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Anti-LGBTQ Posts Proliferated on Facebook, Instagram During Pride Month
A media watchdog organization claims Facebook and Instagram allowed anti-LGBTQ content and misinformation to flourish during pride month. A recent study conducted by Media Matters for...
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Researchers: Florida Report on Trans Health Care is Flawed, Biased
Researchers from Yale are slamming a report from Florida health care officials that takes a hardline stance against the use of Medicaid dollars to pay...
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Marco Rubio Calls Gay Marriage Bill a “Stupid Waste of Time”
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is being criticized for a comment he made to a reporter panning a bill to codify same-sex marriage into law....
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Green Bay Diocese Compares Being Trans to Sexual Abuse
The Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, released a new policy regarding LGBTQ students in its Catholic Schools that equates being transgender to being sexually abused. ...
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GOP Congressman Attends Gay Son’s Wedding After Voting Against Marriage Equality
A Republican congressman attended his gay son’s wedding, just three days after voting against federal legislation that would require states to recognize same-sex marriages. Last...
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Study Claims 94% of Trans Youth Persist in Gender Identity Post-Transition
A new study published by the American Association of Pediatrics claims that children who transition younger in life are very likely to persist in their...
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Meteorologist Receives Homophobic Email from Disgruntled Viewer
A local meteorologist in New Orleans, Louisiana, recently received a homophobic email from a disgruntled viewer. On July 17, David Bernard, the chief meteorologist at...
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Florida District Rejects Sex Ed Textbooks for Violating “Don’t Say Gay” Law
A Florida school district has rejected sex education textbooks after the county’s school board rejected two proposed textbooks for allegedly violating the state’s “Parental Rights...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Posts Willfully Transphobic Tweets
Marjorie Taylor Greene's awful, transphobic comments, directed at Assistant Secretary of Health, Admiral Rachel Levine, were not taken down by Twitter.
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Pulse Survivor Brandon Wolf is Fulfilling His Promise
Pulse survivor Brandon Wolf on the tragic night that changed his life, and why the LGBTQ community must remain vigilant in its fight.
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Gay, Black Applebee’s Cook Was Told to Ignore Co-Workers’ Slurs
An Applebee’s franchise in the Greater Tampa area has agreed to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that the company failed to stop...
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Man Pleads Guilty to Using Grindr to Rob and Assault Victims
A California man has pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for targeting and robbing gay men he met on the gay dating app Grindr....
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Professor Calls for “Cure” for Homosexuality to Prevent Disease
LGBTQ students at the University of Texas at Dallas are asking for a professor to be held accountable after he called for a “cure for homosexuality.”...
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Catholic Health Care System Restricts Same-Sex Fertility Benefits
OSF HealthCare, a Catholic hospital system out of Illinois, has restricted the employee health plan benefits it offers to LGBTQ employees. The health care system...
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Oklahoma Gay Mayor Resigns, Citing Harassment, Threats
Oklahoma’s first-ever gay mayor has resigned from office due to repeated threats and harassment that have made him feel unsafe in his own town. Adam...
