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Life
Lesbian, gay and bisexual youth raped, abused by dates far more often
“This is the first time we can say that nationwide these are consistent challenges faced by lesbian, gay and bi youth.”
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News (USA)
Lesbian Brits become first married couple to play for same Olympic team
“When people say ‘you’ve helped me come out to my parents’ or ‘deal with my own sexuality’ it’s really powerful.”
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News (USA)
Jen Richards, Angelica Ross to appear on Laverne Cox’s new show on CBS
What’s next? Maybe an all-trans “Golden Girls” reboot with Cox and the actresses from the Emmy-nominated “Her Story?”
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News (USA)
‘We were wrong. We will do better:’ Daily Beast pulls sleazy article
“Today, The Daily Beast took an unprecedented but necessary step: We are removing an article from our site.”
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News (USA)
Daily Beast editor apologizes for outing Rio’s closeted gay Olympians
The writer was supposed to look at the use of dating apps in Rio, but some readers saw his article as sex-shaming and outing closeted competitors.
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News (USA)
Chyrons can make Olympic swimming a much more interesting sport
Speedos apparently don’t mix well with NBC’s graphics.
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News (World)
The gay games: gold medalist comes out in Rio
Speaking of her partner, Rafaelia Silva said: “She was there every day, and know what I was feeling, when I was sick and when I wasn’t.”
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Commentary
Trump just can’t stop promoting violence as the American way
Trump focuses most major initiatives of his foreign policy on violence.
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News (World)
Philippines President calls American ambassador ‘gay son of a whore’
Someone’s not mincing words.
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News (USA)
Donna Brazile tears into Trump and Rubio over Orlando antigay speeches
The two Republicans are speaking to a gathering of anti-LGBT activists on the 2 month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.
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News (World)
Straight Daily Beast journalist starts outing gay Olympians
He’s outing athletes from countries where homosexuality is punishable by death.
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News (USA)
CA lawmaker gives up attempt to end exemptions for religious schools
The provision would have allowed LGBT students to more easily sue religious schools for discrimination.
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News (USA)
Ethics charges against homophobic Texas Attorney General dismissed
The complaint accused Paxton of encouraging government officials to break the law in the face of the Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality.
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News (USA)
New Star Trek show will have female lead and gay character
The series takes place in an era that bridges the original 1960s “Star Trek” and “Star Trek: Enterprise,” the 2001-05 series set about a century before.
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News (USA)
Someone snapped this picture off their TV and broke the internet
Hahahahaha! This is a story about… wait, HAhahaha. Ok, gimme a sec, I’m okay now, thi- BWHAHAhahahaha!
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News (World)
Belize’s Supreme Court throws out law making it illegal to be gay
The Central American nation started as a British colony and the law was a leftover from that era.
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News (World)
Painful mishap costs paralympian her chance for glory in Rio
“I am going to show now that you can move forward from something that feels like the end of the world.”
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News (World)
BBC apologizes for British boob’s blatantly homophobic remark
Paul Hand put his foot in his mouth when he made an antigay remark that earned the tennis commentator a serving of scorn.
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Life
Tanzanian police want to arrest people who follow gays on social media
While Tanzania has been considered relatively LGBT-tolerant compared to neighboring countries like Uganda, LGBT people are quickly becoming a whipping post.
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News (USA)
Uh, no, NBC, that Olympian is hugging her wife, not her husband
“She gives a hug to Lili. That is her husband. She married Lili in 2013,” declared NBC Olympics announcer Chris Marlowe.