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International Triathlon Union reverses rainbow flag ban.

The International Triathlon Union has reversed its decision to ban rainbow flags at events after criticism from gay athletes. New rules had stipulated that athletes must “avoid any kind of demonstration of political, religious, sexual orientation or racial propaganda”…

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Gay men can have toxic masculinity too.

Thanks to a clever new ad campaign the topic of toxic masculinity is on many people’s lips. The Gillette commercial shows ‘real men’ grilling, being bullies, objectifying women, everything you imagine toxic masculinity to look like. Except for the fact that…

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Conservatives outraged over gay family magazine cover.

For the first time, Parents magazine put a gay couple on its cover. And conservatives are freaking out. Parents has been in publication for over 90 years, and has printed around 1000 issues during that time. Generally, they feature photos of families…

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LGBT statistics: The proportion of straight people has fallen.

There is a lower proportion of straight people in Britain than there has been since the government started releasing LGBT statistics. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed in its 2017 release on Monday (January 21) that 93.2 percent of people identify as straight…