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LGBT Groups Denounce Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting as ‘Horrific Attack’

As the world stands aghast over the latest mass shooting in the United States in which at least 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh were killed, LGBT groups were among those to condemn the atrocity. Janso...

David Dinielli of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Transgender woman in Georgia men’s detention center granted asylum

Last month, a transgender woman identified only by the initials S.A.C. was granted asylum in the United States after enduring rape and torture in her native Guatemala and subsequently spending several months ho...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Feb. 16

1. Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center named the litigation organization Alliance Defending Freedom as an anti-LGBT hate group. The Alliance Defending Freedom filed a number of "religious freedom" lawsui...

Justice Department, U.S. Attorney investigating treatment of Georgia LGBT prisoners

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office have opened up a joint investigation into the Georgia Department of Corrections' (GDC) treatment of LGBT prisoners. The investigation follows the hi...

Transgender Georgia inmate who filed suit against state released from prison early

Ashley Diamond is finally home. The transgender Georgia inmate, who filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) alleging she had been denied medical treatment for gend...