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Gay bear hilariously recreates the classic Diet Coke break advert.

Gay bear rapper Big Dipper creates his own tongue-in-cheek parody of the classic ‘Diet Coke Break’ advert, with messier results. “It’s 11.30. Diet Coke break.” Ring a bell? Everyone (of a certain age) remembers the infamous ‘office workers drooling over topless construction worker drinking Diet Coke’ bit, right? What do you mean, ‘no’? (Watch both videos)    

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Doctor faces probe over claims homeopathy can cure homosexuality.

A doctor is facing a probe in Switzerland after claiming he can cure homosexuality with homeopathy. The Geneva-based Jean Yves Henry, who is reportedly a licensed GP, made the extraordinary claim on his website. He wrote that homosexuality “is not a pathology, but a particular symptom (lifestyle choice) of patients.    

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Colorado baker sues state again, after refusing to make cake for transgender woman.

The Colorado baker who won a Supreme Court case over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple is suing state officials, alleging religious discrimination over his refusal to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. Attorneys for Jack Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., said Wednesday that…    

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A gay asylum seeker was denied for not knowing meaning of pride flag colors.

He has since been approved, after LGBTQ rights group Queer Base advocated on his behalf. A gay Iranian man seeking asylum in Austria was denied because he couldn’t identify the meaning of all the Pride flag’s colored stripes. Navid escaped persecution in Iran, where he feared for his life because of his sexuality, and settled in Vienna. But…    

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Madonna at 60: The Queen of Pop’s 15 gayest anthems ever.

Did your fave make our list? Throughout Madonna’s iconic career, the Queen of Pop has served us with some of the campest, gayest anthems ever. From Material Girl all the way to Girl Gone Wild, she’s continued to provide us with bop after bop, most of which have received gag-worthy, risqué clips that have…    

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The $1 trillion market that executives are ignoring.

If you were a senior marketing executive, would you even consider telling your boss you don’t need to market to either the African American or Hispanic community because their buying powers aren’t worth it? You’d probably never say that. The buying power of each is around $1.4 trillion. Yet, there’s currently a market with a purchasing power just shy of $1 trillion that many…