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Campus Pride Dumps Florida and Texas Universities from Best of Best List
Education

Campus Pride Dumps Florida and Texas Universities from Best of Best List

Campus Pride ranks the most LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.

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Youth

WATCH: Did Frat Boot Fla. Student for Being Gay?

George Dumont, a sophomore at the University of Central Florida, has posted a YouTube video claiming that antigay views were behind his sudden removal from a Beta Theta Pi pledge process last fall.

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Election

Democrat Nate Douglas says it's time Orlando voters kick a homophobe out of Florida's legislature

"Right now, we’re seeing a large push for authoritarianism, where we have the state government telling people how they can live their lives, who they can love, how they can express themselves," says out Florida House candidate Nate Douglas.

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Families

Court Ruling Paves Path for Release of Regnerus Records

A Florida judge ruled that documents related to a controversial 2012 study on LGBT parents should be released.

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Crime

Gay Florida Lawmaker Shares Own Story of Hate Crime

Carlos Guillermo Smith suffered a hate-fueled attack in 2003. Now he's encouraging survivors to share stories.

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Politics

Gay Candidate in Florida Admits Lying About Saving Pulse Victims

Elizabeth McCarthy told investigators she made up a story about pulling bullets from victims' bodies.

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Politics

Florida's First Out Latino State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith Loses

Smith has been a vocal critic of Gov. Ron DeSantis and his anti-LGBTQ+ politics.

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Education

Did Your School Make The List of Top LGBT Colleges?

Campus Pride's annual index of LGBT-friendly colleges and universities has expanded this year to show the improvements of more schools across the country.

Pulse: Hate Crime or Terrorist Attack?
Crime

Pulse: Hate Crime or Terrorist Attack?

A year later, activists, politicians, and scholars debate Omar Mateen's motives.

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Crime

Why Does the FBI Refuse to Call the Pulse Massacre a Hate Crime?

Omar Mateen railed about the West's "filthy ways" even as he killed people at a gay nightclub, but the crime is not categorized as a homophobic attack.
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Transgender

Courts Deliver Two Victories for Trans Americans

One court affirms trans students' right to use the restroom matching their gender identity; another strikes down Idaho's ban on gender changes on birth certificates.

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Pride

Orlando Pride Is a Chance to Show We're Strong

The event is a chance to show how, after Pulse, LGBT people are "Orlando Strong."

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Voices

Pulse Needs to Become a Museum, Not Rubble

Some are calling for the nightclub -- site of one of our community's worst tragedies -- to be torn down. Sara Grossman, who lost her best friend there, says that's not the answer.
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Voices

Op-ed: The Scouts Made Me, Now They Have to Do Right by Me

This Eagle Scout loves the BSA organization, save for that insidious ban on adult gay leaders.

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Crime

49 Victims' Names Released in Pulse Shooting

City officials have released the names of 49 people killed at the gay nightclub in Orlando Sunday. 

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film

How Making Love Changed Us

Screenwriter Barry Sandler discusses the 1982 gay-themed drama, actors who refused to star in it, and its lasting legacy.

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Crime

Trans man Tee Arnold shot to death in Florida

Arnold had posted on social media that his life was in danger.

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World

Counter Ad Launched Against Tebow

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Voices

Signorile Revisited

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Pride

Pride in Orlando Will Take on New Meaning

The Pulse shooting happened just months ago, and now a hurricane is threatening festivities, but Pride is set to go on with a renewed spirit.

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Sports

NBA Could Move All-Star Game Back to N.C. If Anti-LGBT Bill Amended

The game could return to the Tar Heel State as early as 2019.