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The new Sam Smith music video he doesn’t want you to watch
Out singer Sam Smith’s former record label is trying to cash in on his success with a previously unreleased album he recorded at age 16.
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Commentary
Again with the transface, Hollywood? Matt Bomer booed for ‘playing’ trans
Variety described Bomer’s character as “a transgendered sex worker,” getting the word wrong and ignoring the Twitter backlash.
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News (World)
Church of England faces biggest split since Henry VIII over same-sex marriage
A dozen parishes met this week to consider splitting from the church and forming a new conservative “shadow synod.”
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News (World)
Australia wants trans men and the cis gay, bi, queer men who love them to GRUNT
GRUNT provides trans men with sex-positive health information to keep it “safe, keep it hot and have awesome sex.”
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News (USA)
New York Democrat wants to erase pictures of gay couples from textbooks
S.J. Jung is against same-sex marriage. He’s so opposed to marriage equality, he doesn’t even want photos of gay couples appearing in textbooks.
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News (USA)
Trump campaign CEO caught on tape calling progressive women “a bunch of dykes”
Stephen Bannon told an interviewer conservative women aren’t “a bunch of dykes that came from the Seven Sisters schools.”
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News (USA)
Is this ‘LGBT’ t-shirt offensive or funny?
No, not the “LGBT for Trump” shirt – that’s from the campaign (and probably more offensive).
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News (World)
Trans and gender non-conforming swimmers can make waves here without fear
London’s Transgender And Gender-Nonconforming Swimming group is taking the fear out of swimming.
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News (World)
Australian politicians will introduce bills to legalize same-sex marriage
While Labor wants Parliament to decide the divisive issue quickly, the government wants to first hold a popular vote on marriage equality.
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News (World)
Gay couple can’t escape homophobic former landlord who is stalking them
Crappy landlords. We’ve all had one or two over the course of our adult lives, but chances are you’ve never had one quite like Olly McLellan and Scott Cole’s.
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News (USA)
City rallies around LGBT newspaper after bomb explosion
Rainbow flags are being flown to support an LGBT publication after one of its newspaper boxes was destroyed in a possible hate crime.
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News (USA)
Maine GOP leaders call for closed-door meeting with governor over gay slur
In an obscenity-laced tirade last week, LePage called a state representative a vulgar name that can also be used as a gay slur.
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Commentary
Don’t tell the religious right: Trump embodies all seven deadly sins
Pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth… Trump’s got them all covered but the evangelicals still love him.
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News (USA)
Iowa state board explains vote against banning conversion therapy
The board says it already has sufficient authority to impose discipline on a licensed psychologist engaged in practices it deems harmful or unethical.
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News (USA)
Chicago will issue 10,000th same-sex marriage license this week
That’s a whole lotta cake.
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News (USA)
Missouri transgender inmate sues for access to hormone treatment
The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that there are 3,200 transgender inmates in the nation’s prisons and jails.
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Life
New training video aims to show police how to treat trans people with respect
The goal is to show law enforcement officers how to ensure their interactions are respectful, professional and safe for all involved.
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News (USA)
Remembering Gene Wilder with love and laughter
The comedic actor who made us laugh in films including “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein” was 83.
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News (USA)
Will the Supreme Court tell this transgender boy he has to pee with girls?
The Gloucester County School Board asked the justices to reverse a decision that said Gavin Grimm could use the boys bathroom.
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News (World)
Man sentenced to 9 years for biting off neighbor’s ear in homophobic attack
Ryan Kilgariff’s terrified victim, a gay man, told police that he feared for his life: “I thought I was going to be murdered.”