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Conservatives push back against fellow GOPer’s anti-LGBT bills

A growing number of conservatives are speaking out against the wave of anti-LGBTQ bills being proposed by Republican legislators nationwide. Conservatives Against Discrimination, a group that aims to protect LGBTQ rights, denounced recent efforts as “dangerous” and have called on…

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NYC mayor fires new adviser with history of anti-LGBT rhetoric

Mayor Eric Adams has removed a Staten Island pastor, who once equated homosexuality with pedophilia, from a key educational post, less than six hours after announcing her appointment. On Tuesday, Adams announced Rev. Kathlyn Barrett-Layne, the head of Reach Out…

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GOP senator: States should be able to ban interracial marriage

Another GOP senator criticized the Supreme Court for expanding marriage rights, just after Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) attacked the high court for allowing same-sex marriage. This time, the Republican was Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), and he said the Supreme Court…

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Here’s what happened at the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Disney walkout

Yesterday, Disney employees walked out en masse to protest the company’s funding and support of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Protestors flooded the company’s animation headquarters in Burbank, taking to the streets and getting loud in order to be heard…

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson grilled on marriage equality

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas called the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling an “edict” and an example of policy-making by the court when questioning nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing Tuesday. Cornyn, a Republican, posited that the…

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Utah governor vetoes anti-trans bill to prevent suicides in kids

Utah’s Republican Governor Spencer Cox vetoed  House Bill 11 — anti-transgender legislation that would ban Trans youth from playing on sports teams that correspond with their gender identity. The legislation prohibits “a student of the male sex from competing against another school…