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Five Dems Turn Down Forum Invite From Hate Group
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Cory Booker, Major LGBTQ Ally, Ends Presidential Campaign

Booker had often raised LGBTQ issues on the campaign trail and had written about anti-trans violence for The Advocate.

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Cory Booker: I Have a Nonbinary 'Niephew'

Booker says his "'niephew,' which is a combination of niece and nephew," has helped him understand issues facing trans and nonbinary youth.

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2020 Democratic Candidates Distance Themselves From Homophobic Pastor

All officials responded to The Advocate when asked to about their connections to the pastor. 

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Sen. Cory Booker: A Crisis of Silence Is Killing Trans Women of Color

Sen. Cory Booker shares why we all must end our silence around the epidemic of violence trans people of color face. 

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Sen. Cory Booker, LGBTQ Ally, Announces Presidential Run

"We are better when we help each other," Booker says in his announcement.

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Trump's AG Nom William Barr Dances Around LGBTQ Rights Stance

Barr claims he's not homophobic, but believes LGBTQ rights must accommodate religion at all times.

 

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In Hearing, Mike Pompeo Won't Back Off Anti-LGBT Views

Sen. Cory Booker presses the secretary of State nominee on his statements about "perversion" and opposition to marriage equality.

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Democrats Protest Trump's 'Evil Order' Outside Supreme Court

Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Bernie Sanders joined a huge crowd of Democrats in protest of the president's refugee and travel bans.

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Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker Blast Immigration Ban (Video)

The Democratic senators spoke out against President Trump's executive order banning refugees at airport protests.

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Cory Booker: No Faith in Jeff Sessions as U.S. Top Cop

The New Jersey senator offered a scathing critique of his colleague, who is nominated for U.S. attorney general.

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Booker Will Break With Tradition By Testifying Against Sessions

The New Jersey senator will be testifying against his colleague in an unprecedented move.

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The Most Adorable Thing Happened to This BLM Supporter

Full Frontal correspondent Ashley Nicole Black meets her crush, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, after a very tough assignment. 

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Election

A Night of Rousing Speeches Supporting Hillary Clinton

Sen. Cory Booker (pictured) and First Lady Michelle Obama were the stars of the night, but Sen. Bernie Sanders also offered strong support to his former rival.

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Clinton's VP Possibilities and Their LGBT Rights Records

The short list includes strong and middling supporters, plus an unknown quantity.

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Marriage Equality

WATCH: Cory Booker Shuts Down Heckler at Gay Marriage

The Newark mayor doesn't think religious-based opposition to one gay couple's marriage counts as a 'substantive, worthy objection.'

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Marriage Equality

Gov. Christie Drops Appeal, N.J. Marriage Equality Permanent

As midnight arrived in New Jersey, so did marriage equality, making it the 14th state.

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New Jersey: One More State Goes for Marriage Equality

The New Jersey Supreme Court declines to delay an order for same-sex marriages to begin in the Garden State.

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Maddow to New N.J. Sen. Booker: 'Fun Times Await You'

Newark Mayor Cory Booker will be the next U.S. Senator from New Jersey.