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Liberals, Conservatives Alike Praise High Court's Religious Accommodations Ruling

The court set a new standard for consideration of religious accommodations in the workplace but did not rule on the merits in the case of a man who refused to work Sundays because of his Christian beliefs.

Did Cleric Preach 'Death to Gays' at Orlando-Area Mosque?

"Death is the sentence," Farrokh Sekaleshfar said at the time, but now disowns the Pulse shootings.

What's Changed and What Hasn't Since Matthew Shepard's Murder

It's easy to think the world has completely evolved since 1998; the truth is more nuanced.

The 'Biblical' Response to #SpiritDay You Didn't Hear About

Focus on the Family and the Alliance Defending Freedom sponsored a religious event to promote the use of the Bible in public schools the same day as GLAAD's annual Spirit Day.

Radical Islam in your backyard

The quality of life enjoyed by gays and lesbians living in Western Europe has been threatened by an increase in radical Islamic immigrants. Is the United States next?

Don't Give in to Islamophobia Spreading on Social Media After Shooting

Speculation fills the internet as officials determine if this is a hate crime, domestic terrorism, or both. 

Tips for Surviving a Trump Presidency

A congresswoman tries to assuage the anxieties of her constituents and helps them mobilize for the next four years.

Judicial Candidate Says Gays Are Damned and Muslims Deranged

Yet Donald McBath says he'll be fair to all people if he's elected to a Florida judgeship.

A Visit to the Town Where a Mass Murderer Lived

Fort Pierce, Fla., might forever be remembered for an infamous resident, Omar Mateen.

24 Trump-Fighting Charities That Need Your Dollars

It's Giving Tuesday. So give to charities that will fight for your rights.

American Muslims Must Address Religion's Homophobia

The fear and loathing of LGBT people has real consequences, writes this gay Muslim activist.

The Anti-LGBTQ Extremists of Evangelicals for Trump

The new coalition's members are a who's who of haters.

Locked Up for Being Gay? 

Was a lesbian couple’s imprisonment the matter of a bungled drug trial or homophobia?

The Year in Queer

A month-by-month breakdown of the important LGBT news events of 2008.

Reading the Far Right: Don't Call Us Haters

The extreme-right media, which we read so you don't have to, object to the "hate group" label for certain organizations, even when it fits.

Reading the Far Right: Wingnuts Declare Victory in Georgia, Miss.

We found anti-LGBT sentiments aplenty in our reading of extreme-right sites so you don't have to.

The Situation for LGBT Asylum Seekers Just Got Even More Dire

Even though courts initially froze Trump's "Muslim bans," his executive orders still slowed the U.S. resettlement of LGBT people fleeing violence. Now that the Supreme Court has partially reinstated the bans, things are getting really scary.

The Phobies: Worst Homophobes of 2017

There were many to choose from, but Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov gets the title of Phobie of the Year.

For Halloween, The Scariest Antigay Candidates in Next Week's Election

These are the scariest homophobes we could come up with for a pre-Halloween election preview.