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5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 11

1. “Of all the state legislation impacting counseling during my 30 years with ACA, the new Tennessee law based on Senate Bill 1556/House Bill 1840 is the worst.” The American Counseling Association has canceled...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 10

1. The ACLU filed suit against Mississippi over a bill that allows certain businesses to refuse service to same-sex couples based on religious grounds. 2. A Boston man has been indicted for a scheme in which...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, April 28

1. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Wednesday signed into law an anti-LGBT bill that will allow counselors and therapist to refuse service to LGBT people based on religious grounds. 2. The NCAA announced on Wed...

Georgia LGBT activists, lawyers fight ‘religious freedom’ bills around South

On the morning of March 28, when Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed House Bill 757, the controversial anti-LGBT so-called “religious freedom” bill, it was the end of the latest chapter of a local fight against suc...

Republicans censure Nathan Deal over Georgia anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill veto

Conservative Republicans are still smarting about Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's veto of House Bill 757, the controversial anti-LGBT so-called “religious freedom” bill passed by both chambers of the state legislatu...