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Month: November 2018
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Pence gives World AIDS Day speech, but leaves out a few major facts.
Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech for World AIDS Day on Thursday, addressing how the United States is fighting both nationwide and worldwide epidemic. But the vice president didn’t mention the population most affected by the crisis in the country…
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Grindr’s president says marriage is ‘between man and woman’.
The president of Grindr wrote on Facebook that he believes “marriage is a holy matrimony between a man and a woman”, sparking backlash inside the gay dating app company. Scott Chen, who became the president of Grindr after it was…
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Trump’s judicial pick supports dwarf-tossing…seriously.
Donald Trump has nominated Neomi Rao to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the Court of Appeals in the DC Circuit. The announcement prompted a notable spike in online talk about dwarf-tossing—that’s right, the practice of throwing little people like a shot-put…
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‘Pumping’ is a dangerous new fad among some gay men.
Rob Waltman tried to tell his partner, Peter Dovak, he looked fine. He didn’t need to look any different. He especially didn’t need to inject himself with silicone to look bigger. “Peter had the worst body dysmorphia out of…
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Lesbian couple donates Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
For the first time in the 86-year history of the now iconic Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony, the tree was donated by a lesbian couple, according to the New York Times. Shirley Figueroa and her wife Lissette Gutierrez moved…
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