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        Lesbian General Tammy Smith on the Joys of Being Out in the Military
    Smith says her life has changed in so many ways since "don't ask, don't tell" was vanquished.
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Lesbian General Tammy Smith on the Joys of Being Out in the Military

Smith says her life has changed in so many ways since "don't ask, don't tell" was vanquished.

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“By any measure, the detainees surely fell victim to constitutionally inadequate process," Chief Judge James E. Boasberg ruled.

Authorities have identified the shooter that killed eight people as an 18-year-old local resident.

Jeremy Carl has promoted the "great replacement" theory and claims transgender children don't exist, the former senior officials told The Advocate.

The federal incursion led to two deaths and sparked massive protests in Minnesota and across the country.

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The actor is survived by his wife and six children.

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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.

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

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