Log Cabin Republicans Explain How They Balance Being Gay and Conservative (Video)

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Log Cabin Republicans Explain How They Balance Being Gay and Conservative
The Advocate sat with members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans to find out how they reconcile traditional conservative politics while supporting meaningful advancement of LGBT equality.
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Log Cabin Republicans Explain How They Balance Being Gay and Conservative

The Advocate sat with members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans to find out how they reconcile traditional conservative politics while supporting meaningful advancement of LGBT equality.

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Log Cabin Republicans Explain How They Balance Being Gay and Conservative

The Advocate sat with members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans to find out how they reconcile traditional conservative politics while supporting meaningful advancement of LGBT equality.

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Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Shawn Harris is poised to make history in Georgia.

Scott MacFarlane, who closely covered the Capitol insurrection, announced his departure from the news network run by Bari Weiss.

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LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

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Conservative lawmakers are attempting to take away protections that some local governments have put in place to prevent discrimination against their LGBTQ+ citizens.

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

Opinion: Proximity to (and even building) misogynistic machinery will not protect you, writes contributor Josh Ackley.

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The Republican-led legislation places the state increasingly out of step with the rest of New England on trans rights.