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LGBT youth intensely distrust police, support BLM.

More than 70% of LGBTQ youth say they have little to no trust in police, especially among Black LGBTQ and trans and/or non-binary, according to a Morning Consult/Trevor Project poll out Friday. The big picture: Several “Black Trans Lives Matter” rallies…

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Trump thinks LGBT people love him? New poll says, ‘LOL’.

With just 32 days until the 2020 election, the Trump campaign has increasingly attempted to tout the incumbent’s alleged support among LGBTQ+ voters. Just this week, the president’s middle son, Eric Trump, accidentally claimed to be “part of that community” while claiming…

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VA Christian groups sue for right to hate against LGBT people.

A wedding photographer and a group of several Christian institutions filed two different lawsuits against Virginia officials Monday over a new law that bans discrimination against the LGBTQ community.  The lawyers representing the plaintiffs argue that the law violates their…

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HRW slams Egypt over ‘abuse, torture’ of LGBT people.

Human Rights Watch lambasted Egypt in a report Thursday for routinely arresting, abusing and torturing LGBT people, including subjecting them to forced anal examinations. “Egyptian authorities seem to be competing for the worst record on rights violations against LGBT people…