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Kyrsten Sinema added to the Mount Rushmore of LGBTQ+ losers

She joins Navratilova, Jenner, Grenell, and Santos; however, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt this lot is not.

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Politics

Republicans call for Colorado GOP chair to resign after abhorrent Pride Month email

"The time has come for us to say we have had enough," the Jefferson County GOP said in a statement.

World

Former Republican N.C. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

Former senator Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists, and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86. ''It's just incredible that he would die on July 4, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the mold of those great men,'' said former North Carolina GOP representative Bill Cobey.

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Trans TV timeline

Decades back, when TV personalities like Milton Berle and Flip Wilson threw on dresses for laughs, they inadvertently carved first notches in the time line of transgender representation. By the '70s drag queens, transvestites, transsexuals, and even dual-gender space travelers (in 1977's sci-fi comedy Quark) were cropping up regularly in TV movies and popular sitcoms like The Jeffersons. Here are some highlights of characters who set the stage for Romjin's Alexis on Ugly Betty.

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New York trans woman settles landmark lawsuit affirming transgender rights while in custody

DeAnna LeTray said officers called her mentally ill and “a guy dressed like a woman.” She just made them change the previously transphobic system.

Colorado GOP Dave Williams speaks for House Republicans during Colorado State Legislature

Politics

the jeffersons

'Jeffersons' actor says costar Sherman Hemsley was also gay, deserves a posthumous Emmy

Damon Evans, who played the second Lionel, reflects on the hit show and its 50th anniversary.

Remembering Norman Lear and His Pioneering LGBTQ-Inclusive Shows

Lear featured some of the first gay characters on TV and founded the liberal advocacy organization People for the American Way.

Sherman Hemsley, TV's George Jefferson, Dies

Kyrsten Sinema added to the Mount Rushmore of LGBTQ+ losers

She joins Navratilova, Jenner, Grenell, and Santos; however, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt this lot is not.

Republicans call for Colorado GOP chair to resign after abhorrent Pride Month email

"The time has come for us to say we have had enough," the Jefferson County GOP said in a statement.

Confederate Statues Removed Overnight in Memphis

Statues of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest, and a Ku Klux Klan leader were hastily removed.

Alleged St. Martin gay basher surrenders to police

The main suspect in a vicious attack on gay New York journalists Richard Jefferson (pictured) and Ryan Smith on the Caribbean island of St. Martin has surrendered to police.

Sherman Hemsley Remains Unburied Due to Will Dispute

The embalmed body of actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for portraying TV's George Jefferson, is being kept refrigerated in a funeral home in El Paso, Texas, until a local court decides on the validity of his will.

Sherman Hemsley Still Unburied, Pending DNA Test

The body of the late star of The Jeffersons remains refrigerated in an El Paso, Texas, mortuary, while a man alleging he is Hemsley's brother awaits results of a court-ordered DNA test.

Hate-crime victim to file $50-million lawsuit against CBS

Former CBS News producer Dick Jefferson, who was the victim of a gay-bashing attack in St. Martin last year, was set to file a $50 million sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit against his former employer Monday.

Attacked in St. Martin

Gay CBS Evening News producer Dick Jefferson talks with The Advocate about being gay-bashed on the Caribbean island of St. Martin and how he is going back to tell authorities how he feels about it

St. Martin police criticized for slow response to gay bashing

A U.S. gay rights group criticized what it called a slow response by St. Martin police to an attack on gay New York journalists Dick Jefferson (pictured) and Ryan Smith, who were beaten with tire irons outside a bar in Philipsburg.

Journey back to Hope

During a visit to the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, I wondered: How could things have changed so far, so fast, in only five years? How had all of those accomplishments simply vanished under George W. Bush?

Former Republican N.C. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

Trans TV timeline

New York trans woman settles landmark lawsuit affirming transgender rights while in custody

DeAnna LeTray said officers called her mentally ill and “a guy dressed like a woman.” She just made them change the previously transphobic system.

Colorado Republican who called LGBTQ+ people 'godless groomers' loses his primary

Dave Williams, chair of the Colorado GOP, lost his primary after a campaign email and tweet calling to "burn all Pride flags."

Gay Teens Say Classmates Attacked With Screwdriver

High school administrators remain unresponsive to repeated attacks, they claim.

Gay Youth Activist Commits Suicide

Gay Men Shot in Miami After Kissing in Car; One in Critical Condition

A stray bullet also injured a woman who was trying to get into a car with her wife nearby.

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the jeffersons

Damon Evans, who played the second Lionel, reflects on the hit show and its 50th anniversary.

Lear featured some of the first gay characters on TV and founded the liberal advocacy organization People for the American Way.

She joins Navratilova, Jenner, Grenell, and Santos; however, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt this lot is not.

"The time has come for us to say we have had enough," the Jefferson County GOP said in a statement.

Statues of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest, and a Ku Klux Klan leader were hastily removed.

The main suspect in a vicious attack on gay New York journalists Richard Jefferson (pictured) and Ryan Smith on the Caribbean island of St. Martin has surrendered to police.

The embalmed body of actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for portraying TV's George Jefferson, is being kept refrigerated in a funeral home in El Paso, Texas, until a local court decides on the validity of his will.

The body of the late star of The Jeffersons remains refrigerated in an El Paso, Texas, mortuary, while a man alleging he is Hemsley's brother awaits results of a court-ordered DNA test.

Former CBS News producer Dick Jefferson, who was the victim of a gay-bashing attack in St. Martin last year, was set to file a $50 million sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit against his former employer Monday.

Gay CBS Evening News producer Dick Jefferson talks with The Advocate about being gay-bashed on the Caribbean island of St. Martin and how he is going back to tell authorities how he feels about it

A U.S. gay rights group criticized what it called a slow response by St. Martin police to an attack on gay New York journalists Dick Jefferson (pictured) and Ryan Smith, who were beaten with tire irons outside a bar in Philipsburg.

During a visit to the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, I wondered: How could things have changed so far, so fast, in only five years? How had all of those accomplishments simply vanished under George W. Bush?

DeAnna LeTray said officers called her mentally ill and “a guy dressed like a woman.” She just made them change the previously transphobic system.

Dave Williams, chair of the Colorado GOP, lost his primary after a campaign email and tweet calling to "burn all Pride flags."

High school administrators remain unresponsive to repeated attacks, they claim.

A stray bullet also injured a woman who was trying to get into a car with her wife nearby.