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Church’s Pride flag set on fire in suspected hate crime

Police are investigating after someone burned an LGBT+ Pride flag flying from church led by a gay reverend. Reverend Matthew Woodward, the dean of Trinity Cathedral in Sacramento, California, had decorated his church for Pride month, to “communicate the love…

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Biden chooses religious school exemptions over LGBT rights

The Justice Department has offered its full-throated support to religious schools that want to discriminate against LGBTQ students. According to The Washington Post, the Biden administration confirmed in a Tuesday court filing that it will “vigorously” defend a religious exemption…

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State shuts down Pride lights on a major Florida bridge

The Florida Department of Transportation has ordered the removal of the rainbow lighting from the Acosta Bridge, according to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority.  “This afternoon the FDOT informed the JTA that our scheduled color scheme for the Acosta Bridge is out of compliance with our existing permit. 

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Gallup: A majority of Republicans now support gay marriage

U.S. support for legal same-sex marriage continues to trend upward, now at 70% — a new high in Gallup’s trend since 1996. This latest figure marks an increase of 10 percentage points since 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all states must recognize…

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Male teachers are wearing skirts to help bullied students

Male teachers and students across Spain have taken to wearing skirts in solidarity with students who were bullied or punished, and their legs look damn good while doing it! When 15-year-old Spanish student Mikel Gómez wore a skirt to school…

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Nearly 1 in 5 young adults say they’re not straight

An increasing number of young adults identify as nonheterosexual and noncisgender, according to a new global survey from Ipsos. The results, released Wednesday, are based on internet surveys of more than 19,000 people in 27 countries ages 16 or 18 (depending on the country) to…

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5 large ‘ally’ companies outed for donating to anti-trans politicians

A new six-figure public relations campaign is calling out five major corporations for profiting off Pride while also same funding anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and lawmakers. The Keep Your Pride campaign, a project of Corporate Accountability Action, says AT&T, Anheuser-Busch, The Coca-Cola…