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Could Michele Bachmann’s Successor Be Even Worse?

Now that Michele Bachmann is heading for the door, the scramble is among her would-be replacements. And the first hat into the ring belongs to a man who might out-Bachmann Bachmann in his homophobia:...

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TV Anchor Pledges Allegiance To The “Fag” While Reporting Gay Pride Story

Oh, Bill Lunn, welcome to meme infamy. The KSTP anchor from St. Paul, Minnesota had a doozy of a Freudian slip while reporting on the Twin Cities Gay Pride Festival. After letting loose the fags of...

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LGBT-Inclusive Minnesota Church Vandalized With Anti-Gay Graffiti For The...

Members of the Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Maple Grove, Minnesota thought they had been harassed for the last time after their church was vandalized with anti-gay graffiti last month....

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Catholic School President Urged To Resign After Revealing Same-Sex Relationship

“I need to be truthful about my life,” said William Hudson, former President of Totino-Grace High School in Minnesota. After nearly nine years of employment as an administrator at the Catholic...

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Betty Crocker Celebrates Equality, Bakes Cakes For Minnesota’s First Legal...

When Minnesota’s marriage equality bill goes into effect at midnight on August 1, Ms. Betty Crocker will be one of the thousands standing in support of the state’s first married same-sex couples. To...

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INTERVIEW: Scott Dibble Says Anti-Gay Republicans Are Helping Create Marriage...

Last November, a constitutional ban on gay marriage was on the ballot in Minnesota. It was struck down by voters. Just six months later, Minnesota lawmakers passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage....

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WATCH: Rare Footage Of America’s First Legal Gay Wedding In 1971

At midnight on Wednesday, Minnesota became the 12th state in America to legally recognize same-sex marriage, but some 42 years ago, a Minneapolis couple beat everyone else to the punch. Using some...

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It’s Wedding Day In Minnesota And Rhode Island!

Today’s the day that marriage equality becomes the law in Minnesota and Rhode Island, and dozens of couples tied the knot in the early morning hours just after the law took effect. Weddings started at...

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Minnesota Police Finally Catch Wheelchair-Bound Man Vandalizing Pro-Gay Church

Police in Maple Grove, Minnesota have finally caught the culprit responsible for vandalizing a local pro-gay church on multiple occasions. According to police reports, the Pilgrims United Church of...

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Minn. Ordains First Openly Gay Presbyterian Minister

On Sunday, Daniel Vigilante became the first openly gay Presbyterian minister ordained in Minnesota, though he began his journey over a decade ago. Vigilante had attempted to get ordained 13 years ago,...

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Mayor Of Minneapolis Poaching Marriage-Minded Gay Couples From Other Cities

Minneapolis Mayor/noted silver fox R.T. Rybak is cruising through the Boystown neighborhood of Chicago today, but sadly he’s not looking for a trick. The three-term Democrat, who happens to have a wife...

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MN Archbishop Says Marriage Equality Is A Plot By Satan

John Nienstedt, the Archbishop of Minneapolis-St. Paul, is none too happy that he was on the losing side of marriage equality in his state. But in a speech to Catholic leaders at a conference in...

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UPDATED: Chris Kluwe Says He Was Fired By Two Cowards & A Bigot For Gay...

Outspoken former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has broken his silence about his dismissal from the team earlier this year, which many speculated had something to with his marriage equality...

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Death Threats for Newly Out Minnesota Teen, School Plans Investigation

  Post by Ryan Eichenauer. Coming out isn’t what it used to be! Except when it is, sometimes. After Ryan Eichenauer came out on Facebook as mostly-gay in December, threats and harassment started...

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MN Right Wing Group Wants To Add “P’ To LGBT—For Pedophilia

The great thing about the radical right is just when you think they can’t get any more ridiculous, they prove you wrong. Take the case of the Minnesota Child Protection League (MCPL). Based on its...

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Antigay Archbishop May Have Had Gay Sex With Other Priests, Of Course

Welcome out of the closet, Archbishop John Nienstedt! For years, you’ve made yourself the enemy of gay and lesbian families. Frankly, we always had our suspicions about you, based on the conduct of...

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Meet Bob Frey, The Sodomy-Obsessed AIDS Villain And Heir To Michele Bachmann

Minnesota’s local political candidates probably aren’t too high up on many people’s radar, but this guy certainly should be. Republican businessman Bob Frey (pictured) is currently running for Carver...

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Target Legally Declares Love For Gays In Court Documents Supporting LGBT Rights

Determined to clean up its image as a fence-straddler on LGBT rights, the Target corporation has come out in full support of same-sex marriage in Wisconsin, signing an amicus brief to the US Seventh...

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Man Claims He Wanted To Save Teen From Being Molested… By Molesting Him

Stephen Joseph Schulz (pictured) says he was only trying to help. No, really. Seriously. There was absolutely, positively nothing sinister about the raunchy M4M Craigslist ad with which he used to...

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What Happens When Two Convicted Sex Offenders Are Locked In The Same Cell...

