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Month: January 2018
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Massive increase in anti-LGBTQ violence since Trump took office.
The New York City Anti-Violence Project’s annual Crisis of Hate report shows a remarkable upsurge of hate-based killings of LGBTQ people. According to the report, an 86 percent increase in hate violence homicides in the U.S. last year makes 2017 the deadliest year yet for the LGBTQ community. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, a coalition of 40…
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Gay skier qualifies for the Olympics as his ‘pride’ shampoo commercial starts airing.
Gay skier Gus Kenworthy qualified for the Olympics yesterday. Kenworthy placed second at the last freeski slopestyle qualifier yesterday at Mammoth Mountain, which, combined with a first place finish at a qualifier last week, gave him a spot on the winter U.S. Olympic team going to South Korea.
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Meet Rainbow Voices Mumbai, India’s first and only LGBTQ choir.
Every time Vinodh Philip tried telling his mother why he didn’t want to marry a girl, he said she would innocuously ask, “Have you joined a choir in Mumbai?” “This was her way of averting an uncomfortable discussion, and she tried this trick at least a dozen times!” Philip laughed as he recalled the conversation.
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Chechen leader who oversees the torture of gay men is super sad about losing his Instagram account.
The leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was recently hit with US sanctions over human rights abuses such as his government’s torture and “purge” of gay men. But there’s one thing about the sanctions that seems to particularly bother Kadyrov: Losing his Instagram account. “The closure of his Instagram account is a matter of Kadyrov’s image, of his prestige,” Oleg Orlov, the founder of a Russian human rights organization called Memorial, told The Guardian.
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Laverne Cox Makes History As Cosmopolitan’s First Transgender Cover Girl.
Laverne Cox can add “Cosmopolitan covergirl” to her ever-growing list of credits and accomplishments. The Emmy-winning actress, producer and LGBTQ rights advocate made history as the first transgender woman ever to appear on a Cosmo cover, appearing atop Cosmopolitan South Africa’s February issue in a sheer black leotard.
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‘Love Is Love’: media firm uses LGBT language to send anti-gay message.
The “Love Is Love” video begins with a teenage girl, Emily, telling the story of coming out to her parents. “Love is not necessarily between a man and a woman,” she recalls saying. Footage plays of two women, dancing and flirting. “If you’re truly a Christian, you’re on my side … because God is love.” Between the title and the rainbow flag, you could easily mistake this for a pro-LGBT video from the It Gets Better or Truth Wins Out campaigns.