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It’s easy to guess the LGBTQ community’s favorite in Warriors vs. Cavaliers.

The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will face off against one another in the NBA Finals for the fourth straight year. It has never happened before that two teams met in four straight NBA Finals, not even during the vaunted Celtics–Lakers rivalries of the ‘60s or ‘80s.

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Pope tells bishops to seek out and prevent gay priesthood applicants.

Pope Francis told Italian bishops on Monday to try and monitor for any potentially gay applicants to the priesthood and to not allow them into the church. Vatican Insider and Il Messaggero reported on Thursday that the comments were made in a closed-door meeting.

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Gays, lesbians who served during World War II found freedom, were persecuted.

For almost 70 years, Uncle Sam was emphatic — We don’t want gays and lesbians in the U.S. military. Despite serving their country with honor, gays and lesbians were routinely kicked out of the armed services because the federal government said homosexuality was “incompatible with military service.”

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Alarming study finds close to half of gay males on hookup apps are underage.

Turns out, more than half of sexually active gay and bisexual boys on hookup apps are under the legal age of 18. According to a study conducted by the Northwestern University, although hookup apps require users to be 18 or older, more than 50 percent of sexually active gay and bisexual boys ages 14 to 17 met male sexual partners…

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A timeline of ‘extraordinary change’ in Ireland.

Three decades ago, Ireland was a very different place. Divorce was illegal, as was same-sex marriage. Abortion, already illegal in practice, was constitutionally banned in a 1983 referendum — known as the Eighth Amendment. On Saturday Ireland emphatically voted to repeal that constitutional amendment in a referendum, paving the way for legalized abortion.

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English LGBT soccer fans are warned, ‘you’ll be rooted out and stabbed at World Cup’.

Russian football hooligans are sending death threats to gay and transgender England fans heading to the World Cup next month. They have threatened to stab homosexual Three Lions followers who make the trip to Russia to watch the team play, it has been revealed.