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Richard Grenell is the new US ambassador to Germany — A landmark moment in gay history.

Though it took nearly seven months to be realized, the confirmation of President Trump’s inspired pick of Richard “Ric” Grenell to serve as the U. S. ambassador to Germany is now a fait accompli, and deservedly so. After a delay seemingly as interminable as the fruitless Russia probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, obstreperous Democrats finally folded Thursday when…

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Was ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ a step forward for LGBT in the military?

In 1993, when President Bill Clinton signed the policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” into law, it represented a compromise between those who wanted to end the longstanding ban on homosexuals serving in the U.S. military and those who felt having openly gay troops would hurt morale and cause problems within military ranks.

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“After much prayer” pediatrician refused to examine lesbian couple’s baby.

A couple was denied service by a pediatrician because they are gay. Jami and Krista Contreras are in the media spotlight to tell their story for a new national campaign called Beyond I Do. The Michigan couple like most new parents were ecstatic to welcome their new baby into the world…

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The rugby player kiss that crushed anti-gay views.

As Gay Times reported, rugby player Israel Folau caused quite the controversy when he said that gay people would end up in “hell” unless they “repent their sins and turn to God” in a now-deleted Instagram comment. While Rugby Australia could’ve punished him because the comments appeared to break their inclusion policy, they opted against it.

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LGBTQ youth more likely to become homeless.

Lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer youths have nearly double the risk of winding up homeless as their straight peers — and they’re twice as likely to die on the streets once they get there, a new study finds. Homelessness amongst LGBTQ youth is highest amongst the black and brown…