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Jun 26 2023
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Delaware State Senator Sarah McBride Announces House Bid
Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride launched her bid for Delaware’s single congressional district on Monday morning. If successful, McBride could become the first openly transgender member of Congress. “In 2020, I became the first openly trans person elected to serve as a State Senator anywhere in the country. It really felt like America was blazing a path to the future,” McBride said in a tweet
The MessengerJun 27 2023
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The stories Club Q victims shared as shooter was sentenced to life in prison
COLORADO SPRINGS — An hour before shots rang out at Club Q in November, leaving five people dead and more than a dozen others wounded, Ashtin Gamblin had a fleeting conversation with Anderson Lee Aldrich. As the self-described “door girl” for the LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Gamblin took Aldrich’s entry fee and gave the then-22-year-old a wristband. Aldrich left the club but later
The Colorado SunJun 13 2023
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Starbucks union claims dozens of stores aren’t allowed to decorate for Pride
Starbucks Workers United said Tuesday that dozens of the coffee chain’s U.S. stores aren’t allowing employees to decorate for Pride month.
Starbucks said in a statement to CNBC that the company unwaveringly supports the LGBTQ+ community and hasn’t changed its policies for store decorations.
“There has been no change to any policy on this matter and we continue to encourage our
CNBCJun 22 2023
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Indiana 'parents rights' group quotes Hitler in newsletter, apologizes
A central Indiana "parents rights" group that successfully advocated for new state laws limiting access to school library materials and targeting LGBTQ Hoosiers is attracting widespread attention for seeming to favorably quote Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler on the front page of its newsletter . Moms for Liberty—Hamilton County led its June 2023 issue of "The Parents Brigade" with the 1935 Nazi
The Times of Northwest IndianaJun 26 2023
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Adam Lambert Slays Stage With Christina Aguilera During Surprise Pride Performance
Christina Aguilera brought some extra sparkle to New York’s LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations this weekend with a little help from Adam Lambert. Lambert made an unannounced guest appearance at Aguilera’s NYC Pride Island concert on Sunday, joining the “Dirrty” diva onstage at Brooklyn Army Terminal for a high-octane rendition of “Lady Marmalade.” The performance even came as a surprise to Lambert, who
HuffPostJun 26 2023
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Anderson Aldrich guilty plea in Club Q shooting: Mayor Mobolade's statement
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade said that while legal justice was served Monday when Anderson Aldrich pleaded guilty to dozens of charges for the Club Q mass shooting that left dead, "our collective fight for justice and healing must continue." Aldrich pleaded guilty in a capacity 4th Judicial District courtroom to five counts of first-degree murder and 46 counts of attempted first-degree
Colorado Springs GazetteJun 30 2023
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Biden says Supreme Court decision favoring Christian artist ‘could invite more discrimination’
President Biden on Friday lambasted a Supreme Court ruling that a Christian graphic artist who designs wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples, saying the decision could increase discrimination against LGBTQ couples. “I’m deeply concerned that the decision could invite more discrimination against LGBTQI+ Americans. More broadly, today’s decision weakens long-standing laws
Washington TimesJul 07 2023
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Republicans sound alarm over DeSantis’s sagging campaign
Questions surrounding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) presidential campaign strategy are multiplying as he continues to trail former President Trump in the polls nearly a month after his highly anticipated campaign launch.
In a sign of just how concerned some of the governor’s allies are, the spokesperson for the pro-DeSantis PAC Never Back Down recently referred to Trump as the “
The HillJun 26 2023
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Sarah McBride announces run for Congress
Delaware may soon become the 16th state to ban the LGBTQ panic defense, in which defendants claim they panicked after learning someone was gay or transgender and injured or killed the victim. It’s been used five times in Delaware and more than 400 times across the country, said St. Edward’s University professor W. Carsten Andresen, who tracks uses of the defense. The defense is usually used so
Washington BladeJun 26 2023
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Club Q shooting suspect intends to plead guilty to 5 murder charges with life sentences, they tell judge
The suspected gunman accused of killing five people and injuring 19 others last year at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado intends to enter a deal in which they’d plead guilty to five counts of first-degree murder and serve five consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, they told a judge Monday morning. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 23, also would plead guilty to more than 40 counts of
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