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Nancy Pelosi’s lasting legacy with the LGBT community

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent announcement that she would step down from the Democratic House leadership when the new Congress begins in January was not unexpected. After all, she had agreed to do so years ago in a compromise with…

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US Homeland Security warns of terror threats to LGBT community

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a terror threat bulletin today warning that domestic extremists have posted online praise for the fatal shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado earlier this month. and have called for copycat attacks…

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The 12 GOP senators who voted to protect same-sex marriage

Twelve Republican U.S. senators joined Democrats this week in voting to codify same-sex marriage in the United States, a bill advocates said was necessary to ensure the Supreme Court does not overturn its earlier decision protecting it. Here is what…