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Can rapid COVID-19 testing save the gay bars and nightclubs?

Nightclubs – including queer venues – could reopen using rapid coronavirus testing, Boris Johnson has suggested. During a Downing Street news conference on Monday (15 February), Johnson said rapid lateral flow tests could be used by “those parts of the economy we couldn’t…

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HRC: 60 corporations that improved LGBT policies in 2020

The Human Rights Campaign this week released its 19th Corporate Equality Index, which closely examines the LGBTQ+ policies of thousands of American corporations, including most of the Fortune 500. Even with the tumult of 2020 — from the COVID-19 pandemic to social unrest…

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Déjà vu! Here’s why Grindr was just fined $11 million in court

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (NDPA announced Monday the gay dating app Grindr would be fined 100 million Norwegian Kroenr (approximately $11.6 million) for illegally selling users’ personal private information to third party advertisers. The fine represents an estimated ten percent of…