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Month: January 2018
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First active-duty gay couple married at West Point.
Two Army captains who met in the “don’t ask, don’t tell” era of the military, became the first active-duty, same-sex couple to get married at West Point when they exchanged vows last weekend. Capt. Daniel Hall, 30, and Capt. Vinny Franchino, 26, both Apache helicopter pilots, were married at the New York military academy’s picturesque chapel, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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Nancy Pelosi to guest judge on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ to show support for LGBT community.
Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi is throwing her hat into the competitive TV ring with a recently-announced guest judging appearance on VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Pelosi will be on the runway to judge Paul’s collection of drag queens for an episode of the series’ upcoming return. The California congresswoman confirmed the news on her Twitter.
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More arrests in Egypt’s LGBT crackdown, but no international outcry.
This week Egyptian police arrested 10 people in the latest assault on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in the country under the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. But in the face of relentless persecution of sexual and gender minorities in Egypt, world leaders remain largely silent – or worse, praise al-Sisi as a “moderate” leader.
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Life became hell for gay Texas high school athlete after he was outed.
I grew up playing sports, but golf was always special. My dad loved the sport, and taught me how to play from a very young age. We had years of great bonding that I’ll never forget, memories I carried with me until high school. I had gone to golf camps every year, competed in different kid’s league tournaments, and had enough practice that I…
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Commentary – LGBT voters don’t have to support every LGBT candidate.
When Chelsea Manning announced she was running for the U.S. Senate, I knew I would be writing an article about it, even though I didn’t really want to. Within minutes of her announcing her Senate run, the bad takes were flying. Those who were not even fans of Chelsea were having to stomp down on the hateful and deliberate misgendering, which has to be lowest-hanging fruit to attack a trans person they don’t like; like we’ve never been called “it” before.
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Google shows pride flag for 7 deadly sins search query.
Go to Google and search for [7 deadly sins], Google will show you there fancy featured snippet result and for number four, superbia or pride or hubris, Google will show a photo of a Gay Pride flag. Of course, this can be super insulting to many people but there is a technical reason for it.