Evangelical Colleges Shift in Attitude Toward Gay Students

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        Evangelical Colleges Shift in Attitude Toward Gay Students 
     
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          Apr 02, 2013
          
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Evangelical Colleges Shift in Attitude Toward Gay Students

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Adam Hlavaty and Henry Parra were remembered as a loving couple devoted to family, travel, and service.

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Behind barbed wire and glass, organizers found a queer Cameroonian mother exhausted, fearful of medical care, and determined not to lose hope.

Five out Democrats advanced in Florida House races as Equality Florida-backed school board candidates defeated extreme conservative rivals.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

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The Anne Arundel County policy change came after Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged the Justice Department to punish the district, citing parental rights protections.

A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.

The ruling says the administration ignored existing law when it changed the rules that identify “essential benefits” under the Affordable Care Act.

The Norfolk Police Department said the recruit’s presence broke no rules. Former officer Meghan Grabow claims she was told to “learn to deal with it.”

The lesbian comedian said she had “no interest” in the Fox News host after his crew confronted her outside a New York theater.

The stories about the late Republican senator's sexuality may multiply after his death. None of them changes who he chose to be, writes John Casey