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Vice President Pence campaigns for anti-LGBTQ candidate Lou Barletta

On Tuesday, Vice President Michael Pence made a surprising stop in Pennsylvania. It seems the VP is campaigning hard for Congressman Lou Barletta, who is running for the Senate of that state. Pence took a tr...

Texas GOP reaffirms homophobic planks in party platform

The Texas Republican Convention, held in San Antonio this past weekend, decided to reaffirm the state party's long-term allegiance to homophobic policy. Among the platforms adopted by the conservative group:...

North Carolina bathroom policy focus of new court case

A year after the state of North Carolina removed the most infamous provisions of its transphobic bathroom bill, transgender advocates are saying the state has not undone the discriminatory reach of the earlier ...

State GOP lawmakers form ‘Obamacare repeal and replace task force’

Congressional Republicans are doing their best to ensure the Affordable Healthcare Act will be repealed at the federal level. Here in Georgia, state GOP lawmakers are doing their best to make sure the state is ...

Georgia GOP leaders sidestep anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ legislation

No matter what the forecast held, state legislators were required by law to brave snow, sleet, hail and high water to be under the Gold Dome this morning to kick off the 2017 session. Notably absent from the...