Amid LGBTQ frictions in Christian faiths, the Pope warns against 'basking in some elegant religious theory' instead of loving the poor

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Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on January 7, 2024.
Pope Francis delivers his blessing from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on January 7, 2024.

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People in California are getting more sick leave and can't be fired for using marijuana outside work

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Gavin Newsom at a conference in Beijing in October 2023.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom approved hundreds of new laws. These laws will be enacted starting in 2024.

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Florida transgender girl's mom worries the state's law will tear her family apart

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Hundreds of transgender and non-binary youth gathered in front of the US Capitol building on May 22 for the Trans Youth Prom.
Hundreds of transgender and non-binary youth gathered in front of the US Capitol building on May 22 for the Trans Youth Prom.

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A Gen Zer left Texas to find acceptance and peace of mind: 'Texas has a lot to fix and resolve before I would even encourage anyone to move or live there'

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Ty Joerger at a car race in Texas
Ty Joerger at a car race in Texas.

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Speaker Mike Johnson frets that high schoolers increasingly identify as LGBTQ in fundraising email: 'We have much to repent for'

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House Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol on November 28, 2023.
House Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol on November 28, 2023.

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Cops raided gay bars in Moscow and documented its customers 2 days after Russia's top court deemed LGBTQ+ groups 'extremist'

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LGBT activists wave their flags during a rally in Moscow, Russia in July 2020.
LGBT activists wave their flags during a rally in Moscow, Russia in July 2020.

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An ex-Qatar Airways flight attendant says he was fired and deported after police found he was wearing tinted moisturizer, then accused him of being a sex worker

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an Airbus A350 of Qatar Airways company after taking off from the Toulouse-Blagnac airport
A Qatar Airways A350.

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'Give him the benefit of the doubt': Why one gay GOP leader is holding his fire on Mike Johnson — and wants to know if he has any gay friends

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Log Cabin Republicans President Charles Moran and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Log Cabin Republicans President Charles Moran and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Mike Johnson warned the US was going down a 'dark and depraved' path before he was named speaker and said the country 'almost seems irredeemable'

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Mike Johnson
US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Bayard Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington but was nearly written out of civil rights history because he was openly gay. He was also my life partner.

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Walter Naegle and Bayard Rustin
Walter Naegle and Bayard Rustin.

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