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Passage of Adoption Bill Represents Shift in Oklahoma

Despite a recent turn toward support of gay rights, the Oklahoma Legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow some agencies to deny LGBTQ couples.   OKLAHOMA CITY — Bills aimed at curtailing LGBTQ rights have been derailed in the deeply conservative Oklahoma Legislature in recent years as many Republicans…

He’s A Veteran. He’s Gay. He Likes To Wear Heels. Now Ralphy Lozano Is Mayor Of This Texas Town.

“I’m not going to bow down,” says Lozano. “I am who I am. Accept me or not.”   A gay service member who once wore heels in a Veteran’s Day parade will become the next mayor of a small border town in Texas. Democrat Bruno “Ralphy” Lozano captured more than 60% of…