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Trump’s openly gay ambassador offends Germany a second time in a month, but not for being gay.

The highest-ranking gay member of the Trump administration, ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, has been at his post for just over a month and he’s already offended the German people twice. When Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear pact last month, Grenell…  

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There’s more to the rainbow flag’s history than we knew.

It was the summer of 1978, and the Gay Community Center in San Francisco swarmed with dozens of young hippies flitting between ironing boards, sewing machines and trash cans filled with colorful dye. They had been tasked with making two enormous flags to fly above the city’s Gay Freedom Day Parade…  

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The new acceptance of gay people only goes so far. Digging deeper into a Gallup poll.

Every year the polling organization Gallup takes America’s pulse on gay rights. A random sample of more than 1,000 Americans adults is asked whether “gay or lesbian relations” between consenting adults are “morally acceptable or morally wrong.” Over the 17 years Gallup has looked at this issue, the trend has been steeply positive…  

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A first! An NFL team to host gay “inclusion” summit.

June is “gay pride” month across America, and one NFL team is diving in head-first. The Minnesota Vikings organization announced that it will host a special June 21 summit focused on the “critical importance” of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) inclusion in sports.  

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Over 250,000 revelers flood ‘the world’s most gay-friendly city’ for Tel Aviv Pride.

Israelis and visitors celebrate freedom and tolerance at 20th annual event in self-styled ‘most gay-friendly city’ in world. Ripped men in white underwear, pink bunny ears and black bow ties gyrated through the streets of Israel’s Tel Aviv on Friday along with drag queens and others to loud trance music for the annual Gay Pride Parade…