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The new Palm Springs City Council marks a milestone in LGBT acceptance.

As a gay man teaching in Northern California, Greg Gilman never felt like he could be active in local politics out of fear over any backlash related to his sexual identity, including even losing his job. When he retired and moved to Palm Springs about a decade ago… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

BUSINESS

Providers rise to new standards for LGBT senior living.

Head north on Halsted Street in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood—just one block of Wrigley Field—and you’ll see it: a modern, multi-unit residence decked in green and blue hues. No, this isn’t a new condominium for the city’s young, urban professionals, but rather an affordable housing unit that has become… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Grindr launches a new millennial lifestyle magazine.

Grindr’s got a very distinct reputation: as a hookup app for gay men. But the company behind it always saw itself are more than that — as a media enterprise for the millennial LGBTQ community. And, with LGBTQ media aimed at the community mostly populated by the same old players… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Arsenal’s Gay Gooners pushing for inclusion.

Among the roughly 1000 professional male footballers in the top four levels of the English league system, not a single one is openly gay. Since Justin Fashanu came out in 1990, no other man playing the world’s most popular sport professionally in the country of its birth has come out as queer… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Project HOME to build LGBTQ-friendly development for young adults.

Formerly homeless young adults will have a new place to call home in Philadelphia. The LGBTQ-friendly development will be the first of its kind in the state, according to nonprofit developer Project HOME, which will break ground on the project Dec. 6. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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The U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place Texas ruling questioning gay spousal benefits.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Houston’s appeal of a lower court ruling that threw into doubt the city’s spousal benefits to gay married municipal employees, allowing a case that tests the reach of the landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide to proceed. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality