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DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity

The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

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Jesus and St. Paul were asexual, and everybody in heaven is nonbinary

Have you ever wondered about the sexual identities of Jesus and St. Paul? Or how gender and sexuality might influence our understanding of heaven?

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Michigan bans 'gay and trans panic' defense as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs historic bill (exclusive)

HB 4718 prohibits using the "sexual orientation or gender identity of a victim as a defense to a crime."

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ENDA to Be Separated Into Two Bills: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Rep. Barney Frank will be introducing two separate versions of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act: one that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and another one that does the same regarding gender identity. The ENDA bill without trans inclusion will be marked up by the chamber's Education and Labor Committee next Tuesday so that it can be sent to the House floor for a vote, Steven Adamske, a spokesman for Frank, told The Advocate.

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Michigan adds sexual orientation and gender identity to hate crime law despite 'far-right fiction'

House Bills 5400 and 5401 amended the definition and sentencing guidelines of the state's 1988 “ethnic intimidation” statute for the first time in over 36 years.