Here’s how queer people are celebrating National Coming Out Day on social media | An 84-year-old elder volunteer was fired because she’s a lesbian | Uganda’s ‘Kill the Gays’ bill is back & it may be even worse

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6 key moments from the CNN/HRC LGBTQ Town Hall Elizabeth Warren slayed a question about religious bigotry & protestors drew attention to transgender lives. Here’s how queer people are celebrating National Coming Out Day on social media Wilson Cruz, Kamala Harris, Chris Mosier and many others are celebrating today with tales of courage and caution. An 84-year-old elder volunteer was fired because she’s a lesbian “The Manager said that I'd been kissing some of the residents and I said to her well that's not true. The last person I kissed was my partner after she died.” Uganda’s ‘Kill the Gays’ bill is back & it may be even worse The law would be expanded to include anyone "involved in promotion and recruitment" - including saying gay people are born that way. Shangela teaches Kamala Harris to thworp a fan like a queen Can learning some drag queen skills help Kamala Harris become president? How conservative media spread a fake story about transgender kids dying Their lies have started going viral, making life harder for trans people seeking medical care. Ellen is trying to silence an activist who called out her support of George Bush She’s trying to scrub the web of a video that highlighted how out-of-touch her friendship with Bush is. Dolly Parton’s new fashion line will include her trademark ‘blonde bouffant’ wigs "To me, that’s still one of the funniest things, when people say that I am a fashion icon," she said. "Had I not been a girl, I definitely would have been a drag queen." A new study finds conversion therapy is really bad for trans people. Who could have guessed? The study found that conversion therapy hurts transgender people, just like it hurts gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. A picture of 2 black men kissing went viral. Here’s why people love it. Barely two days after posting the photo, it got more than 100,000 likes and 12,000 retweets.

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