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Why community involvement might mean financial security for LGBTQ people.

Does your community involvement and willingness to give to others get you more community and financial security? According to MassMutual’s You Get What You Give Survey, it does for the LGBTQ community. An inspiring online study conducted by Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) Research from September 7 through September 28, 2017, surveyed 10,000 U.S. adults 18 years and older.  

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Jacinda Ardern is the first Prime Minister to walk in Auckland’s Pride Parade.

Jacinda Ardern is set to become the first Prime Minister to join the colourful line-up in Auckland’s Pride Parade. Ardern will cut the last of several rainbow ribbons to mark the start of tonight’s event, before hitting Ponsonby Rd alongside the Labour Party’s red caravan.  

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Olympian Gus Kenworthy on his impact as the ‘gay skier’ — and what happened to those Sochi dogs.

Four years ago, Gus Kenworthy was one of three American men on the podium after their slopestyle skiing victory in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Along with Joss Christensen, who took gold, and Nick Goepper, who earned bronze, the silver-medaling Kenworthy helped to achieve a rare country sweep…  

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Another one of Trump’s court picks is really anti-gay.

Yet another one of President Donald Trump’s picks for a lifetime federal court seat has a record of being vehemently anti-gay. Gordon Giampietro, Trump’s nominee to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, called marriage equality “an assault on nature” and “against God’s plan” in newly surfaced recordings of radio interviews he gave in recent years.  

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The gay bar is dying. Long live the queer café.

Some of the most memorable nights of my life have been spent in gay bars. Whether it’s dancing with my wife in the labyrinthine Twist nightclub on Miami Beach, goofing off with my friends to the beat of “Anaconda” at New Beginnings in East Tennessee, or watching a drag show full of New Orleans queens at Wonderlust in Jackson…

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A conservative journalist just blogged: “Gay Olympians are accidentally proving why same-sex ‘marriage’ is wrong.”

While the mainstream media’s fawning coverage of gay and lesbian Winter Olympic athletes is relentless, the most important story out of Pyeongchang, South Korea is underreported, if not completely ignored. A surprising message delivered by gay men is being displayed for all the world to see in the Gangneung Olympic Ice Arena.