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Ghana’s new president says proposed anti-LGBTQ+ law is effectively dead on procedural grounds

President John Mahama says he wants to open dialogue on the law, while one legislator said he would rather be dead than live in a country that affirmed LGBTQ+ rights.

Edwards capitalizes on Coulter's homophobic remark

Prominently featured on John Edwards's presidential campaign Web site is a video of conservative commentator Ann Coulter insulting him. And with just a mouse click you can hear the invective and get a chance to donate at the same time.

Episcopal diocese of California elects straight bishop over gay candidates

Amid intense international pressure not to elect the second openly gay bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Diocese of California yesterday elected a straight bishop.

Maine Disqualifies Donald Trump From 2024 Primary Ballot

The decision makes Maine the second state to disqualify Trump from office, after the Colorado Supreme Court handed down its own stunning ruling that removed him from the ballot earlier this month.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Vetoes Three Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bills return to the legislature for expected overrides by Republicans, however.

Op-ed: If Racism Thrives, Homophobia Has Lots of Years Left

The Zimmerman trial feels like a relic of the inflamed race wars of the 1960s. If anything good is to come of it, it's the reminder that prejudice has a long shelf-life.

WATCH: Anderson Cooper Admits Error on 'No-Go Zones'

After making fun of Fox News for credulous reporting on the mythical Sharia-ruled zones, Cooper and CNN acknowledged they'd done the same thing.

Mary Trump Isn't Ruling Out a Future Run for Office

The former first niece, who just released a new book exploring how her uncle inflamed and sustained America's racist legacy, is as refreshingly candid as ever.

Outing Gives New Meaning to Passages About Harry Potter Wizard Dumbledore

With author J.K. Rowling's revelation that master wizard Albus Dumbledore is gay, some passages about the Hogwarts headmaster and rival wizard Gellert Grindelwald have taken on a new and clearer meaning. The British author stunned her fans at Carnegie Hall on Friday night when she answered one young reader's question about Dumbledore by saying that he was gay and had been in love with Grindelwald, whom he had defeated years ago in a bitter fight. ''You cannot imagine how his ideas caught me, Harry, inflamed me,'' Dumbledore says in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in Rowling's record-breaking fantasy series.

Trump Pardons Racist Criminal Joe Arpaio

The president has made it clear -- he's declaring war on minorities.

Yet Another Bias-Motivated Attack in Fort Lauderdale

A gay man was violently bashed in a tourist-heavy area of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., less than 24 hours after Simmie Williams Jr., a gay 17-year-old, was shot and killed in the same city.

Obama May Tread Carefully on Gay Rights in Africa

Advocates are hopeful the president will address rights for LGBT people when he visits three African nations later this week.