Married lesbian couple to lead prominent D.C. Baptist church

Calvary Baptist Church, a progressive Baptist landmark in the heart of downtown Washington, has named a gay couple as co-pastors. Sally Sarratt and Maria Swearingen were presented to the congregation during worship services Jan. 8 and are set to begin their new jobs Feb. 26.

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You can now change your birth Certificate Sex Designation Without Surgery

Members of New York’s transgender community and advocates are praising the city council’s vote to pass legislation making it easier for residents to correct the sex designation on their birth certificates.

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Maybelline Debuts Its First-Ever Male Ambassador

Back in October, Covergirl welcomed James Charles, makeup artist and social media star, as its first-ever male face. Now, Maybelline has followed suit by signing on another one of the wildly popular "beauty boys" of the vlogger world: Manny Gutierrez, aka @mannymua733. Gutierrez boasts three million followers on Instagram. He posts tutorials on Youtube, where two million people have subscribed to his channel (and given him 91 million views) since he started in July 2014.

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One million moms protests transgender cartoon superhero

The Australian-Canadian cartoon, marketed toward children between the ages of 2 and 11 years old, comes from the creative mind of Obie Scott Wade, who told Zap2it.com that the idea for the animated series was inspired by a cartoon from his youth, "Shazam!", and his general love for superheroes. Wade denies that the show pushes any particular agenda, other than to entertain kids.

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Christians denounce gay tree ornaments depicting nativity scene

A gay Christmas decoration showing a nativity scene with two Josephs has been slammed by outraged Christians.

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National Geographic promotes trans kids

As part of its January 2017 issue exploring our evolving understandings and definitions of gender, National Geographic is featuring nine-year-old transgender rights activist Avery Jackson on its cover—the first time a trans person has made the cover of the magazine.

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Government defends sex reassignment surgery for 4-year-old

Editorial

It is unimaginable that parents would support changing the sex of their 4-year-old children. This is the worst form of child abuse, especially when the governments supports this.

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Argentine judge rules woman can marry her own stepdaughter

An Argentinian judge created quite a precedent, and an uproar, when he overrode the country's Civil Code and authorized a woman to marry her stepdaughter.

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Baptist Churches allowing openly gay leaders

The Baptist General Convention of Texas has sent a warning letter to a congregation in Dallas that recently voted to allow open homosexuals as members and leaders. According to reports, Wilshire Baptist Church passed a motion 61 percent to allow those in unrepentant homosexual behavior to serve in the house of worship.

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Navy Requires All Sailors to Undergo Transgender Education

Starting Nov. 1, the training will educate sailors about the Navy’s new transgender policy that allows transgenders to serve in the military, Military.com reported.

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Roman Catholic Tim Kaine Butchers the Bible and Embraces Gay Radicalism

Speaking at the Human Rights Campaign's annual Washington, DC dinner, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine butchered the Bible and made one of the most twisted arguments for same-sex "marriage" you'll ever hear. Yet the very article laying out his arguments described him as a "devout" Roman Catholic. How can this be?

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Teachers told not to use "boys and girls"

An Albuquerque elementary school is raising eyebrows after an assistant principal told teachers to stop calling students “boys and girls.”

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Leading Faith-Based University Embraces Obama's Transgender Mandate

Pepperdine University is a private California school affiliated with the Churches of Christ. In terms of a total number of students, Pepperdine is the largest Church of Christ-affiliated university in the U.S., with a total student body of approximately 7,500.

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Married Lesbian Ordained as Methodist Bishop

The Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church consecrated a married lesbian bishop in a move that could split the denomination.  Greater Northwest Episcopal Area Bishop Grant Hagiya claims the Holy Spirit led the move that the church bylaws expressly forbid.

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California adopts LGBT curriculum for 2nd graders

California is the first state to adopt the LGBT rights agenda formally into its public schools, as part of a new history and social studies curriculum that will reach children as young as the second grade.

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Pentagon ends ban on transgender troops in military

Saying it’s the right thing to do, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday that transgender people will be allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, ending one of the last bans on service in the armed forces.

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Adventist, Christian and Catholic Dating Sites to Include Gay, Lesbian Users

Online dating site ChristianMingle.com will now allow gay and lesbian users to look for same-sex matches after a settlement of discrimination claims approved by a California judge, who has also asked the company to pay $468,000 to the two gay men who brought the lawsuit against it.

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NYPD shows support for gay pride

The NYPD is supporting gay pride with a new rainbow colored patrol vehicle. The SUV was apparently painted for the city’s gay pride parade Sunday in Manhattan and carries a message of support for Orlando in the wake of the country’s largest mass shooting incident earlier this month.

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SDA Churches to hold free funeral services for Orlando Shooting victims

A number of Central Florida churches have offered free funeral services to families of victims in the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub. Florida Hospital Church in downtown Orlando, Metro Church in Winter Springs, Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church in Apopka and Forest City Spanish Adventist Church in Altamonte Springs have all volunteered to conduct the services at no cost.

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Megachurch pastor Joel Hunter: Evangelicals must repent of LGBT oppression

Megachurch pastor Joel Hunter has said that evangelicals, including himself, must repent of where they have been complicit in the oppression of LGBT communities. The senior pastor of Northland Church, a 20,000 member, nondenominational church, admitted that "institutional forms of white Christianity" have been complicit in the denigration of LGBT communities, but expressed hope for "the next generation" of Christians.

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