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Trump now protecting chickens and cows from gay kids.

The head of Iowa’s 4-H was fired after defending an LGBTQ inclusion policy that was denounced by the Trump administration, reported the Des Moines Register. The agriculture-based youth organization introduced a new policy in March to ensure LGBTQ members…  

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Teen apologizes to rugby star for homophobic attack.

Former Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas has met with the teenager who assaulted him in a homophobic attack, receiving his apologies. According to a press release put out by South Wales Police on Sunday (November 18), the 16-year-old boy “admitted assault…  

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The heroic rescue of the caravan’s LGBTQ contingent.

Joe Rivano Barros flew into Mexico City on Nov. 6 with a vague mission. Barros, 26, had been sent by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), a Texas-based nonprofit. His brief: help the Central American…  

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Is Dumbledore gay? Here’s why it matters.

In the years after the last Harry Potter book came out, Dumbledore’s sexuality became a bigger deal than anyone could have predicted. Is Dumbledore gay? Did he really love the dark wizard Grindelwald? What is canon, anyway?…