QAnon Rep says LGBTQ Equality Act will hurt women, Christians & fetuses in unhinged rant | Sen. Susan Collins refuses to co-sponsor Equality Act. Will she stop it from passing? | Merrick Garland says “it is the job of the Justice Department to stop” violence against trans women

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Rightwing CPAC conference cancels speaker after announcing theme is defeating cancel culture Donald Trump will speak at the conference. Mike Pence refused to attend. The anti-Semite was thrilled to be invited, but now says, "I feel like I'm being silenced." QAnon Rep says LGBTQ Equality Act will hurt women, Christians & fetuses in unhinged rant "I WILL BE VOTING NO TO THE DISGUSTING, IMMORAL, AND EVIL #EqualityAct!!!" she tweeted like a normal member of Congress. Sen. Susan Collins refuses to co-sponsor Equality Act. Will she stop it from passing? She complained that a "revision" she wanted wasn't made. Will she help tank the landmark LGBTQ rights bill? Merrick Garland says “it is the job of the Justice Department to stop” violence against trans women The judge won bipartisan praise for his performance after promising to keep politics out of the decision-making process. “Christian Lives Matter” protestors tried to drown out a gay variety show with hymns The Christian protestors were mad that a concert was being held next to a church. So they held a mass prayer to drown it out. That didn't go well. Trans woman arrested for storming the Capitol demands to be let out of jail for her own safety Jessica Watkins - a member of the extremist group Oath Keepers - "believed that the president of the United States was calling upon her." A documentary on Pete Buttigieg’s historic presidential campaign is coming "Mayor Pete" was created from filmmakers that followed Pete & Chasten from early on in the campaign through the Iowa caucuses. Rachel Maddow proves Susan Collins loved a gay Twitter troll but now hates Neera Tanden’s tweets The senator is upset that Biden's nominee called her "the worst" on Twitter, but she was fine with Richard Grenell's history as a sexist Twitter troll. LGBTQ people of color are more likely to contract COVID than straight white people LGBTQ people of color are more likely to contract coronavirus, know someone that died from coronavirus, and need assistance making ends meet due to financial difficulties caused by the pandemic. Out Olympian Matthew Mitcham tried to “train” himself to be straight "There have been other Olympic gold medallists since, and my Olympic record will be broken one day, but no one will ever be able to take away the fact I was the first openly gay male Olympic champion." LISTEN: Court Cases and LGBTQ Discrimination On this week's episode, Alex looks ahead at important court cases and bills that will impact LGBTQ people with attorney Chase Strangio. Plus, Alex makes sense of the Impeachment acqui... Listen at: Apple Podcasts · Google Podcasts · Spotify · Stitcher

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