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Oklahoma voters recall white supremacist, reject supporters of Ryan Walters

The city of Enid voted out a white nationalist city council member, and Tulsa rejected school board candidates who supported Walters's threat of a state takeover of the city's public schools.

Neo-Nazi Arrested for Firebombing LGBTQ-Friendly Donut Shop

He called the LGBTQ+ community a “virus” that required “shin[ing] our boots and putting on our armbands,” according to court documents.

Tulsa pastor arrested on lewdness charge

A member of the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee was arrested on a lewdness charge, having been accused of propositioning a plainclothes policeman outside a hotel in Tulsa, Okla.

Trans Woman Robbery Suspect Called 'Man' by Local News

Tulsa's KOTV refuses to use female pronouns to describe a suspected teen criminal.

On Juneteenth, Think About Black Americans

It's to be a celebration of emancipation,  but the problems and pain if you're Black -- and queer -- still exist in Tulsa and elsewhere. 

Oklahoma's Second Largest City Roiled by Pro-LGBTQ+ Resolution

City council members in Tulsa can't get themselves to vote for a measure that would label their city as inclusive.

Doughnut Shop Attacked With Molotov Cocktail After Drag Queen Event

The Donut Hole in Tulsa, Okla., was set on fire this week after having been burglarized two weeks earlier.

Outrage after Oklahoma prosecutor declines charges in Nex Benedict bullying death

Adocates and community members are outraged that Stephen Kunzweiler, the Tulsa County district attorney, has decided not to pursue criminal charges in the death of the transgender teen.

District attorney won't bring charges in Nex Benedict's death, calls fight 'mutual combat'

The Tulsa County DA pointed to the state medical examiner's finding of suicide and said the fight the day before the trans student's death "was an instance of mutual combat."

Equality Riders arrested at Oral Roberts University

The Soulforce Equality Ride bus tour hit another bump in the road when several members were arrested Monday at ultraconservative Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla.

Speaker of Oklahoma house to intervene in same-sex divorce case

The speaker of the Oklahoma house has filed a motion to intervene in a case involving an appeal of a Tulsa County judge's decision to dismiss a same-sex divorce decree, reports the Associated Press.

North Carolina at Center of National Debate Again, This Time Over Race

Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by police in Charlotte -- already in tumult over the anti-LGBT House Bill 2 -- only days after an unarmed black man was killed by police in Tulsa, Okla.

Clergy from all 50 states gather in D.C. to support gay rights

Bishop Carlton Pearson of Tulsa, Okla., led hundreds of clergy members from all 50 states in a rally Tuesday urging Congress to pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007.

Oklahoma school board scraps antidiscrimination policy in wake of Equality Ride

Days after the Equality Ride bus toured the state of Oklahoma, with stops at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa and Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, the Oklahoma board of education struck the sexual orientation portion from its antidiscrimination policy.

Invisible at Oral Roberts

A stop at the notoriously antigay university in Tulsa, Okla., results in a few arrests and some off-campus dialogue. But Oral Roberts did such a thorough job of closing itself off, this rider fears some local folks didn't even get a chance to make up their own minds.