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Oops! Photo surfaces of an anti-trans GOP candidate in drag

Republican Josh Mandel can’t stop obsessing about transgender people and pronouns. The perennial candidate and former state treasurer is making the issues two of his primary campaign issues. This time around, he decided to demean trans women with a slur…

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Hmmm…Jesus never explicitly mentioned homosexuality

Back in 1978, Britain’s highly successful and influential Tom Robinson Band released the song “(Sing if You’re) Glad to Be Gay.” It became, understandably, something of an anthem in the LGBTQ2 community but for some reason never caught on in the…

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GOP lawmaker argues same-sex marriage is still illegal in Texas

Texas state Rep. James White, a Republican from District 19 in southeast Texas, has reportedly written to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wanting clarification on the historic U.S. Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges — the case that’s ruling made marriage…

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Ghana considers bill that would make it a crime to be gay

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday emphasised the need for civil debate and tolerance as parliament works towards a vote on a controversial bill that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender. The so-called family values…

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Venezuelan man with AIDS dies while in ICE custody

A Venezuelan man with AIDS died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Oct. 1. An ICE press release notes Pablo Sánchez Gotopo, 40, died at Merit Health River Oaks in Flowood, Miss., which is a suburb of Jackson, the state capital…