civil rights - LePage joins court brief seeking to allow companies to legally fire gay or transgender employees

Dennis Hoey
Press-Herald

Augusta, ME

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ezs note:  Maine residents - Thankfully, that troglodyte Paul LePage is term-limited.  In the meantime, please volunteer for Janet Mills.  You'll have a happier (much happier) state in which to live.

civil rights - Iowa 4-H director fired after gay, transgender inclusion policy inflames conservative groups

Courtney Crowder
USA Today

  

4-H symbol

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Louisiana - Book Remembers Devastating 1973 Fire at Gay New Orleans Bar

Rebecca Santana
US News & World Report

Up Stairs Lounge, after fire (1973)

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Rhode Island - R.I. House votes to end ‘gay or trans panic’ defense

Katherine Gregg
Providence Journal

Rhode Island State Capitol

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lead story - FX’s ‘Pose’ puts transgender and gay actors front and center — and all Utahns can relate

Scott D. Pierce
The Salt Lake Tribune \

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Russia - Russian football hooligans threaten to stab gay and transgender England fans at the World Cup

Khaleda Rahman
Daily Mail

Oh, yeah.  Russia's so civil.  Yeah...

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Norway - Is it difficult to be gay in the Norwegian workplace?

Nancy Bazilchuk
The Local No

Linköping University, Linköping, Norway

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lead story - The gay, transgender and bisexual men on Manus are forced into silence

Behrouz Boochani
The Guardian

Manus Island regional processing center

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Barbados - Not in Barbados! Government minister says no gay marriages will be allowed

Press
Carribean 360

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UK - UK government: Gay cure therapy is ‘ineffective and potentially harmful’

Nick Duffy
Pink News

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India - Gay Indian prince throws open palace doors to vulnerable LGBT people

Rina Chandran
Reuters

Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil

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Pastor Blasts Supreme Court’s Gay Wedding Cake Case In Unhinged Rant

Curtis M. Wong
HuffPost

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Roy Moore Tells Parishioners 'The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender' Are Behind 'Malicious' Sexual Assault Allegations

David Badash
The New Civil Rights Movement

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ezs note:  ¿Que?

Ex-AG Holder honored for advancing gay, transgender rights

AP
SFGate

Former AG Eric Holder

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LGBTQ Life celebrates National Coming Out Day

Taylor Jade Powell
Hub

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5 films you have to see from this Austin’s gay and lesbian film fest

Matt Shiverdecker
Statesman

Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992) 

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ezs note:  If you go to the movies, see in particular The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (pictured above) and Trans Youth.

Celebrating and Supporting Our Fathers: It’s Time for Paid Leave

Ashland Johnson
HRC

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Nine Chinese gay, transgender couples to tie the knot on cruise ship (Switzerland)

Engen Tham and Damon Lin
swissinfo.ch

Shanghai, China

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride Month is June, moving forward despite political setbacks

Charisse Van Horn
Inquisitr

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History Unerased aims to cast light on gay Americans in schools (Nepal)

Reuters
The Himalayan Times

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