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California State Capitol flies LGBT Pride flag for first time ever.

California raised the LGBT pride flag over its capitol building in Sacramento on Monday for the first time ever in the state’s history. “In California, we celebrate and support our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community’s right to live out loud…

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7 incredibly cool LGBT-friendly destinations around the world.

What exactly is “gay travel?” Incidentally, it looks a lot like “straight” travel, in that no matter where we land on the infinite spectrum of the rainbow — gay, lesbian, trans, non-binary, queer, and everything inbetween — we all just want to create incredible memories…

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Bolsonaro upset about decision to criminalize homophobia in Brazil.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro criticised the country’s Supreme Court after they ruled to criminalise homophobia, making it a crime equivalent to racism in Brazil. Bolsonaro told reporters on Friday the Supreme Court was “completely wrong” and had overstepped its powers…

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Buttigieg: ‘Statistically’ we’ve already had a gay president.

In an interview with Axios, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said that “statistically” it makes sense that out of the 45 presidents in American history, one of them was LGBT. Statistics aside, the reality is that former President James Buchanan has prompted historians to question…

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Pastor says he wishes ‘every homo would die’ at MASA.

A pastor has said he wishes “every homo would die” when confronting protesters outside the Make America Straight Again (MASA) conference in Orlando. The three-day conference was held over the weekend, June 14 to 16, and was organised by the New Independent…

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Tim Cook mentions Stonewall at Stanford graduation. (Video)

Where some schools are banning gay speakers, Stanford invited Apple’s openly gay CEO, Tim Cook to address its graduates today. And he mentioned Stonewall, a noteable inclusion on its 50th anniversary during World Pride month. While much of the speech was…