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TV network asks if watching too much porn “turns people gay”.

Satellite TV station, TV9 Telegu (India) recently featured a segment that explored the reasons behind homosexuality. The title of the segment was: “Gay culture on the rise in Telugu states.” The ridiculous piece aired on December 25 and was also published on the station’s YouTube channel. Read the full article HERE.

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The Russian Facebook scandal damages liberals as much as the right.

December is the month for retrospectives about the year’s most interesting news stories, and my nominee is the tale of the Russian Facebook advertisements, which burned across front pages a few months ago. The ads in question were memes, manufactured and posted to a number of bluntly named… Read the full article HERE.

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Outsports Female Hero of the Year: Katie Sowers.

“No matter what you do in life, one of the most important things is to be true to who you are,” Katie Sowers says. As the first openly gay NFL assistant coach, Sowers is honoring her philosophy. Sowers is in many ways a pioneer. Read the full article HERE.

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Cher is set to headline the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras…well maybe.

American singer and icon, Cher, is tipped to headline the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras next year. The 71-year-old – who is known for hits including Believe and I Got You Babe – is reportedly close to being locked in to perform at one of the biggest parties of the year. Read the full article HERE.  

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Not just for hookups anymore: Grindr is now a media company, too.

The killer feature of the dating app Grindr is that it tracks the location of its users — primarily gay men — helping them find each other in places that might not be openly LGBT-friendly. Now the editors of Into, a Grindr-published queer lifestyle magazine, are finding that that capability is good for more than just finding a weekend fling. Read the full article HERE.

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11 amazing things that happened for LGBT people in 2017.

There’s no denying 2017 has been a bitch of a year. But as it draws to a close, it’s worth acknowledging all the forward momentum we gained. Here are 11 wins the global LGBT community chalked up in 2017. Australia, Germany, and Malta legalized marriage equality. Read the full article HERE.