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Can the Pope stay out of our doggone business?

In the great war between dogs and babies, Pope Francis has solidly declared himself to be on the side of babies. In other words: the wrong side. Addressing the public at the Vatican, the Pope recently explained that he…

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Anti-LGBT Devin Nunes officially resigns from Congress

In a letter Saturday to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-SF), Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, who represents California’s 22nd Congressional District, officially resigned his seat in Congress. “It has been the honor of my life to represent the people of…

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History-making Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ champ robbed at gunpoint

“Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider, who became the first trans contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions in November, was robbed at gunpoint over the New Year’s weekend in her home city of Oakland.  Schneider, the show’s highest-earning woman…

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White House seeks more LGBT safeguards in ACA health plans

Health insurance plans offered through the Affordable Care Act that exclude coverage of gender-affirming treatment for transgender people are discriminatory, the Department of Health and Human Services said in an annual policy report scheduled for release this week…

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Students agree to de-gay GSA after parents attack teacher

Students at Lakeland Preparatory School in Tennessee have reportedly withdrawn their request to form a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club at their school after conservative parents rabidly attacked them and a supportive faculty member. The parents claimed that even the presence…