Visualizing the brilliance of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech | Pride organizers send Google, YouTube to the curb over homophobia and bias | Only two Presidential candidates bother to show up to nation’s top LGBTQ conference

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Keep America bigoted: Trump admin. moves to give religious groups more federal bucks If federal agencies follow Trump's latest directive, religious based organizations that discriminate will be getting paid - right as the election comes closer. Visualizing the brilliance of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech An infographic encapsulates and analyzes the vivid picture Dr. King painted with his now-famous words and captures a snapshot of the civil rights leader's oratorical brilliance. Pride organizers send Google, YouTube to the curb over homophobia and bias San Francisco's Pride members want to ban Alphabet Inc. - including Google and YouTube - due to its complicity in platforming homophobic apps and videos. The Alameda Co. Sheriff's Office may be barred, too. Only two Presidential candidates bother to show up to nation’s top LGBTQ conference Of the 16 people running for President, only two appear interested in interacting with potential LGBTQ voters, as most campaigns skipped the country's top LGBTQ conference. A new religious right think tank thinks Jesus’ teachings are too liberal The Falkirk Center at Liberty University believes that "restoring and defending American ideals" means explicitly rejecting Christ’s teaching of turning the other cheek, among others. Chasten Buttigieg allegedly abandons fundraiser for Pete at ‘inappropriate’ gay bar The campaign staff for Pete Buttigieg cancelled a Chasten-headlined event at a Rhode Island gay bar because they wouldn't remove a 'dancer pole.' California just tabled a bill that would’ve banned surgeries on intersex infants & children Such surgeries occur before young people can consent to them or develop their own gender identity, often scarring them for life and creating medical and identity difficulties later on. House Democrats call for ICE to release transgender detainees from ‘inhumane’ facilities Rep. Mike Quigley is behind a letter with over 40 Democrat signatures that requests that ICE either complies with its own regulations or release all trans inmates. Is ‘Closet Station’ closing up? A look at a college’s newly found tolerance 10 years ago, Texas A&M was one of the pinnacle anti-LGBTQ universities in the country. A decade later, some of the changes described by the students will surprise you. Kanye West’s new religious fanatic friend joins anti-LGBTQ “freedom march” Engle helped fan the flames of hate in Uganda at a time when this nation was debating its infamous “Kill the Gays” bill.

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