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Two harmful anti-LGBT bills die in Virginia Senate

Two anti-LGBTQ bills died in the Virginia Senate on Thursday. A Senate Education subcommittee voted against state Sen. Travis Hackworth (R-Tazewell County)’s Senate Bill 20, which would have eliminated the requirement that school districts must implement the Virginia Department of Education’s…

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Conservatives are in a meltdown over the Minnie Mouse update

Minnie Mouse will don a designer pantsuit for Disneyland Paris’ 30th anniversary celebration and conservatives are frothing over “woke politics” and polka dots. Stella McCartney has given the classic cartoon character a chic twist that takes her out of her…

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Pro-LGBT Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, one of the court’s three reliable liberals, is retiring. His retirement will be formally announced Thursday, but national media are reporting it now. President Joe Biden now has a chance to nominate another liberal…

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Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is truly horrifying

When it comes to progress in America, it’s always one step forward, two steps back. This week in Tallahassee, the Florida House Education and Employment Committee passed House Bill 1557, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The bill would…

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France bans barbaric conversion therapy once and for all

France’s law banning conversion therapy has passed its final stages, with president Emmanuel Macron declaring “being yourself… is nothing to be cured”. The sweeping ban, which gives no exemptions for religious conversion therapy, was voted in by parties on both…