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Cher singing ABBA – The gayest thing you will see today.

Cher is releasing an album of ABBA covers and homosexuals across the nation have lost themselves in glorious anticipation. The multiple retired singer has dropped her first single, a remake of “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight).” The album will be called, natch, Dancing Queen. It’ll be released…    

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8 people on surviving gay conversion therapy.

This year, two high-profile films will attempt to tackle the subject of conversion therapy, the dangerous and discredited practice of attempting to “cure” LGBTQ people of their identities. Also known as “reparative” or “ex-gay” therapy, these programs use various forms of psychological manipulation, and sometimes physical abuse, to confront “same-sex attractions,” or “SSA’s.”

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The Gay Games are still relevant. Here’s why.

The largest international LGBT+ sporting event, the Gay Games, is taking place in Paris this week, with over 10,000 athletes from 91 countries competing in 32 sports. The Games have grown in size and stature since their inception in San Francisco in 1982, developing in parallel with a vibrant gay sports movement around the world…    

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Russian ad uses homophobia to get people to vote.

This isn’t the first time a Russian commercial has suggested not voting will lead to homosexuality. An ad aimed at getting out the vote for Russia’s regional elections suggests that people who don’t vote are gay. The spot shows two men walking through a city, riding on a bus, sitting in a park, and eventually traveling home…    

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Gay teacher shuts down homophobic mom who pulled her kids from his class.

A drama teacher had the most polite “f*ck you” response to the mom who stopped her kids from taking classes with him upon discovering that he was gay. Michael Neri is a drama teacher from Kidderminster, England. He runs Talking Props Theatre School, a performing arts school for children ages 8 to 13.