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Pansexuality is one of Merriam-Webster’s words of the year.

Among “justice” and “nationalism,” “pansexual” made it into the top three of Merriam-Webster’s words of the year, according PinkNews. The dictionary company credited the rise of the sexual orientation’s prominence to performer Janelle Monáe. Monáe came out in April as…

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The World Tree of Hope – Messages of hope for the LGBT community.

December 25, 2018 – Patrick Rylee The World Tree of Hope is created each year as a symbol of global unity to promote peace, love and humanitarianism.  The tree is decorated with origami cranes and stars made out of messages sent from throughout the world either by mail or online at rainbowfund.org/tree. Each origami is created by a team of over 300 volunteers who fold the messages into these beautiful symbols of hope. This year’s tree is 23 feet tall and decorated in over 17,000 origami ornaments. It moved to Grace Cathedral this year after spending 10 years at San Francisco City Hall. The World Tree of Hope can be seen in the Cathedral interior through January 6, 2019.

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Adorable photos of gay parent families getting ready for the holidays.

Meeting Santa, decorating the tree and enjoying the season… these rainbow families are helping us feel festive. All over the world, LGBTI parents and their kids are preparing for the holidays. Enjoy a few of their family photos and insights into what makes the season so special for them…

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Gay life in Berlin is starting to echo a darker era.

The fetish cruising bar Bull is a place of pilgrimage in Berlin for more than one reason. To patrons, it is a 24-hour safe space that caters to every palate. To the British historian Brendan Nash, it is a symbol of “Babylon Berlin,”…