Nick de la Canal
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WFAE
Smiles and tears filled the sanctuary of Charlotte's First United Methodist Church after the denomination repealed its bans on same-sex marriage and openly gay clergy.
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Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement between Florida officials and civil rights lawyers. -
It was the United States' first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity. There have been hate crime prosecutions based on gender identity before, but none had reached trial. -
Nearly seven years after North Carolina repealed the “bathroom bill” that led to national headlines and economic boycotts, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is bringing back the issue of bathroom requirements for transgender people. -
It alleges that public schools are “systematically marginalizing” lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students. -
Attal, 34, rose to prominence as the government spokesperson then education minister and had polled as the most popular minister in the outgoing government. -
The federal judge's ruling on Kim Davis is in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury said the former Rowan County clerk should pay the couple who sued. -
Priests are now allowed to bless same-sex couples after the Vatican released new guidance. -
In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state's ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says "is not based on medical and scientific evidence." -
The pop music icon is taking a stand against the libraries and classrooms around the U.S. that have removed books due to claims of inappropriate content related to sexuality, gender identity and race. -
The statement came in response to a series of questions from bishops seeking guidance on administering the sacraments.
