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Texas Dad Sentenced to Prison for Beating 2-Year-Old Son He Thought Was Gay

Texas Dad Sentenced to Prison for Beating 2-Year-Old Son He Thought Was Gay

NATIONAL | Sep 7, 2024

A 23-year-old Texas father of five was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence for beating his two-year-old son for exhibiting what he perceived to be gay tendencies.

Walz Touts Democratic Record of Defending LGBTQ+ Rights, Says Harris Will Advance Cause if Elected

Walz Touts Democratic Record of Defending LGBTQ+ Rights, Says Harris Will Advance Cause if Elected

NATIONAL | By Moriah Balingit | Sep 7, 2024

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted Vice President Kamala Harris' record of defending LGBTQ+ rights on Saturday night, pledging that she will advance their cause if elected president.

How HIV/AIDS Got Its Name: Science, Stigma and Religious Language

How HIV/AIDS Got Its Name: Science, Stigma and Religious Language

NATIONAL | Sep 7, 2024

From the start, this medical epidemic was also a moral epidemic.

Pride March Held in Conservative Serbia Under Heavy Police Protection

Pride March Held in Conservative Serbia Under Heavy Police Protection

INTERNATIONAL | By Jovana Gec | Sep 7, 2024

A Pride march on Saturday in Serbia's capital pressed for the demand that the populist government improve the rights of the LGBTQ+ community who often face harassment and discrimination.

Texas Preacher Wants Death Penalty for Two Gay Men, Preacher who Supports them

Texas Preacher Wants Death Penalty for Two Gay Men, Preacher who Supports them

NATIONAL | Sep 7, 2024

An extremist Texan preacher called for two gay men and the pastor who supports them be executed for speaking before another church congregation.

Ford Joins Growing List of Companies Changing Diversity Policies after Conservative Pressure

Ford Joins Growing List of Companies Changing Diversity Policies after Conservative Pressure

BUSINESS | Sep 7, 2024

Ford Motor Co. has joined the ranks of companies that have pulled back on diversity, equity and inclusion policies while facing pressure from conservative groups.

Sharp Divisions Persist Over Walz's Response to the Riots that Followed the Murder of George Floyd

Sharp Divisions Persist Over Walz's Response to the Riots that Followed the Murder of George Floyd

POLITICS | By Steve Karnowski and Michael Goldberg | Sep 7, 2024

Gov. Tim Walz faced the biggest crisis of his political career when Minnesota's two largest cities erupted in protests and riots after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd.

When NY Couple Faced Homophobia While Planning Wedding, 90-Year Old Grandmother Settled the Score

When NY Couple Faced Homophobia While Planning Wedding, 90-Year Old Grandmother Settled the Score

NATIONAL | Sep 7, 2024

A New York couple got a taste of not-so-friendly Southern hospitality when they reached out to a North Carolina vendor to arrange a service for their upcoming wedding.

WATCH: Pete Buttigieg is a Fox News Regular; He Explains Why

WATCH: Pete Buttigieg is a Fox News Regular; He Explains Why

POLITICS | By Kilian Melloy | Sep 7, 2024

Pete Buttigieg is a regular target of abuse from the GOP's anti-LGBTQ+ extremist fringe, but it doesn't stop him from frequently braving Fox News — and he has a reason for that.

A Christian School Appeals Its Ban on Competing After It Objected to a Transgender Player

A Christian School Appeals Its Ban on Competing After It Objected to a Transgender Player

NATIONAL | By Lisa Rathke | Sep 7, 2024

Mid Vermont Christian School forfeited a Feb. 21, 2023, game, saying it believed that the transgender player jeopardized "the fairness of the game and the safety of our players."

A Top Court in the Dominican Republic Deliberates Anti-Sodomy Laws Targeting Police and Military

A Top Court in the Dominican Republic Deliberates Anti-Sodomy Laws Targeting Police and Military

INTERNATIONAL | By Danica Coto | Sep 7, 2024

A top court in the Dominican Republic has agreed to review a challenge to laws dating from the last century that criminalize gay sex involving members of the army and police force.

France's New Prime Minister Twice Voted Against Gay Rights, and Critics Won't Let Him Forget It

France's New Prime Minister Twice Voted Against Gay Rights, and Critics Won't Let Him Forget It

INTERNATIONAL | By John Leicester and Diane Jeantet | Sep 7, 2024

Back in 1981 Michel Barnier, then 30, joined more than 150 conservatives in the National Assembly to vote against a law decriminalizing young homosexuals.

EU Ministers Take a Public Swipe at Hungary over Homophobic, Anti-Democratic Stances

EU Ministers Take a Public Swipe at Hungary over Homophobic, Anti-Democratic Stances

INTERNATIONAL | By Lorne Cook | Sep 7, 2024

Senior government ministers from Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium raised questions about whether Prime Minister Vitkor Orbán's stridently nationalist cabinet respects European Union values.

January 6 Crimes Did Happen — Court Cases, Video and Thousands of Pages of Evidence Prove It

January 6 Crimes Did Happen — Court Cases, Video and Thousands of Pages of Evidence Prove It

POLITICS | By Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer, and Cal Woodward | Sep 7, 2024

Day after day, judges and jurors silently absorb the chilling sights and sounds from television screens of rioters beating police, shattering windows and hunting for lawmakers as democracy lay under siege.

WHO and Africa CDC Launch a Response Plan to the Mpox Outbreak

WHO and Africa CDC Launch a Response Plan to the Mpox Outbreak

HEALTH | By Monika Pronczuk | Sep 7, 2024

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox.

Resources are Out there for LGBTQ+ Travelers Looking to Stay Safe

Resources are Out there for LGBTQ+ Travelers Looking to Stay Safe

INTERNATIONAL | By Leanne Italie | Sep 6, 2024

Do LGBTQ+ tourists have a green book-like system for staying safe while traveling in these politically precarious times? They don't have one. They have many.

Michigan Judge Loses Docket after She's Recorded Insulting Gay People and Black People

Michigan Judge Loses Docket after She's Recorded Insulting Gay People and Black People

NATIONAL | Sep 6, 2024

A suburban Detroit judge is no longer handling cases after a court official turned over recordings of her making anti-gay insults and referring to Black people as lazy.

The Director of the Paralympic Closing Ceremony Wants to Turn the Stade de France into a Dance Floor

The Director of the Paralympic Closing Ceremony Wants to Turn the Stade de France into a Dance Floor

INTERNATIONAL | By Tom Nouvian | Sep 6, 2024

The final act of the Paralympics in Paris will be a giant dance party.

Investigators Say Wisconsin Inmate Killed his Cellmate for Being Black and Gay

Investigators Say Wisconsin Inmate Killed his Cellmate for Being Black and Gay

NATIONAL | By Todd Richmond | Sep 6, 2024

An inmate doing time at a maximum security prison in Wisconsin for trying to kill his mother strangled his cellmate for being Black and gay, investigators said.

A Christian School Appeals its Ban on Competing after it Objected to a Transgender Player

A Christian School Appeals its Ban on Competing after it Objected to a Transgender Player

NATIONAL | By Lisa Rathke | Sep 6, 2024

A Vermont Christian school barred from participating in the state sports league after it withdrew its high school girls basketball team from a playoff game because a trans student was playing on the opposing team took its case to a federal appeals court.

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