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Month: September 2018
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Is it OK to fire a gay person? Kavanaugh won’t say.
Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh continued on Thursday with the nominee refusing to answer basic questions about where he stands on LGBTQ issues. Kavanaugh blathered, dissembled, and ultimately…
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“Gay as a goose” gallery owner fights a church with humor.
A Houston art gallery and a church are in a battle over parking spaces. The gallery’s owner is now turning to an unusual sign to take matters into his own hands. “It’s meant to be…
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What will China do with your Grindr information?
In April 2018, the Norwegian Consumer Council filed a complaint against Grindr, the most popular gay dating app in the world, in light of its decision to share its users’ personal data—including…
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The British Empire’s legacy of discrimination.
When India’s Supreme Court this week legalized same-sex intercourse between consenting adults, it buried, most likely forever, a 157-year-old law introduced during British colonial rule. The decision was a landmark — not least because…
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Brazil’s super anti-gay presidential front-runner stabbed.
Jair Bolsonaro, the frontrunner in Brazil’s presidential election, was just stabbed at a campaign rally. The controversial, far-right politician had a knife pierce through his intestines while standing in the center of a crowd in broad daylight.
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