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News (USA)
South Carolina evangelicals ask Governor to guard them from trans folk
“South Carolina has a proud tradition of upholding religious freedom,” Governor Nikki Haley said in response.
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News (World)
Meet the gay dads and their history-making triplets: Joshua, Zoe, Kate
The same sex couple are believed to be the first in South Africa and possibly the world to have triplets using a surrogate mother.
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News (USA)
Target boycott organizer: ‘we will not be able to go to the bathroom’
Sandy Rios of the American Family Association fears if her group’s boycott fails, bathrooms won’t be safe for people like her.
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News (USA)
Charlotte Pride sets new record for attendance: 130,000
This was the biggest Pride yet, thanks to out of town marchers and a large local response from LGBTQ allies and HB2 opponents.
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News (USA)
Trump’s new campaign chiefs have a long and sordid anti-gay past
Kellyanne Conway, for example, called homosexuality “corrupting” and the arguments over LGBT civil rights are not “right versus left, but right versus wrong.”
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News (USA)
Cher hits gay hotspots trifecta campaigning for Hillary Clinton
Cher visited Provincetown, Miami Beach and Fire Island all in one weekend to proclaim “I’m with her,” babe.
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News (USA)
Same-sex couples follow gender norms when it comes to household chores
61% believed that the more feminine partner should cook and 58% said they should clean the house and do the laundry.
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News (USA)
You could buy Truman Capote’s ashes for about $5k
The novelist’s remains will be auctioned off as part of a sale being marketed as a rare “peek inside the lives of some of Hollywood’s most private stars.”
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News (USA)
Texas judge blocks White House’s protections for transgender people
U.S. District judge Reed O’Connor is no friend of LGBTQ Americans. Last year he blocked gay couples from family medical leave benefits.
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News (World)
Out Olympian Matthew Mitcham dons kinky boots in Melbourne
The athlete took to social media to share a photo of himself in the iconic Kinky Boots bright red heels as part of the #JustBe campaign.
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News (World)
Christian gay pothead zombies sued for $104 million for hate speech stunt
The group handed out literature filled with graphic photos of emaciated AIDS patients and fake medical claims about the dangers of gay sex.
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News (World)
North Korea is launching their own version of Netflix called ‘Manbang’
#ManBangAndChill anyone?
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News (USA)
Michele Bachmann is advising Donald Trump on foreign policy now
Bachmann, notorious for her exaggerated and nonsensical ravings about Muslims and LGBT people, is a perfect match for Trump’s brand of Islamophobia.
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News (USA)
Bette Midler apologizes, sort of, for transphobic Caitlyn Jenner tweet
Bette Midler has since deleted her tweet, which read: “Now that @IAmCait has been cancelled, will she go back to being Bruce? Will Kris take him back? Do I smell a re-wedding?!”
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News (World)
Bisexual British boxer Nicola Adams defends title winning gold at Rio
“I’m quite fearless. I’m like, ‘Let’s just go out there and do this and see what happens.’ ”
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Life
Turkish LGBTQ activists protest gruesome murder of transgender woman
Hundreds turned out to protest the brutal rape and killing of a young transgender woman in Turkey.
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Life
Christian group says ‘turning gay’ didn’t help Olympic diver Tom Daley
The group also attempted to cast doubt on the fact that Daley is truly gay, blaming the seduction of “older man” Dustin Lance Bass.
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Commentary
Harvey Milk’s civil rights legacy lives on, sailing the high seas
Though his killer may have destroyed his body, they will never succeed in extinguishing his legacy or destroying his spirit.
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News (USA)
Lesbian South Carolina police chief makes historic sheriff’s run
The lesbian police chief is hoping local residents will rally around her again, as they did when she was fired by the town’s homophobic mayor.
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Life
Calgary Pride to politicians: Prove LGBTQ support if you want to march
“It’s a good process that weeds out the pretenders.”