The List 2011 Most Googled Gays and Lesbians

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The List: 2011's Most Googled Gays and Lesbians
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          Dec 19, 2011
          
        
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        Don Lemon hires ex-federal prosecutor who quit after Trump admin tried to investigate Renee Good's wife
    Joseph H. Thompson was among six prosecutors who resigned last month over the Justice Department’s effort to investigate the wife of Renée Good.
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        Actor James Van Der Beek has died at age 48
    The actor is survived by his wife and six children.
Ariel Messman-Rucker
Politics
        Indiana quietly bans trans residents from changing gender markers on IDs
    Indiana will no longer accept court orders or medical documentations recognizing transgender residents' gender changes.
Ryan Adamczeski
Politics
        Mamdani, Schumer & NYC Council demand National Park Service return Pride flag to Stonewall National Monument
    “New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
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The List: 2011's Most Googled Gays and Lesbians

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Don Lemon hires ex-federal prosecutor who quit after Trump admin tried to investigate Renee Good's wife

Joseph H. Thompson was among six prosecutors who resigned last month over the Justice Department’s effort to investigate the wife of Renée Good.

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The actor is survived by his wife and six children.

Indiana quietly bans trans residents from changing gender markers on IDs

Indiana will no longer accept court orders or medical documentations recognizing transgender residents' gender changes.

Mamdani, Schumer & NYC Council demand National Park Service return Pride flag to Stonewall National Monument

“New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

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Budapest mayor could face charges for hosting LGBTQ+ Pride march

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Gay Days Orlando canceled, citing sponsor losses and mounting pressures on LGBTQ+ gatherings

It was supposed to be the event's 35th anniversary in June.

I watched the Kid Rock Turning Point USA halftime show so you don't have to

Opinion: "I have no problem with lip syncing, but you'd think the side that hates drag queens so much would have a little more shame about it," writes Ryan Adamczeski.

Turning Point USA's halftime lineup: All the musicians taking the stage

Turning Point USA is organizing a show headlined by Kid Rock for right-wingers upset with Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Donald Trump mocks transgender people in Oval Office meeting with Canadian PM, whose child is nonbinary

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.

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Joseph H. Thompson was among six prosecutors who resigned last month over the Justice Department’s effort to investigate the wife of Renée Good.

The actor is survived by his wife and six children.

Indiana will no longer accept court orders or medical documentations recognizing transgender residents' gender changes.

“New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

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It was supposed to be the event's 35th anniversary in June.

Opinion: "I have no problem with lip syncing, but you'd think the side that hates drag queens so much would have a little more shame about it," writes Ryan Adamczeski.

Turning Point USA is organizing a show headlined by Kid Rock for right-wingers upset with Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show.

These are some of his worst comments about LGBTQ+ people made by Charlie Kirk.

Pascal Kaiser was attacked by three men outside his house just days after his public proposal.

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.