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Vatican says Ireland gay marriage vote is 'defeat for humanity'
Vatican diplomat seen as second only to the pope insists Saturday’s referendum result shows ‘the church must strengthen its commitment to evangelisation’
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Uninvited: Why gay marriage protester Nick Jensen is not welcome at my wedding
The couple that vowed to divorce if gay marriage is legalized is called out by their friends.
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How Mexico Gradually Became A Marriage Equality Nation
Same-sex couples can now marry all over Mexico, but it's been a long judicial process.
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The Trailer for Ray Comfort’s New Anti-Gay Movie is Now Online
Following his 2011 anti-abortion movie and his 2013 anti-evolution movie, Christian apologist Ray Comfort raised $332,000 for his new anti-homosexuality film project. (Which makes sense, I guess, for a guy best known for his banana video.)
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American Airlines' Response To Homophobic Tweet Is Brief Yet Perfect
Texas Preacher Nathan Lorick vented on Twitter when his American Airlines flight was delayed. AA responded in typical business fashion.
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Album Review: Cameron Esposito - Same Sex Symbol
Armed with a sharp wit and buoyant optimism, this star is hot and rising.
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The Visual Power of the 4 Flags in the News This Week
There were four flags in the news this week. All of them have been used to proclaim identity. And they remind us that symbols are not accidental.
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How 4 Gay Black Women Fought Back Against A Sexual Harasser — And Landed In Jail
They're called the New Jersey 4, a group of young women who were catcalled and allegedly attacked in New York. Why did they — and not their harasser — end up in jail? A new documentary digs in.
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Martyrs to Marriage Equality
The thing that really amazes me about much of the conservative reaction to Obergefell v. Hodges, and indeed much of the religion-based complaints over LGBT rights generally, is the sense of personal grievance. I mean, on the one hand you’ve had people who’ve been persecuted, bullied, denied equal rights for ages, finally getting the right to do something the rest of us take for granted, and on the other hand you have people who are offended by them.
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Meet the Trans Women of Color Who Helped Put Stonewall on the Map
The roots of the "transgender tipping point."
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We Must Put an End to Gender Conversion Therapy for Kids
Getty Images Leelah Alcorn, a trans youth who endured conversion therapy, wrote in her suicide note, “The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was, they’re treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights.”
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The internet is for queers: an interview with “Gender Is Over”t-shirt creators
We interviewed Gender Is Over’s Marie McGwier and Nina Mashurova about fashion, the future of genderqueer youth, and what it’s like to be all over Miley Cyrus’s Instagram.
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A (Cisgender) Lesbian is Targeted by the Bathroom Police
An interesting article on the practical problems of "bathroom laws" and how they can affect cisgender people as well as transgender people.
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Why Communists Support LGBTQ Liberation and Trans People of Color
The oppression of women, as well as of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people is built in to the capitalist-imperialist system. It is due to that fact that these oppressive traditions are rooted in capitalism, that Marxist-Leninists have been among the fiercest fighters for LGBTQI liberation.
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US to make marriage benefits available to gay couples
Attorney General Loretta Lynch says the government will make federal marriage benefits available to same-sex couples following a Supreme Court decision last month that legalized same-sex marriage.
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Filmmaker And Speech Pathologist Weigh In On What It Means To 'Sound Gay'
In Do I Sound Gay?, director David Thorpe searches for the origin of the so-called "gay voice" and documents his own attempts (with speech pathologist Susan Sankin) to sound "less gay."
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Pentagon moves toward lifting ban on transgender troops
The Pentagon took a significant step Monday toward lifting its ban on allowing transgender men and women to serve in the military, announcing a six-month study designed to clear the way.
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Diversity: Pride in science
The sciences can be a sanctuary for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, but biases may still discourage many from coming out. (2014)
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Looks like Angela Merkel didn't get the gay marriage memo
Angela Merkel has insisted that marriage should only be between a man and woman.
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Does sexual behavior have to mimic sexual orientation?
What do you do when presented with a set of genitalia you didn’t think you were wired for?
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