All posts by John Riley
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Doritos threatened with boycott for ad with LGBTQ families
Religious conservatives in Israel have called for a boycott of Doritos over an LGBTQ-inclusive ad featuring various types of families.
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One Million Moms is outraged by gay couple eating toast
The conservative activist group One Million Moms is railing against a dating website commercial showing a gay couple sharing a piece of toast.
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Log Cabin attacks Chasten Buttigieg, defends anti-gay Florida bill
Log Cabin Republicans is slamming Chasten Buttigieg for attacking a Florida bill that would ban classroom discussions of LGBTQ issues.
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Iran has executed two gay men convicted of sodomy, rights group says
Iran has reportedly executed two men who were imprisoned for six years and convicted of sodomy, according to human rights groups.
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Grindr disappears from app stores in China amid crackdown on “bad Internet culture”
Grindr has removed its app from stores in China as the government embarks upon a campaign to censor online content.
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LGBTQ people in Afghanistan face violence, rape and extortion, say human rights watchdogs
A report released last week details the violence, sexual assaults, and threats facing LGBTQ individuals in Afghanistan.
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Florida police use Grindr, Scruff to arrest more than 60 people in drug sting
Florida authorities have arrested more than 60 people in a drug sting using Grindr and other gay dating apps.
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Donald Trump promises to ban trans athletes from women’s sports if reelected
Donald Trump promised at a recent rally to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports if he is reelected president in 2024.
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School removes student’s “Gay is OK” artwork, comparing it to the Nazi flag
Elementary school administrators have been accused of removing a student's pro-gay drawing from the wall and comparing it to Nazi symbolism.
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Governor’s chief of staff compares transgender athletes competing to “terrorism”
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s interim chief of staff compared banning transgender girls from participating in women’s sports to thwarting terrorism. Mark Miller, Noem’s interim...
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Biden urged to appoint a Black LGBTQ woman to Supreme Court
LGBTQ advocates are urging Biden to nominating a Black LGBTQ woman to the Supreme Court.
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GLSEN names its first-ever Black, nonbinary executive director
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers has become the first Black, nonbinary executive director of GLSEN, an LGBTQ+ education advocacy organization.
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Gay Hyattsville mayor dies from “self-inflicted gunshot wound”
Kevin Ward, the openly gay mayor of Hyattsville, was found dead in an apparent suicide in a public park in McLean, Virginia.
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Mayor withholds $110,000 from libraries until “homosexual materials” are removed
A U.S. mayor is withholding funding from the local library system until all "homosexual materials" are removed from the shelves.
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California senator yanks bill to ban genital surgeries on intersex infants
A bill to ban doctors from performing medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex infants has hit resistance in the California Senate.