41-year-old Brian Sorenson What happens when two convicted sex offenders are locked in the same cell together? Rape, of course! Michael Mrozek and Brian Sorenson are both patients in Minnesota’s sex...

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LGBT Student Mentor Shot To Death, Teen In Custody

Police in Washington County, Minnesota are investigating the circumstances of what resulted in the gun death of a beloved local high school teacher and mentor to LGBT teens. On Saturday, January 24th...

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High School Teens Step Up To Support Gay Kids When Older Generation Fails

Leave it to a group of teenagers to bring a bit of sanity to the world. When a billboard promoting so-called gay conversion therapy went up in Elk River, Minnesota, a group of high school students...

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Is Minnesota Next In Line For A Religious Freedom Bill?

Meet Paul Gazelka. He’s the Republican State senator from Minnesota who has decided to make it his personal mission to try and pass a religious freedom bill in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. “I was one of...

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Texas Lawmakers Are Getting Ready To Defy The Supreme Court On Marriage

Texas lawmakers vote this week on whether the state should officially defy the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage. Alabama and Minnesota are debating bills to undermine marriage equality. At least one...

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Dangerously Antigay Minnesota Archbishop Resigns Over Child Sex Abuse Coverup

A Minnesota Archbishop with a long history of moral crusading against gay people has stepped down from his position amid allegations that his church covered up instances of child sexual abuse....

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This case of anti-gay wedding videographers could determine the future of...

The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to definitively rule on whether religious business owners can break anti-discrimination laws by refusing to serve LGBTQ people on the basis of their “sincerely held...

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Politician caught using gay slur refuses to apologize, accuses critics of...

A local politician from Minnesota who has been exposed as a bigot says he’s allowed to be homophobic because his religion says so, and anyone who feels otherwise is attacking his faith. Kassim Busuri...

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Senator celebrates Pride by attending gay conversion therapy rally, says he’s...

Dan Hall is a chaplain and a Republican state senator from Minnesota who was first elected to office in 2010. While the rest of the city was out celebrating Twin Cities Pride in Minneapolis last...

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Mayor changes rules so she doesn’t have to sign Pride proclamation, insists...

Donna Schmitt is the mayor of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis with approximately 20,000 residents. She’s facing criticism from constituents after she refused to sign a...

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He says the bouncer attacked him for kissing his boyfriend, the bar says he...

Ben Sanson-Ngiratregd (image via kstp.com) A gay man named Ben Sanson-Ngiratregd says a bouncer at Barrio, a Latin American restaurant and bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, gave him a black eye and a...

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Antigay lawmaker muses on going “elbow deep” with gay people to “plant a...

It’s 2020 and the Senate Majority Leader from Minnesota still thinks sexual assault and bad parenting turn children gay and that conversion therapy is a positive thing that more people should explore....

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Small town residents threaten to sue their own kids’ financially strapped...

Residents of Marshall, Minnesota (population 13,680) gathered this week to voice their extreme outrage over a rainbow flag that recently appeared in the cafeteria of a public school. During the tense...

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This hunky gay weatherman was just fired from his job for standing up to...

Sven Sundgaard is a beloved weatherman and gay vlogger from Minneapolis. Or at least he was until last week when he was abruptly fired from his job at KARE-11 for calling out a gang of angry,...

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One week after network fires gay meteorologist, its other gay meteorologist...

Some major stuff is going down at Kare 11 TV in Minnesota. About two weeks ago, the network abruptly fired beloved gay meteorologist Sven Sundgaard after he stood up to anti-lockdown protestors on...

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Eric Trump urges Minnesotans to get out and vote for his dad… one week after...

We know the Trump family lives in their own alternate version of reality, but this is just ridiculous. Earlier this morning, Eric Trump tweeted out a rallying cry to voters in Minnesota, imploring...

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TV meteorologist files lawsuit, claims he was fired for being gay

KARE 11 Screenshot Meet Sven Sundgaard, the former weatherman of KARE 11 TV in Minnesota. Sundgaard has accused his former employer of creating a homophobic, hostile work environment against him, and...

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Minnesota governor to ban conversion therapy by executive order

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (Photo: US Gov) Good news from Minnesota. The state’s Governor, Tim Walz (D) will today sign an Executive Order banning conversion therapy on minors. His move comes after...

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GOP candidate Scott Jensen reeeeally doesn’t want you to see this video of...

Minnesota’s Republican candidate for governor is refusing to comment on a super embarrassing video that shows him warning people about school children peeing in litter boxes after being told they can...

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Apparently, this anti-gay lawmaker just learned about Pride & he’s not...

There’s no shortage of places to put the blame for climate change: deforestation, unregulated industry, overconsumption, and the list goes on. But Minnesota state senator Eric Lucero has a new bright...

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WATCH: With an uptick in antigay legislation, these queer families fight for...

When we talk about the idea of an LGBTQ+ community, we tend to think of those queer-friendly cities and gay neighborhoods that so many of us find ourselves gravitating to. But there are so, so many...

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