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Gay dating app Growlr now owned by straight people.

After being founded in 2010 by Coley Cummiskey and becoming a “by bears, for bears” social media app, Growlr will now have new owners. In a $11.8 million deal comprised of $4.8 million in cash and $7 million from a line of credit…

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Disney’s ‘Gay Day’ red shirt is going international.

“Gay Day” at Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park has become a tradition since it first launched 28 years ago. Now, the phenomenon is going global. A small group of gay men communicated online on bulletin boards and agreed to meet socially…

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‘Gays Are Scum of the Earth’ says Republican governor’s aide.

Nebraska GOP Governor Pete Ricketts‘ re-election campaign statewide field director Bennett Bressman reportedly has made thousands of posts on Discord, a social media platform popular with the alt-right. Among his remarks are a “shocking trove” of homophobic, racist, and anti-Semitic…

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14 reasons Beyoncé and Jay-Z are being honored by GLAAD.

The Carters are the 2019 honorees of GLAAD’s Media Vanguard Award “presented to allies who have made a significant difference in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people.” While the superstar duo is notoriously private, The Carters have shown up for LGBTQ folks…