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The ‘hidden epidemic’ of LGBT sexual harassment at work.

Nearly seven in 10 lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) people have been sexually harassed at work, but many feel unable to tell their employer due to a fear of being “outed” to colleagues, research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC)…

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Buttigieg says Trump is ‘paying lip service’ to LGBT rights.

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg fired back at President Donald Trump’s recent comment about being “absolutely fine” with the mayor’s gay marriage, sarcastically saying “that’s nice” while pointing out the administration’s poor record on LGBT citizens. Buttigieg was on the campaign trail in…

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The shady network of attorneys fighting against LGBT rights.

Extreme anti-LGBTQ group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is stunningly opaque about its large network of affiliated lawyers, what positions of influence they hold, and what beliefs they must agree to in order to be officially tied to the group…

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Buttigieg’s asset: ‘Do I have a great husband or what?’

The star of presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s campaign rally the other night in San Francisco was obviously the mayor who has vaulted into the national conversation about who will be the Democratic nominee. But his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, is becoming…

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Trump’s ‘conscience rule’ is a perversion of religious freedom.

For decades, U.S. religious right groups have portrayed equal rights for LGBT people as a threat to religious freedom. During the 1996 Congressional debate on the Defense of Marriage Act, Concerned Women for America falsely claimed that if same-sex marriages were…