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Cubans show LGBTQ pride with flags and dancing in Havana parade.

Salsa music blasted through the streets of Havana’s Vedado neighborhood on Saturday as hundreds of people danced and waved rainbow flags during a march to mark the 11th annual Cuban Campaign against homophobia. “We are working together with the state, with the party, with civil society, to educate the Cuban people…

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Cannes: Progress of gay cinema evident at French film festival.

No fewer than 14 gay-themed movies are showing at Cannes — double the number last year — but the world’s top film festival is increasingly spotlighting LGBT characters’ humanity rather than fixating on their sexuality. One year after the French AIDS activism movie “120 BPM (Beats Per Minute)” emerged as a breakout hit from Cannes and scooped the Grand Jury prize…

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Pastor who claims holocaust was orchestrated by gay Nazis running for Mass. governor.

The author of a book claiming that the Holocaust was orchestrated by gay men who ran the Nazi Party will appear on a Massachusetts gubernatorial primary ballot later this year after garnering enough support at the Republican Party’s state convention last week. Scott Lively will now face off with incumbent governor Charlie Baker in September’s primary.

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Meet the LGBT-friendly US bishop who will preach at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding.

Kensington Palace announced on Saturday that Bishop Michael Curry, the first African-American to preside over the Episcopal Church, will deliver a sermon at the couple’s wedding on May 19. Curry does not know the couple personally, said Neva Rae Fox, a representative for the Episcopal Church, but he will meet them before the ceremony.

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Fighting the LGBT bullying epidemic at senior centers.

The unwanted were turned away from cafeteria tables. Fistfights broke out at karaoke. Dances became breeding grounds for gossip and cruelty. It became clear this place had a bullying problem on its hands. What many found surprising was that the perpetrators and victims alike were all senior citizens.

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‘Mama Dragons’: Mormon mom group provides support to LGBTQ kids — and each other.

When Wendy VonSosen’s son came out to her as gay at the age of 13, she told him she loved him and said they would figure it out together. But as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, VonSosen found herself conflicted as she tried to process her son’s revelation.