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Men charged under federal hate crimes law for trans murders.

Two men who are accused of murdering two transgender women in Puerto Rico on April 21 have been charged under the federal hate crimes law. An affidavit signed by Special FBI Agent Lazaro Duprey-Ojeda and released by the Justice Department on…

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Pro volleyball player star comes out to inspire gay athletes.

Dennis Del Valle, a professional volleyball player in Switzerland and member of the Puerto Rican national team, has come out publicly as gay in an interview with a Swiss website. Del Valle, 31, who is from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and…

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Politician goes on horrific anti-LGBT rant against gay mayor.

LGBTQ advocates are demanding that Trenton Councilwoman Robin Vaughn resign from office after she launched into a homophobic-laced tirade against Mayor Reed Gusciora and her fellow council members. During a conference call between the New Jersey city’s leaders and heads…

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Florida court just struck down important LGBT civil rights law.

In the middle of a pandemic, a Florida court has struck down Jacksonville’s three-year-old LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination ordinance. On Friday, the First District Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that a 2017 ordinance amending the city’s anti-discrimination laws to add sexual orientation and…