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Judge rules against LGBT students in discrimination suit

A federal judge dismissed on Thursday a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ students who allege the Department of Education doesn’t protect them against discrimination from more than two dozen religiously affiliated universities that receive federal funding…

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Religious police in Nigeria arrest 19 at a same-sex wedding

Members of Islamic police enforcing sharia law in the northern Nigerian state of Kano arrested 19 men and women yesterday, accusing them of attending a same-sex marriage. A spokesperson for the religious police, known locally at the hisbah, said they…