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Top Headlines for Saturday Sep 3, 2016

Anti-gay church threatens rainbow flag burning to celebrate ruling

"We gonna get a whole bunch of them rainbow flags, we're going out there in our courtyard and we're gonna stick a match to them and we're gonna burn them."

Kim Davis inspires her Kentucky hometown’s first Pride celebration

"I think it was probably the first time people had seen a drag show in their life."

‘Bathroom bills’ punish trans people for defying cultural norms

In her pioneer book, Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism, Suzanne Pharr describes a series of elements she finds common to the multiple forms of oppression. Such elements include what she refers to as a “defined norm” and a “lack of prior claim,” among many others. Pharr explains a “defined norm” as “…a standard of rightness […]

North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ trial waits on decision from SCOTUS

The law requires transgender people to use restrooms in schools and many other public buildings that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate, not their gender identity.

Citizen group drops lawsuit over North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’

Lawyers from Alliance Defending Freedom, who represented the group, said in a statement that North Carolinians for Privacy is shifting to a "supporting role" in the fight against trans equality.

Teen busted for paintball attack on patrons of gay bar in Stockton, Calif.

Austin Richardson, 18, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and committing a hate crime, according to police.

South Africa to give free treatment to all people living with HIV

The health department said the change in policy would help increase life expectancy in the country, currently at 63 years, to at least 70 years by 2030.