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Mommy kicks white nationalist with gay father from home

Thirty-one men affiliated with the white nationalist, far-right Patriot First group were arrested in northwest Idado on Saturday afternoon. Authorities say the men, wearing balaclavas and masks, were traveling to an LGBTQ Pride event in Coeur d’Alene City Park…

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Disney’s ‘Lightyear’ banned in 14 countries over gay kiss

The Walt Disney Company’s latest animated Pixar movie, Lightyear, has been prohibited from screening in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the decision not…

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Russia extends Brittney Griner’s ‘unlawful’ detention

A Russian court on Tuesday once again extended WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention. Media reports indicate Griner will remain in custody through at least July 2. Griner — a center for the Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist who is…

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Students hand Pride flags to university president in protest

Students and alumni at Seattle Pacific University have been staging a sit-in for weeks, protesting the private Christian university’s policy banning employees from being gay. The protest culminated with students handing rainbow flags to SPU President Pete Menjares in exchange…

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Idaho police receive death threats over arrests of anti-LGBT extremists

During a press conference on Monday, Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said that his department has received death threats after arresting thirty-one members of the Patriot Front, listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-LGBTQ+ white nationalist “hate” group…

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LGBT-affirming high school in Alabama has its first graduating class

In Birmingham, Alabama, families, and friends of students of Magic City Acceptance Academy attended the charter school’s inaugural graduation ceremony. MCAA is a charter school that promises an “LGBTQ-affirming learning environment” for students who “have dropped out, are not thriving…