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Pete and Chasten receive standing ovation on Broadway.

Pete and Chasten Buttigieg stole the pre-curtain show Sunday at The Inheritance. The former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and his husband received a standing ovation at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre, where the acclaimed LGBTQ production is running until March 15…

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US House candidate compares gays to pedophiles.

A Republican author and former reality show star pardoned by President Donald Trump compared LGBTQ people to pedophiles as she qualified to run for a U.S. House seat in Atlanta. On Friday, Angela Stanton-King tweeted an image of a rainbow-colored…

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Joe Biden releases plan for LGBT equality.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, surging in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination after a series of recent primary victories, today released his plan to advance LGBTQ equality. Biden promises to make enactment of the Equality Act during his first…

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The 2020 elections could be a major year for LGBT women.

The 2020 election is shaping up to be a major year for LGBTQ women in politics. Many Super Tuesday races are still being called, but so far, queer and trans women scored an estimated 30 wins. These included Texas’ Gina Ortiz Jones…

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10% of people voting on Super Tuesday identified as LGBT.

Exit polling from NBC News shows that LGBTQ people have made up a huge percentage of voters on Super Tuesday. Between 6% – 13% of voters self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender in 12 of the 14 states voting. A third of LGBTQ people…