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Iowa police raid gay bar for providing first aid supplies to protestors Police showed up in two trucks to raid the bar and dragged employees outside. Cops beat LGBTQ protestors leaving demonstration at Stonewall Inn One activist's arm was broken and he required multiple staples to close wounds on his head, but he wasn't given medical attention for the 11 hours he was held in custody. Trump administration asks Supreme Court to make it legal to ban same-sex couples from adopting A Catholic adoption agency refused to work with LGBTQ parents, so the city terminated its contract. Trump's lawyers say that's religious discrimination. LA Pride announces Black Lives Matter protest march will replace Pride parade Fifty years after the first Pride parade commemorating the Stonewall riots, LGBTQ people will march down the same route to protest police brutality again. Lesbian high school student banned from graduation because she wore pants The school refused to even say her name at the ceremony because she violated the gendered dress code. Evangelical leader Franklin Graham praises Trump attack on protestors & chastises Christians instead Christian leaders from around the globe have condemned the desecration of sacred ground, but anti-LGBTQ evangelical leader Franklin Graham is marching in lockstep with Trump. Queer protester’s skull fractured after police shot rubber bullets into crowd Witness say police fired at peaceful protestors and even bystanders. "I am very lucky to be alive." Is Switzerland finally going to legalize marriage equality? The country is one of the last holdouts in western Europe. Rapper Da Brat said it took her decades to come out because of how Ellen was treated After years of speculation about her sexuality, the rapper came out publicly in March. “Hairspray” creators announce future productions can’t have all-white casts The new requirement that roles in the musical must be cast “as written” also means that Edna Turnblad will continue to be a male role.