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GOP turned against one of their own for officiating a gay wedding.

Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) is facing a primary competitor and the GOP is turning a blind eye. Conservatives are targeting Riggleman for officiating a same-sex wedding in 2019. After Riggleman officiated the wedding, three GOP county committees voted to censure him…

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How to win LGBT equality in the South.

In a time when COVID-19 has brought such heartbreak to so many and has so disrupted the normal routines of life, it can be hard to yank our attention from the moment we are in.  But something truly significant has…

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Gay fmr ambassador named Biden’s deputy campaign manager.

Rufus Gifford, a former U.S. ambassador during the Obama administration who has served as a high-profile fundraiser for the Democratic Party, has been named deputy campaign manager for Joseph Biden, the campaign confirmed Wednesday. As deputy campaign manager focused on…

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Chasten Buttigieg on being homeless at 17 after coming out.

Chasten Buttigieg, former high school teacher and husband of presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, has spoken about the hopelessness he felt during a period of homelessness after he came out as gay. Buttigieg appeared alongside his husband in an interview with…

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Biden vs. Trump. Here’s what that means for LGBT people.

Former vice president Joe Biden is now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, after Bernie Sanders announced his exit from the race. The independent Vermont senator suspended his campaign on Wednesday after falling significantly behind Biden in the Democratic primaries…