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The 22 funniest LGBT jokes from LGBT comics.

Being queer isn’t always a riot—unless we’re talking about Stonewall—but many times, we’re funnier than anyone else because we poke fun at offending targets with aplomb while also making light of our own quirks and foibles (and sex habits)…

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At the height of AIDS, SF’s gay nightlife became a refuge.

From the late 1980s into the mid-90s, San Francisco’s queer party scene underwent a huge transformation. In flamboyant acts of resistance and excess, the nightlife community responded to the devastation of the AIDS crisis and intense national homophobia that followed…

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LGBT groups wary as Barr confirmed as U.S. attorney general.

The U.S. Senate confirmed William Barr on Thursday as President Trump’s next U.S. attorney general — a move that has made LGBT rights supporters wary amid indications he’d continue anti-LGBT policy at the U.S. Justice Department. The Senate confirmed Barr on…

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Amazon is slammed for selling conversion therapy books.

A prominent gay British writer is criticizing Amazon for selling books on so-called conversion therapy. Damian Barr, author of Maggie and Me, was spurred to speak out after spotting a text by Joseph Nicolosi, a leading figure of the “ex-gay” movement…

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Here are the ridiculous anti-LGBT bills being proposed in Kansas.

A group of state representatives in Kansas introduced legislation Wednesday that seeks to define same-sex marriage as “parody marriage,” stop the state from recognizing gay marriage and establish an “elevated marriage” option for straight couples who seek “higher standards of…