Kathy Griffin Gets Her Own Talk Show

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Kathy Griffin Gets Her Own Talk Show
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          Jan 08, 2012
          
        
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Awareness isn’t enough. This National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day, it’s time to put power in young people’s hands.

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Cameryn Lovett says she was responding to a student’s anti-gay remarks when the district gave her an ultimatum.

Judge Eboni K. Williams put the bigoted father on blast in a clip that's racking up millions of views.

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The "don’t say trans" measure would shift power from states to Washington by conditioning education funding on limits to transgender-related content.

If state Sen. John Cavanaugh wins a House race, it could give Republicans an anti-LGBTQ+ opening.