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Help solve the mystery of the 1957 gay wedding photos.

Do you recognize anyone in these photos? It’s a puzzler. “We have put in months and months and months investigating who these guys are,” said Neal Baer, who is on the board of the ONE Archives Foundation in Los Angeles where the pictures are being kept.  

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Meet Anton Krasovsky, the gay man running for Mayor of Moscow.

Anton Krasovsky stands alone: the only out LGBTQ person willing to stand for election in Russia. That’s if the authorities allow him to run for mayor of Moscow this September. Anton Krasovsky’s mouth is full of swear words. He is angry with pretty much every liar and propagandist in Moscow, the city he loves and wants to change.  

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String of transgender murders could be the work of a serial killer.

Three trans black women have been fatally shot in Jacksonville, Florida, since the beginning of this year, and local activists fear that the murders are linked. Three transgender black women have been fatally shot in Jacksonville, Florida, since the beginning of the year, and local activists fear that the killings are linked.  

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Marvel confirm fans will finally see open LGBTQ characters.

Finally, after 19 movies and 10 years, Marvel have confirmed that fans of the cinematic universe will finally see open LGBTQ characters in upcoming films. Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige confirmed the news in a new interview in which he refused to go into details but did confirm that ‘yes’ there are plans for the films to feature characters…  

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Jared Polis could become America’s first openly gay elected governor.

Rep. Jared Polis came one step closer to making history on Tuesday night, winning Colorado’s Democratic primary for governor. If Polis prevails in November, he will make history as the first openly gay elected governor in the United States. Polis certainly is aware of the significance of this in the Trump era.  

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A Timeline of the gradual push to strip LGBTQ families of equality.

As this timeline shows, LGTBQ families who wish to foster or adopt children now face an uncertain legal landscape. This June marks the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision recognizing marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that struck as unconstitutional state-level bans on same-sex marriage…