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The 11 craziest conspiracy theories InfoWars pushed about LGBT people.

After Facebook and YouTube banned InfoWars, we look at some of the worst anti-LGBT propaganda pushed by the conspiracy theory outlet. InfoWars host Alex Jones is notorious for his anti-LGBT rants, and his extreme beliefs about the activities of people who he believes to be gay or transgender.      

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These 5 brands don’t wait until June to show their LGBTQ Pride.

June was chosen for LGBTQ Pride Month to honor the Stonewall riots. But year after year, some members of the LGBTQ community have become increasingly skeptical of companies’ participation in the celebration, feeling as though brands are exploiting the commemoration for commercial gain. On the one hand, Pride Month is a colorful celebration of…    

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Costa Rica Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage ban.

Costa Rica’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional and discriminatory. The court ruling gives the country’s legislators a time limit of 18 months to change the current law. The president welcomed the ruling, saying he wants to guarantee “no person will face discrimination for their sexual orientation”…

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Kansas is one step closer to sending the first lesbian Native American to Congress.

A Native American woman from Kansas won her primary race for Congress on Tuesday night, potentially setting herself up as the first LGBTQ person to represent the state at the federal or state level. Sharice Davids, a 38-year-old amateur mixed martial arts fighter, attorney, and former White House fellow, emerged from a six-candidate field to clinch the Democratic nomination in…    

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Ruby Rose to make TV history as lesbian superhero Batwoman.

Ruby Rose is making history with her latest role as Batwoman, the first openly gay superhero to headline a TV series. Batwoman will be introduced in a December crossover event between the network’s other DC Comics shows, “Arrow”, “The Flash” and “Supergirl.” A stand-alone series about Batwoman…    

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‘I still have flashbacks’: the ‘global epidemic’ of LGBT conversion therapy.

It sounds like a historical horror, but ‘treatment’ for sexual orientation remains legal in most of the world, including the UK. Mathew Shurka was 16 when he sat down with his father and told him he was gay. Brought up in a conservative New York suburb, the youngest child in a secular Jewish family and the only son, he was “terrified”. But…