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Brittney Griner Says She Intends to Return to WNBA This Season
WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was released from a Russian penal colony last week after being held in custody for 11 months, said in her...
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Barbados High Court Strikes Down Law Penalizing Same-Sex Intimacy
In a historic decision on Monday, the Barbados High Court issued an oral ruling decriminalizing consensual same-sex relations. The high court struck down a law...
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Grant Wahl, Journalist Detained at World Cup for Wearing Rainbow Shirt, Dies
Grant Wahl, a journalist who made headlines after being detained by security for wearing a shirt featuring a soccer ball on a rainbow background to...
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LGBTQ Groups React to Brittney Griner’s Release
LGBTQ groups celebrated the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian penal colony as part of a prisoner swap negotiated by the Biden...
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Brittney Griner Released from Russia as Part of Prisoner Swap
In exchange for the WNBA star's release from a Russian penal colony, the United States will return arms dealer Viktor Bout to Russia.
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Australian Accused of Killing Gay American Has Conviction Overturned
A man convicted of killing gay 27-year-old U.S. mathematician Scott Johnson in 1988 had his conviction overturned on appeal last month. For years, Johnson’s death...
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Netanyahu’s Likud Party Signs Agreements with Anti-LGBTQ Groups
Since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party came in first during the country’s November 1 election — officially setting them up to retake control of...
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Indonesian Soldiers Jailed for Consensual Gay Sex
Two Indonesian male soldiers have been sentenced to seven months in prison for engaging in consensual sex, which is considered a form of “inappropriate behavior”...
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Singapore Repeals Ban on Same-Sex Intimacy
Singapore’s parliament voted earlier this week to decriminalize same-sex intimacy, but amended the country’s constitution to prevent same-sex marriages from ever being recognized as legally...
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Protester with Pride Flag Disrupts World Cup Match
A protester carrying a rainbow flag and wearing political slogans has been banned from the World Cup after disrupting a match.
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Russian Duma Approves Expanded Anti-“Gay Propaganda” Law
The Russian State Duma, or lower house of parliament, has approved and advanced a bill to expand Russia’s existing “gay propaganda” law to apply to...
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German World Cup Team Protests Sanctions for Pro-LGBTQ Armbands
Players from Germany’s World Cup national soccer team protested a ruling by FIFA, the governing body in the sport, prohibiting them from wearing armbands to...
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Actor Kevin Spacey Faces Additional Charges of Sexual Assault
Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey will face seven additional charges related to an alleged sexual assault of another man, the United Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Service...
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Grindr Stock Surges 400% in Public Debut
Shares of Grindr, the LGBTQ-focused dating and hookup app, skyrocketed more than 400% during its first day of public trading on Friday. The company first...
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Gay Couple Rejected 31 Times While Seeking Out Church Wedding
A gay couple who’d been rejected over 30 times when seeking out a church to perform their wedding ceremony finally got married in East London....
