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Hallmark Channel reinstates ads featuring lesbian kiss.

At the end of a tumultuous week for The Hallmark Channel, the pay television network has announced it would reverse its decision to pull several ads featuring a same-sex kiss. The controversial commercials were among a series of six ads for…

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The Advocate & Out’s editors resign amid financial troubles.

Zach Stafford, editor of The Advocate, and Phillip Picardi, editor of Out magazine, have both announced their resignations following financial troubles by their publications’ parent company, Pride Media. Pride Media’s CEO Orlando Reece is stepping down as well, leaving an…

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Chick-fil-A donated another $1.8 million to anti-LGBT groups.

Documents show that Chick-fil-A donated to anti-LGBTQ organizations in 2018, a year after its 2017 donations, which came to light earlier this year. This past March, the Chick-fil-A Foundation’s tax returns showed that the organization had donated $1.8 million to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes…

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YouTube changes its policy on anti-LGBT hate speech, but will it work?

Today, YouTube announced new policies banning video creators from making violent and implied threats and forbidding racist and anti-LGBTQ attacks against public and private individuals, including other video creators, politicians, and celebrities. But some people doubt their new policies will…

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People are freaking out about a “2020 Twitter porn ban.”

The past three to five years have seen a widespread darkening wave of censorship in terms of sex-related content on the internet. The most impactful assaults on this type of content was the dismantling of the Craigslist personal classifieds section… 

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Facebook ads push misinformation about HIV prevention drugs.

Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates, who say the tech giant’s refusal to remove the content has created a public-health crisis…