Last-Ditch Effort to Strip GOP Platform of Anti-LGBT Plank Failed (Video)

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Last-Ditch Effort to Strip GOP Platform of Anti-LGBT Plank Failed 
An overwhelming number of Republicans drowned out those opposed to the most oppressive platform in the history of the GOP. 
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          Jul 19, 2016
          
        
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The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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“There’s now a place for us to have this conversation, to be able to talk as openly as this,” Oglivy said.

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"I can't take this complicity of people rolling over," the California governor said.

Press freedom groups voiced concern over the possibility of Lemon being charged. One DOJ official implied he may still be.

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Opinion: "While the obstacles we face may be significant, Lenacapavir represents a monumental breakthrough in the fight against HIV/AIDS, one we can not afford to squander," write Dr. Kelly Gebo and Dr. Amanda Castel.

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Police are still searching for the suspect who slashed the man's face.

The DOJ is investigating Becca Good under a law against “assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers,” sources tell NBC News.

“We have seen where this road leads when dissent is punished, oversight is dismantled, and people can be disappeared or expelled beyond the reach of the law,” Amnesty International said.

"Claims comparing it to dehumanizing performances designed to uphold racial supremacy are as inaccurate as they are offensive," a GLAAD spokesperson told The Advocate.