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Taxpayer-funded groups get green light for discrimination.

From taxpayer-funded foster care and adoption agencies to programs that serve individuals struggling with substance abuse and youth homelessness, grantees of the Department of Health and Human Services got a green light from the Trump administration Friday to discriminate against LGBTQ people…

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Anti-LGBT printer wins on technicality at KY Supreme Court.

The Kentucky Supreme Court has dismissed — on a technicality — a lawsuit brought against a shop that refused to print T-shirts for Lexington’s 2012 Pride Festival. “The court sidestepped debates over civil rights and the freedoms of religion and speech by ruling on…

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Delta blasted for straight-washing “Rocketman.”

“Rocketman,” the acclaimed musical biopic about Elton John, is making headlines again this week as Delta Air Lines defends itself against accusations of showing straight-washed, edited versions of its inflight movies. The new controversy began on Tuesday, when an outcry sprang up on…

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Son of Argentina’s president is a drag queen and activist.

The 24-year-old is also the son of the country’s latest president-elect, Alberto Fernàndez. Estanislao’s father, 60, was a relative newcomer in political circles but the centre-left Peronist has now taken the helm of a country torn by an economic crisis…

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Pete Buttigieg isn’t going anywhere.

It’s not just you. Pete Buttigieg knows this is a little crazy, too. He knows it’s crazy that, back in January, his campaign had to schedule his launch announcement at a hotel a few blocks from the White House to…