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California bars state-funded travel to LGBTQ-phobic Oklahoma

The government of California announced that the treasury of the Golden State will no longer pay for state-funded travel to Oklahoma. The ban comes in response to Oklahoma's controversial LGBTQ anti-adoption ...

Oklahoma City LGBTQ had warned cops about restaurant shooter

LGBTQ activists had warned local law enforcement authorities about Oklahoma City restaurant shooter Alexander Tilghman, British newspaper The Guardian has reported. Tilghman, who was shot dead by bystanders ...

Oklahoma Governor signs anti-LGBT+ law

Mary Fallin, Republican governor of Oklahoma, has signed an act which would allow religious child-service organizations to block same-sex couples from adopting children. Fallin, a lame-duck governor, was rep...

Kansas, Oklahoma proceed with anti-LGBTQ bills

The legislatures of Kansas and Oklahoma have passed child welfare bills widely described as anti-LGBTQ. In both states, Republican-majority state lawmakers pushed through measures which would grant legal pro...

Oklahoma passes anti-LGBTQ adoption law

The Republican-dominated Oklahoma legislature passed a measure on Thursday that discriminates against same-sex partners, single parents, and non-Christians in adoption cases. The bill, SB 1140, was introduce...