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Food for thought. Jimmy Kimmel shows why the same-sex wedding cake case is important.

Jimmy Kimmel continued his socially conscious comedy Thursday night by showcasing why it’s wrong to deny the LGBTQ community a wedding cake through a powerful sketch. The ABC late-night host kicked off the bit by explaining to his audience that a court in Kern County, California, ruled…

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Lesbian senior’s discrimination case could clear the way for LGBT housing rights.

Marsha Wetzel, 70, is suing her senior living home for failing to protect her from the verbal and physical attacks from other residents because she is an out lesbian, and the ruling could set a precedent. Wetzel has said she barricades herself in her room at night while she is sleeping, because she doesn’t feel safe while…

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How Canada is hosting Pride House, a safe space for LGBT athletes at the Olympics.

There are 13 out and proud LGBT athletes at the Winter Olympics, out of more than 3,000 competitors. While that number may seem low, it’s almost double the number who were out at Sochi — seven. “I promise, for every athlete that’s out, there’s at least one or two that aren’t,”…

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Adopting a child is hard. Adopting as an LGBT couple is harder.

When Jay met his foster parents, he was a balding, underweight boy who was afraid he wouldn’t be fed. The first-grader, who is one of more than 6,000 children in the custody of the Alabama Department of Human Resources, has a condition known as Reactive Attachment Disorder…

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Openly gay Olympian says he’s open to meeting with Mike Pence, but…

American figure skater Adam Rippon says he doesn’t want his team to be distracted by his animosity toward Mike Pence over the U.S. vice president’s conservative stance on gay rights. The openly gay Rippon criticized the White House last month for choosing Pence to lead the official U.S. delegation for Friday’s opening ceremony.

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LGBTQ landmarks to visit in London during LGBT History Month.

First things first. What is LGBT history month? In a nutshell, it’s a period devoted to the annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history gay rights and civil rights movements throughout the thing we call, the world. And what’s even better, is that everyone can celebrate it, too.