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D.C. Council approves bill banning LGBT panic defense

The D.C. Council on Tuesday, Dec. 15, voted unanimously to give final approval of a bill that bans the use of the so-called gay and transgender panic defense in criminal trials. A coalition of local LGBTQ advocacy groups that lobbied for…

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Woman outraged her anti-LGBT organization is labeled a hate group

Jennifer Roback Morse is calling for NBC to “cease harassing and defaming” her self-created organization for protecting “ancient Christian teachings.” The Ruth Institute was recognized as a hate group for the first time back in 2013, and every year since, after…