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News (USA)
Thousands turn out for weekend gay pride events nationwide
No serious problems were reported at gay pride events across the country, but the mood for many people was somber.
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News (USA)
FBI will release partial transcript of Orlando gunman’s call to police
The FBI will release a printed, partial transcript of the conversations between the gunman within the Pulse gay nightclub and police negotiators today.
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News (World)
Turkish police fire rubber bullets and tear gas at LGBT pride parade
More than 300 policemen in anti-riot gear and backed by water cannons were deployed along the pedestrian thoroughfare and on side streets.
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Commentary
Remember: Freud said men who obsess over guns have small genitals
According to Freud, the compulsion to own firearms stems from an unconscious need to compensate for a sense of inadequacy: in males, specifically, a small penis.
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News (USA)
Defiance and somber celebration mark Pride events nationwide
The music was thumping and crowds were dancing at gay pride events, with revelers saying the partying was proof that people won’t give in to fear.
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Commentary
What Game of Thrones can teach you about Donald Trump
Trump is turning to the church for support of his floundering campaign. Will he regret that bargain more than Cersei Lannister?
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News (USA)
Gay couple killed in Orlando did not have a joint funeral
Funerals have begun for the victims of the mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando.
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Commentary
Family’s excruciating Orlando journey ends in forgiveness
Andrea Drayton woke up Sunday to a mother’s worst nightmare.
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Life
Free ‘One Pulse’ tattoos support Orlando victims and survivors
The tattoo artist announced early Sunday morning that $5,000 in donations has been raised so far.
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News (World)
Because of bar sign supporting Orlando victims, customer accuses owners of ‘promoting homosexuality’
“I ask you kindly to refrain from promoting homosexuality further in the public domain.”
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News (USA)
The irony after Orlando: gays turn to police instead of against them
“Once upon a time they hit us with nightsticks, and now they’re our protectors.”
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Commentary
How did Omar Mateen become radicalized? American culture taught him
“Sadly, we can’t change the hearts of people, like Mateen, as quickly as we would like to. However, we can change his behavior or, at least, make him accountable.”
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News (USA)
Kudos for Utah Republican politician whose ‘heart has changed’ on gays
“You have treated me with the kindness, dignity, and respect, the love that I very often did not deserve. And it has made me love you.”
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News (USA)
Florida prosecutor who believes Orlando ‘should be leveled’ suspended
Orlando, posted Kenneth Lewis, “is a melting pot of 3rd world miscreants and ghetto thugs.”
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Commentary
Why we need to be proud to be queer, now more than ever
“Refuse to be bent or be bowed… refuse to live in the kind of fear terrorists seek to inspire in us.”
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News (USA)
How religious are erasing, embracing us after Orlando
“Singling out people for victimization because of their religion, their sexual orientation… must be offensive to God’s ears. It has to stop.”
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News (USA)
In moving video, Orlando survivor reunites with police officer who saved his life
Angel Colon was shot three times by Omar Mateen during the massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub on Sunday morning.
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Commentary
#AskTheGays: Trump’s America would be disastrous for LGBT people
When it comes to violence, LGBT people aren’t scared of Muslim immigrant terrorists. It’s the Christian ones already here that scare us.
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News (USA)
The gays are going to war: LGBT groups will push for gun control
The Human Rights Campaign did not sign on to the joint announcement from the community’s largest funders and dozens of LGBT organizations.