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V.P. debate: a draw with an ‘ominous’ tone

LGBT activists gave Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris high marks for her performance in Wednesday's debate but most also agreed that the debate did not likely sway many voters.

GOP Convention opens: LGBT opinions clash outside

The GOP convention launched Monday with speakers warning of another culture war, while LGBT people were left out of the party's "diversity" picture and traded barbs outside.

LGBT debate: candidates grilled on the past

Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Elizabeth Warren seemed to draw the warmest applause Friday night at the first national LGBT forum for presidential candidates.

Two upcoming presidential forums will be LGBT-specific

Two of the next four presidential candidate forums will be centered on the Democratic candidates' positions on LGBT issues specifically, including a first-ever nationally broadcast forum on CNN.

Census deletion: An ‘error’ or ‘malicious’ snub?

Census Bureau director John Thompson said Wednesday that the deletion of "sexual orientation and gender identity" from a list of proposed Census survey questions in a document released Tuesday was simply correcting an error; the subjects were considered but never

Speed Read: Mississippi signs

MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR SIGNS: Republican Governor Phil Bryant signed the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act Thursday, saying it “will protect the individual religious freedom of Mississippians of all faiths from government interference.” The ACLU says the law, though less problematic than

Speed Read: ‘Revenge for my views’

President Obama’s second executive order calling for sanctions against the Russian government over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula identifies Yelena Mizulina, author of the anti-gay laws, as one of seven individual Russian leaders for specific sanctions. New Hampshire is

Speed Read: Tuesday 26 November 2013

While hate crime reports overall have dropped seven percent in the past year, for victims of hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation bias, they have dropped 12 percent. A Chicago judge yesterday ordered the state to immediately issue a marriage

Obama’s ambassadorial appointment takes count near 100

President Obama on October 7 issued a statement announcing the nomination of an openly gay man to serve as the nation’s ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.