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Singer refused a liver transplant over fear of a gay donor.

Vicente Fernández, a retired singer and actor known as “The King of Ranchera Music,” recently made headlines for sharing a story about his refusal to get a liver transplant. His reason: He was afraid of getting a liver from a gay donor…

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Gilead to donate Truvada for 200,000 patients a year.

Pharmaceutical company Gilead, the makers of Truvada, will donate enough of the drug to the United States to supply 200,000 patients a year with a monthly prescription, the New York Timesreports. The move comes only a few hours after…

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LGBT groups merge to form Modern Military Association of America.

LGBTQ military nonprofits OutServe-SLDN and the American Military Partner Association are merging to form the Modern Military Association of America, which will be the nation’s largest organization dedicated to education, advocacy, and support for LGBTQ service members, military spouses, veterans…

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All-female Texas LGBT caucus defeats ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill.

The Texas LGBT+ caucus successfully defeated a bill characterised as an attack on LGBT+ rights. The five out lawmakers leading the recently-formed Texas House LGBT+ Caucus challenged Republican Matt Krause’s House Bill 3172 during a floor reading on Thursday (May 9)…

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Does Missouri have a ‘God-given right to discriminate’?

For more than 20 years, Missouri has failed to enact the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA) into law, a bill that would expand the state’s civil rights protections to include LGBTQ people.  But rather than work toward that goal, state House lawmakers…

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Trump’s new nickname for Pete Buttigieg: ‘Alfred E. Neuman.’

President Donald Trump dismissed Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Friday in a single sentence. “Alfred E. Neuman cannot become president of the United States,” the president told POLITICO in a 15-minute telephone interview, when asked what he thought of…