A Message for Fathers of LGBTQ Kids

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        A Message for Fathers of LGBTQ Kids
    Susan Cottrell of the organization Freed Hearts has a message for this unsung group.
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A Message for Fathers of LGBTQ Kids

Susan Cottrell of the organization Freed Hearts has a message for this unsung group.

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Hungary had banned public LGBTQ+ events before the parade.

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The nurse shot and killed by federal agents "touched more lives than he probably ever realized," said his sister Micayla Pretti.

Trump's Education Dept. claims San José State violated Title IX with trans inclusion in women's sports

Administration officials want the university to apologize to women athletes, ban trans women, and more.

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Opinion: While Americans were reeling from the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, Tim Cook chose to attend a nauseatingly tone-deaf screening of a glossy documentary about Melania Trump. A vanity project soaked in controversy and obscene money, writes John Casey.

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Susan Cottrell of the organization Freed Hearts has a message for this unsung group.

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Hungary had banned public LGBTQ+ events before the parade.

The nurse shot and killed by federal agents "touched more lives than he probably ever realized," said his sister Micayla Pretti.

Administration officials want the university to apologize to women athletes, ban trans women, and more.

The rock legend said he wrote 'Streets of Minneapolis' on Saturday following Pretti's killing.

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Most Popular

After days of outrage, two federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security, who shot and killed the ICU nurse, have been sidelined.

Stella Carlson was on her way to a church event when she encountered Alex Pretti and the DHS agents who would kill him.

These celebrities brought the sex appeal in their steamy videos this year.

"So many things feel so insane, so not-normal, and it feels like no one is addressing it," drag queen Lauren Banall told PRIDE.

Opinion: While Americans were reeling from the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, Tim Cook chose to attend a nauseatingly tone-deaf screening of a glossy documentary about Melania Trump. A vanity project soaked in controversy and obscene money, writes John Casey.

Here are some mutual aid groups in Minnesota that need donations and volunteers.