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Federal jury awards ex-firefighter $800k in antigay harassment suit
Retired Providence Fire Lt. Lori Franchin accusing her male colleagues of harassing her because she's a lesbian.
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No lesbians allowed: Rhode Island yacht club keeps ‘men only’ policy
Single women and married lesbians are not admitted, even as associates, because they are not married to a man.
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Hundreds of women march in yoga pants after catty comments from gay man
Some held up signs that said "Peaceful Pants Party" and "I've Got Passion For My Pants."
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Training aims to help police officers better serve LGBTQ community
LGBTQ individuals are at greater risk of experiencing victimization and data suggest hate crimes have risen since the November election.
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Rhode Island lawmakers propose banning ‘ex-gay’ therapy
The measure would ban so-called "conversion therapy," a practice aimed at changing young people's sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Attorneys general file brief in support of trans teen Gavin Grimm’s SCOTUS case
The friend-of-the-court brief, filed by 19 attorneys general, says that allowing transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender creates no public safety, privacy or financial burdens.
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Rhode Island House votes to ban gay conversion therapy
It now moves to the state Senate.
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Providence enacts police protections for gender identity and race
The police union did not support the new protections for transgender people, immigrants, and minorities.
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Rhode Island bans ex-gay ‘conversion therapy’ torture aimed at LGBT youth
The law bars providers from advertising or engaging in conversion therapy for those under 18.
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19 attorneys general sent Congress a letter opposing the ban on trans soldiers
“Transgender service members fill a number of critical military roles. Retaining these talented service members strengthens - not weakens - our military readiness.”
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A lesbian firefighter faced disgusting harassment at work. She won her lawsuit.
Other firefighters shoved her, insulted her, spit on her, refused to work with her, and even sprayed blood and "brain matter" on her.
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The South needs PrEP the most, so why are the fewest prescriptions written...
And why don't some doctors know what it is and what it can do?
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Hawaii poised to ban ‘ex-gay’ conversion therapy
The Aloha state joins Maryland as bans on the harmful practice await the Governors' signatures.
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Here are the 6 worst states for gay & lesbian couples
More American Muslims support same-sex marriage than the residents of these states.
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Massachusetts could become the 14th state to ban conversion therapy
A huge majority in the Massachusetts House just passed a conversion therapy ban.
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Democrats introduce a bill to ban the gay & trans panic defense
Killing someone because they're LGBTQ "is not a defense, it is a hate crime."
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Rhode Island & New York restore military benefits to LGBTQ veterans
ShutterstockAn estimated 100,000 LGBTQ soldiers have been discharged from the military since World War II. Now are they getting their due.
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Chasten Buttigieg allegedly abandons fundraiser for Pete at ‘inappropriate’...
ShutterstockThe campaign staff for Pete Buttigieg cancelled a Chasten-headlined event at a Rhode Island gay bar because they wouldn't remove a 'dancer pole.'
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Activist Tiara Mack could become the first Black LGBTQ state senator in Rhode...
Benjamin BranchaudAfter beating an anti-LGBTQ incumbent in the primary, this Black Queer activist is ready to take on the Rhode Island State Senate.
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Queer state lawmaker won’t apologize for “having enough cake to twerk”
“I will not apologize for, you know, having enough cake to twerk.” That’s the message from Rhode Island state Sen. Tiara Mack (D), who went on offense this week after a video of her twerking on the...
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GOP candidate denies her vulgar texts are homophobic. Instead she thinks they...
Rhode Island Republican gubernatorial candidate Ashley Kalus is defending a series of vulgar and allegeldy anti-LGBTQ text messages she sent to a Chicago contractor in 2018, saying they aren’t...
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Gay Congressman announces he is resigning
Fresh from winning his seventh term in Congress representing Rhode Island’s First Congressional District, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) announced that he is leaving his job well before his term is over...
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GOP lawmaker asks lesbian colleague the most offensive question ever
A Republican state representative in Rhode Island asked his lesbian representative if she was “a pedophile” last week while discussing a bill on marginalized state residents. The bill in question,...
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Out Rep. David Cicilline leaves Congress
Yesterday was former out Rep. David Cicilline’s (D-RI) last day in office, and today he starts his new, lucrative job with a nonprofit, despite being elected to serve two years in Congress just this...
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Tuesday primaries show pro-Palestinian voters could cost Biden the election
The states of Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin all held presidential primary elections on Tuesday evening — easily won by President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump....
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