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Texas school moves to fire teacher after he came out to students.

A teacher in Texas says he was targeted for firing because he’s gay, but the school district claims, without providing specifics, that it’s because he sent an inapprpropriate text to a student. Dr. Josh Hamilton has been teaching professional communications and…

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Uganda arrests 16 LGBT activists for gay sex.

Uganda said on Thursday it had arrested 16 LGBT+ activists on suspicion of gay sex – punishable with life in jail – in what campaigners called an escalating campaign against sexual minorities in the east African nation. The 16 men, believed to be aged from…

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NYC politician compares Pride Parade photo to ‘child porn’.

Looks like a New York City councilmember has no problem raining on Pride parades. According to a damning, 48-page ethics report released Tuesday that documents several years of misconduct, councilman Andy King allegedly engaged in anti-LGBTQ+ harassment of an employee…

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Buttigieg is making the Democratic race more unpredictable.

It’s usually against best practices to telegraph a punch, but Pete Buttigieg knew what he was doing when he previewed his attack against Elizabeth Warren in a digital ad bashing Medicare for All ahead of last week’s debate. The ad predictably…