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U.S. House passes LGBTQ rights bill; Colorado votes along party lines...

WASHINGTON -- Colorado's U.S. House delegation voted along party lines Friday to approve sweeping legislation aimed at barring discrimination based on sexual orientation and...

Christian religious beliefs clash with gay rights at the U.S. Supreme...

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case set to pit Christian religious beliefs against gay rights over a never-baked wedding cake...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the Colorado same-sex wedding cake...

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case set to pit Christian religious beliefs against gay rights over a never-baked wedding cake...

GUEST POST: Why an upside-down rainbow flag is dangerous for LGBT...

At a rally in Greeley Sunday night, moments after taking the stage, Donald Trump unfurled a large rainbow flag with the words “LGBTs for...

Wiretap: California passes a $15 minimum wage. Now what?

Go big It looks like California is volunteering to become a statewide laboratory on minimum-wage economics. A deal has been made to raise the wage...

Not all rainbows for gay Republicans at Western Conservative Summit

On Friday, the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage the law of the land. Gay Republican Jeff Bjorlin said hearing the news that morning was...

Twin Peaks charter school bucks Polis, retains anti-gay lawyer

Embattled Twin Peaks Charter Academy will keep its lawyer, Barry Arrington, despite a request from Congressman Jared Polis that Arrington, who has an anti-gay track...

Polis: Fire lawyer for ‘Maoist-style thought reform camp’ jab

"I have had respect for your legal abilities and it pains me to make that recommendation. But in this instance it appears as if some political agenda that I don’t understand might be clouding the quality of your advice to the Twin Peaks board.”

Lessons learned: Censorship of a gay valedictorian

Valedictorian Evan Young made national news after his high school, Twin Peaks Charter Academy, refused to allow him to give a graduation speech in...

Sexual-orientation discrimination may cost Twin Peaks’ school charter

Twin Peaks Charter Academy blocked senior and valedictorian Evan Young from giving his graduation speech because he refused to remove his gay identity from the script....
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