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LGBTQ Advocates Are Split On Whether Biden Is Doing Enough To Protect The Community As Pride Month Closes
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LGBTQ Advocates Are Split On Whether Biden Is Doing Enough To Protect The Community As Pride Month Closes

For more than a year, as more than 300 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced into state legislatures and eight states have signed anti-LGBTQ bills into law, LGBTQ+ advocates have been waiting on President Joe Biden. “In the LGBTQ community, it is clear that our house is on fire,” said Mayra Hidalgo Salazar, deputy executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force. Advocates have been asking Biden — often hailed as a champion of LGBTQ+ equality— to put that fire out. But the response to the president’s Pride month executive order has been mixed: Many groups praised it. Others said nothing. A few publicly criticized it, saying it lacked teeth. During a reception with advocates on June 15, Biden signed the order aimed at curbing LGBTQ+ discrimination. The 13-point plan tasks the Departm...
7 Celeb Couples Who’ve Split In 2017 (So Far)
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7 Celeb Couples Who’ve Split In 2017 (So Far)

We're only a few months into 2017, but things have already gone south for some of our favorite celebrity couples who decided to call it quits this year. While we hoped their love could stand the test of time, many famous couples have already split in 2017 and our hearts just can't take it… Here are the seven that really hit us hard. From a surprise birthday party to Disneyland adventures, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom were the cutest couple around. But the pair's love, which became public in January 2016, fizzled out in March of this year. But don't fear, the two have decided to go about their breakup the ‘adult way’. Orlando recently told Elle UK quote, “we're friends. It's good,” and Katy tweeted a new way of thinking, saying “U can still b friends & love ur former partners! No one's...