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Lawsuit: YouTube’s algorithm unfairly blocks LGBT content.

A lawsuit over YouTube’s treatment of LGBTQ+ creators is growing ever more complicated, with new arguments heard by a court in California and conflicting claims expressed by Donald Trump and the Department of Justice. The suit was filed in 2019 by…

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Same-sex weddings boosted economy by billions since 2015.

Gay and lesbian weddings have boosted state and local economies by an estimated $3.8 billion since same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide in the United States in 2015, according to a study published on Thursday. Nearly 300,000 gay and lesbian couples have…

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LGBT people in ads, media makes viewers more accepting.

Seeing LGBTQ+ people in ads, television shows, and films leads to greater acceptance. A new study from GLAAD and Procter & Gamble, “LGBTQ Inclusion in Advertising and Media,” found that straight cisgender people who had been exposed to LGBTQ+ people in…

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COVID-19 leads to closure of the Stud, SF’s oldest LGBT bar.

The Stud, San Francisco’s oldest continuously-operating LGBT club, will be closing its doors permanently, according to a news release from Honey Mahogany, a co-owner of the South of Market establishment. A news release sent the evening of May 20 states that…

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Hershey’s CEO publicly smacked down an anti-LGBT activist.

During last week’s virtual annual shareholder meeting of the Hershey Company, the food products conglomerate best known for its chocolate, an anti-LGBTQ activist asked the company’s CEO whether she would stop the company’s funding of the Human Rights Campaign…