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Couples Tote AR-15 Assault Rifles to Pennsylvania Church Blessing

Hundreds of couples carrying AR-15 rifles packed a Unification church to have their marriages blessed and their weapons celebrated as “rods of iron.”

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Federal workplace rights agency says Trump’s government can limit transgender employees’ bathroom usage

The policy does not negate the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock ruling which found that discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identity is unconstitutional.

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Culture

Was John Lennon gay? Paul McCartney discussed bandmate’s sexuality rumors in unearthed interview

The Beatles star revealed that Yoko Ono once suggested her husband was gay.

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SNL under fire for 'mocking' Tourette's in sketch

Saturday Night Live is being called out by a Tourette syndrome advocacy group due to a controversial skit that was responsive to a racial slur incident at the BAFTAs.

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Crime

Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds

Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community calls it something else.

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Tennessee bill lets businesses and people refuse to recognize same-sex marriages

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Republicans in Tennessee are attempting to undermine marriage equality with new legislation.

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More than a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court declared marriage equality the law of the land, Tennessee Republicans are moving to test how durable that promise really is. Keep Reading →

Ben & Jerry's cofounder needs your help to 'prevent the destruction' of beloved ice cream brand

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Ben & Jerry's founder Ben Cohen talks to The Advocate about DEI, Trump's ICE raids, and the fate of the company.

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Despite creating one of the most successful (and delicious) brands of all time, Ben Cohen has never thought of himself as a businessman. Keep Reading →

How a Black-led, queer-affirming church is thriving in the South

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Two decades after founding Vision Cathedral of Atlanta, Bishop O.C. Allen III says the church’s work is more urgent than ever. The LGBTQ-affirming Black Pentecostal congregation, which first gathered in his living room and now fills a sprawling sanctuary every Sunday, has become both a spiritual home and a civic hub at a time when queer and trans people are facing escalating political attacks across the South and the nation at large. Keep Reading →

Gay Minneapolis pastor says ICE agent pointed gun at his face, blocks from Renee Good’s killing

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Rev. Kenny Callaghan says that a masked ICE agent pointed a gun at his face before detaining him in handcuffs.

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A gay Minneapolis pastor says federal immigration agents handcuffed him, pointed a gun at his face, and taunted him while he stood among nonviolent protesters just blocks from where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three who also leaves behind a wife. The encounter has become a visceral symbol of fear, fury, and deepening mistrust between federal authorities and communities already scarred by violence. Keep Reading →

‘Ex-gay’ gospel singer Donnie McClurkin accused of sexually assaulting another man in new lawsuit

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Donnie McClurkin at the Stellar Awards in Las Vegas in 2018

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“Ex-gay” minister and gospel singer Donnie McClurkin has been accused of sexually abusing a younger man for years. Keep Reading →
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