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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has a plan to pay same-sex couples back for years of discriminatory taxation. Warren, who is running in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, re-introduced the Refund Equality Act in the Senate. The bill would allow same-sex couples to file joint amended tax returns to collect refunds from when they were married but before the federal government recognized those marriages. In 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to recognize marriage equality. But until the 2013 U.S. v. Windsor...

Lead by the Jesus is Lord group protestors say the bill discriminates against them because they don't support LGBTI Thousands of Christian protestors have converged on the Philippines’ to protest an anti-discrimination bill that would protect LGBTI people. Politicians have been working on versions of the SOGIE Equality Act for 20 years and last year it passed the Congress last year with a unanimous vote. SOGIE stands for sexual orientation and gender identity. But now the bill faces an uphill battle in...

AUSTIN, Texas — A man who sued over the right to marry his partner said Tuesday that he is running as a Democrat in 2018 in a bid that would make him the first openly gay state senator in Texas if elected. Mark Phariss, a lawyer from the Dallas suburb of Plano, said he is encouraged by recent high-profile Democratic upsets in Virginia and Alabama as he launches his first run for public office in Dallas’ conservative northern suburbs. Phariss and...

Excellent news! 43 members of Australia's Senate voted to pass a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Only 12 voted against it. Having passed this first hurdle, the bill will now go on to be voted upon by the House of Representatives, next week. Earlier this month, 61.6% of Australians who participated in a postal vote said they were in favor of a law change that would allow for same-sex marriage. As a result, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that the government would aim...

Roy Moore, the disgraced former judge and current frontrunner in a US Senate election, has said that “homosexual conduct should be illegal.” The conservative Christian politician also compared homosexuality with bestiality. Moore, who is running for the US Senate seat vacated by Donald Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions, made the comments during a 2005 interview, according to CNN. Last week, it was revealed that he has appeared multiple times on a radio show hosted by pastor Kevin Swanson, who is known for...