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Month: August 2018
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Rainbow Railroad Station aims to bring persecuted LGBT refugees to Canada.
The Centre for Newcomers is hoping to settle more LGBT refugees in Calgary through a new program, assisted by a longtime gay rights activist who himself fled to safety in Alberta. The Rainbow Railroad Station will raise money to sponsor people fleeing persecution for their sexual orientation and gender expression around the world. Once they’ve arrived in Canada, the organization will…
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Catholic Church is at a tipping point, says former Irish president.
Just a few days before Pope Francis’s visit to the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, a former Irish president promised to challenge the Catholic Church’s “skewed ideology” on human sexuality and same-sex couples. “The Church must accept and exercise responsibility for the damage it causes to our young LGBTI people and to our children, our vulnerable children,”…
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California becomes the first state to honor LGBTQ veterans.
California has become the first state in the nation to recognize LGBTQ military veterans. Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill Monday designating the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City as the state’s official LGBTQ veterans memorial. The memorial park will continue to take care of maintenance.
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People in New Zealand want to celebrate these birds’ 30 year gay relationship.
While they were alive, Thomas and Henry were a thoroughly modern New Zealand couple. Together for 30 years, Thomas, a white goose, and Henry, a black swan, had a special same-sex interspecies relationship. After about 18 years together, they opened up their relationship to Henrietta, a female swan, making a sweet thrupple.
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New Orleans Saints have first male cheerleader and some people can’t stand it.
Jesse Hernandez makes history as one of three male cheerleaders in the NFL. Jesse Hernandez made history and made his mom proud Friday night when he became the first male cheerleader for the New Orleans Saints’ Saintsations, becoming one of three male cheerleaders in the NFL. He also brought out the ugly side of some people.
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