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GOP candidate sought Russian help to unseat gay opponent

Onetime Republican congressional candidate H. Russell Taub illegally sought help from Russian authorities during this failed attempt to unseat gay Democratic U.S. Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island in 2016, according to the Federal Election Commission. Taub, 33, has been imprisoned after…

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Redesigned American flag only shows LGBT-friendly states

Sometimes a statistic is better understood visually. As a way to illustrate the severity of more than half the states in this country denying basic comprehensive protection to LGBTQ+ people, the advocacy group Human Rights Campaign (HRC) removed 29 stars, one…