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13 LGBT royals you didn’t learn about in history class

The Dutch monarchy made international news last week after announcing that royals can marry a same-sex partner without giving up their right to the throne. But while the Netherlands, which in 2001 became the first country to legalize gay marriage, has paved the…

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New AIDS memorials are shedding light on the epidemic

On May 18, 1981, physician and writer Dr. Lawrence Mass reported on an “exotic new disease” affecting the gay community for New York City’s local gay paper, The New York Native. By the end of that year, 130 people in the United States…