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The Trump Administration Will Not Punish African Countries That Discriminate Against LGBTQ People

Mick Mulvaney, a former Republican lawmaker who is Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Trump administration, has made comments which imply that the Trump administration will

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Former White House staffer Omarosa slams VP Mike Pence as worse than Trump, Whoopi Goldberg compares him to Nazi

Former White House official, Omarosa Manigault-Newman, who served as Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison before her very public exit from the Trump administration last month, has

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Oprah for President draws a lot of reactions from Lady Gaga, Donald Trump and the social media

There are reports that Oprah is ‘actively thinking’ about running in 2020 for the US Presidency after her speech on gender equality prompted a standing ovation at the Golden Globes.

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The 7 Biggest Homophobes of 2017

This year was the best of times and the worst of times for the international LGBTQ community. While Austria, Malta, Germany, and Australia legalized same-sex unions, a right-wing backlash put

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The impeachment of President Trump has officially begun

House Democrats have officially begun the process of impeaching Donald Trump. The six representatives have introduced five new articles of impeachment, all revolving around the assertion that Trump is a

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Judge Blocks Donald Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

A U.S. District Court judge has blocked President Trump’s decision to bar transgender people from serving in the military. The policy appeared “not genuinely based on legitimate concerns regarding military

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New Yorker stands by claim that Trump joked Pence wants to ‘hang all the gays’

In a recent New Yorker profile of Vice President Mike Pence titled The Danger of President Pence, reporter Jane Mayer made a bold claim. In the extensive piece, Mayer relayed

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In Africa, LGBT rights activists worry about Trump impact

Originally published on washingtonpost.com Defending LGBT rights can be dangerous in Africa, where many countries have laws against homosexuality. But in recent years activists have stepped out of the shadows,

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Caitlyn Jenner is not happy with the President she helped elect, and people are wasting no time telling her “I told you so”

Caitlyn Jenner is not happy with the President she helped elect. Jenner ignored warnings from her transgender friends and supported Donald Trump and Mike Pence last year, insisting she would

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Twitter reacts to Caitlyn Jenner’s outrage over Donald Trump’s trans military ban

President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban outraged Caitlyn Jenner, but Twitter isn’t having any of it. In a lengthy response to the ban, Jenner said: ‘I believe every American should