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Long Beach replaces rainbow lifeguard tower destroyed in fire

When Long Beach resident Rich Charley heard on the morning of March 23 that the city’s rainbow lifeguard tower had been destroyed in a fire, he decided to see the smoky skeletal remains for himself. “It hit me personally because I’m…

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Giants donate rainbow Pride cap to Baseball Hall of Fame

It’s impossible to get to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown without navigating through miles upon miles of two-lane upstate New York roads. Based on the types of signs and flags you encounter through a procession of Middleburghs and…

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Bridgegate has ended, rainbow light are back on on Florida bridge

Florida reversed itself Wednesday and said a downtown Jacksonville bridge can be decorated in rainbow lights to celebrate gay rights, one day after it had ordered them doused. Taryn Fenske, a spokeswoman for Gov. Ron DeSantis, told The Florida Times-Union…

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Candidate Biden said he’d void the ban on Pride flags

Last year, the Pentagon instituted a ban on “unofficial flags” that was aimed at Confederate flags on military bases. But in true Trumpian fashion, the ban also covered Pride flags. Then-candidate Joe Biden promised that he would overturn the ban…