reject LGBT couples.

Tennessee may soon become the next state to let faith-based adoption agencies refuse to place children with same-sex couples, a move that critics say penalizes children by keeping them out of loving homes. Ten states have already passed laws that…

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California bans state-funded travel to South Carolina.

California is banning state-funded travel to South Carolina because of policies it considers discriminatory toward LGBT people. Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the ban Tuesday. He says a provision in a budget bill passed last year allows faith-based child-placing agencies to discriminate…