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Catholic Cardinal: ‘Homosexual culture’ is to blame for child rape.

A Catholic Cardinal has blamed sexual abuse scandals on a “homosexual culture” within the Church. US Cardinal Raymond Burke, who serves as Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Rome, added that homosexuality was a “tendency that is disordered” and needed to be “purified at the root.”    

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Turkey boycotts Eurovision Song Contest over LGBT performers.

Turkey’s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest for including gay and transgender performers, such as bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst, was criticised on Thursday as an attempt to “erase the LGBT community” in the country. Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) head Ibrahim Eren said Turkey was…    

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Visiting San Francisco? Don’t forget to visit the GLBT History Museum.

It was a daunting mission from the start: Bring visibility to a culture that, historically, had to be invisible. But it would be impossible to go through the displays at the GLBT History Museum and not see something that you didn’t see before. “I hope they will have experienced somewhat of a change and…

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Florida’s plan for bullied LGBTQ kids? Send them to Christian schools.

This past March, Florida became the first state to create a private school voucher program just for bullied students. The Hope Scholarship Program gives students who report being bullied $6,700 towards tuition at a private school, or $750 for transportation to another public school. Anti-bullying activists in Florida opposed…

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Holy closet Batman! Was Batwoman introduced as a beard for Bruce Wayne?

In the mid-1950s, Batman and Robin comics had a tried-and-true formula: The Dynamic Duo encounter the Joker/Penguin/Catwoman, slug it out with Gotham City’s most fiendish villains, save the day, and retire to stately Wayne Manor for some well-earned down time. That basic rhythm dictated the adventures of the Caped Crusaders since…    

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Conservative groups upset over ‘boycott’ by LGBT Bar Association.

Two national litigation groups that specialize in lawsuits seeking to overturn LGBT rights laws issued a joint statement last week denouncing the National LGBT Bar Association for calling on the nation’s lawyers and law firms to refuse to provide free legal services for the two groups.