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Month: January 2019
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It’s official! A married gay man is running for president.
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg entered the 2020 race for president on Wednesday, announcing his intentions with a video featuring scenes of him and his husband, Chasten, cooking and playing with their dog, Buddy.Should Buttigieg win his long-shot bid for the…
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Hate group is suing for the right to mentally torture LGBT kids.
Liberty Counsel, a right-wing anti-LGBTQ group, is seeking a federal injunction against a new anti-conversion therapy law in Maryland. The group has been deemed an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The group is representing Christopher Doyle…
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New encyclopedia focuses on global LGBT history.
Academic publisher Gale has released a new encyclopaedia solely focusing on global LGBT+ history. The title, Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History, claims to be “the first international, authoritative and academically rigorous reference title” solely…
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Why is underage gay sex criminalized when straight sex is not?
A “Romeo & Juliet” law in California keeps many young adults out of the state’s sex offender registry, but not in the case of two Romeos or two Juliets. Now, a new bill filed by state Sen. Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco…
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Anti-LGBT politician says being gay is a ‘fashion trend’.
An outspoken politician in Australia has suggested that homsexuality is nothing more than a fashion trend, arguing that the legalization of same-sex marriages in the country had spawned a new wave of gay people. Bob Katter, the head of the eponymous…
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